NEW AGE BLUES

NEW AGE BLUES combines the atmospheric textures and deep space ambience of New Age music with the classic 12- bar blues progression.

This anthology features the all-star 'band' including Paul Horn, David Friesen, Paul McCandless and Tony Selvage, all of whom I've had the honor and pleasure of recording with in my 38 year career. Most of these songs have been out of print for many years. NEW AGE BLUES goes where few jazz, blues or New Age musicians have gone before....

NEW AGE BLUES combines the atmospheric textures and deep space ambience of New Age music with the classic 12- bar blues progression.

This anthology features the all-star 'band' including Paul Horn, David Friesen, Paul McCandless and Tony Selvage, all of whom I've had the honor and pleasure of recording with in my 38 year career. Most of these songs have been out of print for many years. NEW AGE BLUES goes where few jazz, blues or New Age musicians have gone before.

The 'blues' is a universal language, and when musicians first get together, we often jam on this familiar structure. That's what I did the first day of recording with Paul Horn and the others, and it helped us get warmed up and in tune with each other.

This album brings together many of those historic 'first dates'. Most of the tracks include more 'space' and gentleness than most blues recordings, building on the familiarity with the form to explore new subtleties in sound.

 In virtually all of my concerts, I include a version of my solo piano blues combining the New Age and blues genres.

Each of these tracks on this anthology appeared on a separate album over the past 38 years.