It's all set, ffolkes. April 22 is D-Date for our new 2008 releases...
Woodwind maestro Bennie Maupin follows his highly acclaimed 2006 CD Penumbra with Early Reflections, a beautiful recording of Maupin’s European quartet featuring pianist Michal Tokaj, bassist Michal Baranski, drummer Lukasz Zyta and guest vocalist Hania Rybka. Early Reflections is another brilliant effort from the artist best known for his work with Miles Davis, Herbie Hancock, Horace Silver, The Headhunters and many others. It also features a new version of Maupin’s classic composition "The Jewel in the Lotus." Stay tuned for an exclusive preview!
TRACK LISTING:
1. Within Reach [2:36]
2. Escondido [7:44]
3. Inside the Shadows [2:21]
4. ATMA [8:59]
5. Ours Again [3:49]
6. The Jewel in the Lotus [10:15]
7. Black Ice [3:04]
8. Tears [7:52]
9. Not Later Than Now [2:38]
10. Early Reflections [5:52]
11. Inner Sky [7:19]
12. Prophet's Motifs [4:23]
13. Spirits of the Tatras [9:00]
We're celebrating our 10th anniversary with Cryptogramophone: Assemblage 1998-2008, a beautiful 2-CD, 1-DVD collectable compilation featuring audio and video of 18 Crypto recording artists including Scott Amendola, Nels Cline, Erik Friedlander, Bennie Maupin, Myra Melford, Jenny Scheinman and many others. Videos by Nels Cline and Friends playing the music of Andrew Hill, and The Bennie Maupin Quartet in Poland round out the video DVD.
CD I
1. Silvana [9:20]
2. Consternation [4:27]
3. Time Cafe [4:54]
4. The Ballad Of Devin Hoff [7:48]
5. Aperitivo [6:29]
6. Walter Bishop Jr. [6:37]
7. Walking Batterie Woman [7:38]
8. Solflicka [8:28]
9. Sonnet 9 (for Eric von Essen) [10:02]
CD II
1. Escondido [7:46]
2. Song and Dance [4:28]
3. Future Flora [6:12]
4. Buffalo Bird Woman [7:31]
5. Yellow Are Crowds of Flowers, ii [6:03]
6. Attempted [8:50]
7. Song of the Open Road [5:02]
8. brainFire and bugLight [7:36]
9. Fast Food [8:23]
10. Momentuum [6:45]
COMING (TENTATIVELY) IN SUMMER: The Jeff Gauthier Goatette's House Of Return and Todd Sickafoose's Tiny Resistors featuring Ani DiFranco and Andrew Bird.
