Album Notes

This CD has been seven years in the making. That is, the learning curve has been that long. Not that it's over yet.

Sweat had a lot to do with it, but also serendipity - what a word - had something to do with it, too. Ever since good old Teddy, my dog, was 8 months, our walks have taken us past this house down the street from where I live. I jog past it countless times to catch the bus at the end of the street. But I never really thought much about it until I found it was home to a fellow musician - percussionist Adam David. Who was to know that musically we would compliment each other so well? Serendipity. It's the only word for it.

I wanted an "open concept" drumming style. What that really means is that I wanted a drummer who was able to read my mind!!! Adam came darned close.

Our Bios
Alan Darragh, a young poet, composer and jazz pianist, has been studying and playing piano for more than 16 years. A natural improviser with an instinctive relaxed feel, he early discovered that jazz was his métier. He began his formal studies with Dave Hildinger, “a brilliant arranger at home with both bebop and modern jazz” as well as a pianist with a magical touch. A rigorous teacher, Mr. Hildinger left no jazz touchstone unturned.

After moving to Toronto in 2004, Alan continued his studies with Bernie Senensky, who helped develop his natural bent for jazz composition. To date Alan has more than 90 compositions, many with lyrics.

Adam David's bio - "Adam has kept the beat with such greats as Ray Charles, Vince Gill, Tommy Newson, Michelle Wright, Charles Brown, Shirley Eikhard, Oliver Jones, Tommy Hunter, and Morgan Davis. He's also an accomplished actor, with regular parts on such hit TV series as "Degrassi High" -- if you think you recognize Adam from somewhere, it's probably from TV. And he's been the Toronto District School Board's percussion specialist since 1979.