Ralph Simon Music for the Millennium

RALPH SIMON:
MUSIC FOR
THE MILLENNIUM

LINER NOTES CREDITS	Ralph Simon: Soprano saxophone breath-controlled synthesizers Paul Bley: Piano and synthesizers (on 2-8, 10) Gary Peacock: Bass (on 1-6, 8-11) Julian Priester: Trombone (on 3-6, 8) Bruce Ditmas: Drums and Synthesizers (on 1-6, 8, 10, 11) Alan Pasqua: Piano (on 11) Jeff Berman: Vibraphone (on 3-6, 8, 10) Tom Beyer: Percussion and Synthesized percussion (on3-6, 8, 10) Elizabeth Panzer: Harp (on 3-6) Michael DiSibio : Trumpet (on coda of 11)	1.	Cousin Bruce
		2.	The Ballad Quartet Will Now Play Suite First Take
		3.	Dawn Tuning
		4.	Downhill Slalom
		5.	Rebecca's Twilight
		6.	Una Noche (Mi Centaurita)
		7.	Sweet Sorrow (R Plays Blue)
		8.	Ghosts of Goethals (WE... ARE.. ROLLING!)
		9.	Windsong
		10.	Are You Ready (Sextet for the End of Now)
		11.	Blue in Green

Music for the Millennium, his second Postcards recording, features Ralph Simon on soprano saxophone and breath-controlled synthesizers, engaging in riveting duets, trios, quartets, and larger ensembles with a magic club of world-class improvisers. Paul Bley, Gary Peacock, Julian Priester, Bruce Ditmas, and others bring their own unique vocabulary of genius to a set of Simon's original compositions that explores his extensive background in jazz, contemporary classical, and free improvisation with an eye towards effecting a remarriage of acoustic and electric music that might point out some directions in the fourth dimension of future jazz -- on into the next millennium. Welcome to the Magic Club!

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