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"Westendorf's colorful and complex, yet completely accessible music offers a rare convergence: a post-modern brain with a prehistoric heart."--Jim Olding, KBOO-FM, Portland, Oregon
Surrounded by Green
Reviews:
"...intelligent...emotional and intuitive."
--Peter Monaghan, Earshot Jazz
"Westendorf's colorful and complex, yet completely accessible music offers a rare convergence: a post-modern brain with a prehistoric heart."
--Jim Olding, KBOO-FM, Portland, Oregon
"Lovely colors and textures."
--composer Bill Smith
"...a seriously adventurous compositional talent."
--Creative Music Guild, Portland, Oregon
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CD information:
Surrounded by Green - Conceived while hiking through the Hoh Rain Forest during torrential rain (12:07).
Chekhov's Eyes - From a dream (7:52).
Albanton and Pythagoras (& Postlude) - Named for Anton Webern, Alban Berg, and the great mathematician. I borrowed Alban Berg's 12-tone rows from Lulu and from the Violin Concerto (10:19).
Bar Talk - A play on the name of the composer, this piece utilizes melodies and rhythms from Mikrokosmos and Dances in Bulgarian Rhythm (7:54).
Veering Toward Purple - A collection of short melodies, used freely among the ensemble and intertwined between purple improvisation (11:08).
A Circle of Bears - From a dream (15:03).
All music by Lynette Westendorf
Jim Knodle - trumpet
Kenny Mandell - soprano, tenor, baritone saxes, flute
Hans Teuber - alto sax, piccolo
Elizabeth Falconer - koto
Lynette Westendorf - piano
Dennis Staskowski - bass
Bill Moyer - percussion
Recorded May 31-June 2, 1998, at Jack Straw Productions, Seattle, WA. Engineer: Doug Haire. Mastering: Ross Nyberg at Studio X Mastering. Executive Producer: Lynette Westendorf. Produced by Lynette Westendorf and Jim Knapp. Artwork: Chuck Smart. Photography: Richard Hart, Ken Clare. Graphic Design: Bob Meador at RMB Vivid.
Email: lynette@lwmusic.com
URL: http//www.lwmusic.com
