Tony's Blues

by Barry Wallenstein

(on Cadence Jazz Records)

An album of poetry with jazz and free improvisation featuring:

John Hicks - Piano
Jay Leonhart - Bass
Vincent Chancey - French Horn
Michael Leonhart - Trumpet
Evan Hause - Guitar and Percussion

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The recording session took place on March 29, 2000 at Seltzer Sound in Chinatown, Manhattan. Everybody contributed compositionally. Throughout the 22 tracks, most combinations of instruments are employed. The following mp3's are offered here because they are my main contribution. "Devil Design" is the most written-out. I wrote it when I first met Barry at the MacDowell Colony in 1995. It was originally for solo piano, but I arranged it here for guitar and piano. "Failure" is solo guitar. For "Rabbits," I created the chordal vamp and form.

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