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SKU: BLISSJ100 Balladesque


Balladesque
Purchase Balladesque
  • Code: BLISSJ100
    Format: CD
    John Bliss
    Balladesque

  • $15.00

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Description

Intimate and dramatic dream music with depth. Balladesque fuses jazz, rock and classical styles. Acoustic solo instruments, often in unusual combinations, against a lush backdrop of electronic textures. Flugelhorn and oboe. French horns and bass flutes. Soprano sax, English horn and cello. Spacious synthesizers. A wash of percussion. (Much more.) Evocative, soundtrack-like themes. Poignant harmony. Delicate phrasing. Colorful orchestration. Soothe your soul without insulting your intelligence!

Testimonials
"Beautifully bewitching." -New Hope International Review

"Intellectually relaxing." -AfterTouch, New Music Discoveries

Tracks
1) Yesterday Was Once Tomorrow
2) Beyond The Blue Door
3) Candlelight
4) Interlude VI 5) Icicles
6) Castles In The Sand
7) Nightwatch
8) Montara
9) Distant Shores
10) Wait And See
11) Listening To The Rain
12) Never Knew How To Tell You
13) Mystery...

Artist Profile
John Bliss is an award-winning composer, arranger, and multi-instrumentalist whose career has included forays into jazz, salsa, rock, rhythm and blues, folk, gospel and country. He has written for film, television, radio, theatre, dance, gymnastics and pantomime. Honors include the Carmen Dragon Award for composition and the Wozniak Achievement Award for electronic music innovation.

Credits
(c)1994 Mondo Rondo Music

Label: Soundshower Records

Paul McCandless: oboe, English horn, bass clarinet, wind synthesizer
Jon Nordgren: soprano saxophone, tenor saxophone, flute
Jim Norton: clarinet, flute, alto flute, bass flute
Joyce Tanaka: flute
Cindi Urquhart: bassoon
Rick Vandivier : acoustic and electric guitar, 12-string guitar
Cheryl Fippen: cello
Bill Douglass: string bass
Wally Schnalle: drum set, percussion
Joe Caploe: vibraphone, percussion
Robin Hammer: percussion, vocals

Recorded and mixed by Generosa Litton at OTR Studios, Belmont, CA. Digitally edited and mastered by Cookie Marenco and Mike Newman at Studer Dyaxis, Menlo Park, CA.