ARTIST: The Winston Jazz Routine
TITLE: Sospiri
LABEL: The Record Machine
GENRE: Indie
BITRATE: 163kbps avg
PLAYTIME: 0h 52m total
RELEASE DATE: 2007-07-10
RIP DATE: 2007-04-23
Track List
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1. I See A Map 4:09
2. Peter And The Water 4:31
3. William And Betsy 4:03
4. A Ghost Beneath The Tower 4:38
5. Grandmother's Glow 5:37
6. Venice 2:15
7. The Bridge Of Sighs 4:54
8. The Central Memorial 4:18
9. An Engineered Interest 5:30
10. The Physician 5:40
11. The Conductor's Regress 4:03
12. Sospiri 3:21
Release Notes:
The Winston Jazz Routine is not an easy thing to describe or summarize,
especially for promotional purposes. A full "biography" would necessarily
contain the tale of its diverse array of members and contributors, for its
roster includes a collection of musicians, vocalists, producers, writers, and
visual artists. There are childhood friends and new acquaintances; family
members young and elderly, dead and alive; grandfathers, mothers, and younger
brothers; homeless pianists, orchestra conductors, students in high school and
college, married church members and librarians. Telling the whole tale would
involve weaving together the stories of these dozens of people as they have
grown and changed, as their lives have overlapped in basements and attics,
kitchens and back porches, diners and coffee shops, recording studios,
classrooms, churches, even on the telephone across hundreds of miles.
The Winston Jazz Routine can be described as the life of this community shaped
into musical or, more broadly, into artistic expression by chief songwriter,
multi-instrumentalist and producer Nathan Phillips. The Winston Jazz Routine is
his documentation through sound of the people, places, experiences and art he
encounters. His compositions, although lyrically often personal introspection or
fictional narrative, articulate the stuff of real life with common relevance.
More profoundly, the various forms of band, orchestra and choir, or studio
collaboration that he assembles to accompany his lone voice and piano are
evidence of as well as a catalyst for genuine community.
All things considered, "The Winston Jazz Routine" is merely the title selected
by Nathan and longtime musical companion Derek Barber when they were midway
through their years at a small high school in Mansfield, Ohio. It has since
taken such forms as a standard rock band playing in bars, theaters, and
galleries throughout the Midwest.
The Winston Jazz Routine, in whatever configuration it takes, is rooted in an
aesthetic of inclusion and fellowship, of drawing people together into
meaningful connection and expression. It represents a hope that the creation of
meaningful and beautiful human relationships will result in music of the same
qualities. As years pass and Nathan and friends continue to develop as a
collective of artists, they hope to cultivate music that, because it bears the
fingerprint of its humanity, will have the capacity to leave an imprint on those
who experience it.
- Ryan Weberling, friend of Nathan and occasional contributor to The Winston
Jazz Routine