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Artist: Scenes
Title: Variable Clouds: Live At The Earshot Jazz Festival
Format: CD
Label: ORIGIN RECORDS  ( http://originarts.com )
Catalog Number:82862
Barcode:805558286230 itemnumber=1000125547
Price: $15.98  (All prices include domestic shipping.)
Genre: JAZZ
Release Date: 11/18/2022
Availability: Not Currently In Stock
Additional Musical Category Notes:
Modern Jazz Quartet 


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Promotional Info
West coast Performances. 270 International radio contacts serviced including JazzWeek reporting stations & 100 Press contacts

"... harnessing natural beauty and concocting chimerical designs that extol the virtues of elasticity, mutability, and high-level communication. The Pacific Northwest knows no greater champion of its beyond-words beauty than this outfit." - All About Jazz. Over the course of 30 years of friendship and playing music together, much is revealed. Since Scenes' debut recording in 2001, saxophonist Rick Mandyck, guitarist John Stowell, bassist Jeff Johnson and drummer John Bishop always seemed to find new and unique destinations every time in the studio. It as well translated night to night on the bandstand as revealed here on their first live recording. Coming as it did after a year and a half of lockdown and few live performances, there was a palpable sense of connectedness between audience and band, each needing the moment and accepting the unanticipated wash of emotions. The band performs originals from Mandyck, Stowell and Johnson, along with Mandyck's masterful reading of the classic "It's Easy to Remember," and closes with Jim Pepper's well-traveled "Witchi Tai To," derived from a Native American Church healing chant.

Track Listing
 1. 
[7:46]  Tilbury Hill 

 2. 
[8:37]  Trudge 

 3. 
[8:27]  When Jasper Grows Up 

 4. 
[5:26]  Companions 

 5. 
[7:22]  Lonely Blue Angel 

 6. 
[7:31]  Variable Clouds 

 7. 
[5:32]  It's Easy to Remember 

 8. 
[9:05]  Studio City 

 9. 
[7:36]  Witchi Tai To 



Performers on this Album
Rick Mandyck - tenor sax
John Stowell - guitars
Jeff Johnson - bass
John Bishop - drums

Additional Technical Information Available For This Album
Release Format: CD         
Original Recording Location: Live at Town Hall, Seattle, WA
Original Recording Engineer: Dave Dysart
Mastering Facility: Dan Dean Productions, Mercer Island , WA
Mastering Engineer: Dan Dean
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