This CD features world-renowned tabla maestro Zakir Hussain
and Oregon reed player Paul McCandless. This recording also
features two dozen of the finest Bay Area musicians, including:
Zakir Hussain - tabla
Paul McCandless - pennywhistle, soprano sax,
oboe, english horn, bass clarinet
Paul Hansen - bassoon
Steve Erquiaga - classical and electric guitars
Pollyanna Bush - voice and text setting
Glen Cronkite - percussion
Emil Miland - cello
Matt Eakle - C and alto flutes
Michael
Smolens - piano, synthesizers, percussion
(Other
instruments on this recording include:
vibes, celtic harp, trumpets, clarinets, saxophones,
female vocal ensemble, and male voice.)
These works reflect
a particular aspect of my writing, namely my interest in the
marriage of jazz harmony, classical counterpoint/form, and pattern
music, all treated very romantically. The particular colors
you'll hear on this recording were chosen for their sweetness,
delicacy, and transparency. (An example of this can be heard
in the last track "Lunar Magic," in which I placed
a small bracelet across the piano strings to evoke the title
of the piece.) These works were all conceived in the Eighties,
while at the same time I was writing for and performing with
my more muscular jazz sextet "KRIYA."
