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Mike Boschen : Manhattan Ramble
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A sonic journey through New York City on a summer's day.
Genre: Avant Garde: Sound Art
Release Date: 2008
Manhattan Ramble Record Label: Mike Boschen
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Preview Song Name Time Format Price Select
Am Meditation 7:03 Album Only
Beginning Ramble 2:54 Album Only
Belvedere Fanfare 1:14 Album Only
Bye-bye Belvedere 0:55 Album Only
Middle East Upper West 2:47 Album Only
Tunneling Blues 6:06 Album Only
Whaling 4:08 Album Only
Jet Duet 1:14 Album Only
Multiheliphonic 4:37 Album Only
Bbds 1:25 Album Only
Floating Ramble Bark 5:37 Album Only
Off Kilter Happiness 3:19 Album Only
Rush Hour Sermon 1:13 Album Only
Pretty Girl 1:01 Album Only
Melody On My Street 3:01 Album Only
After Dinner Conversation 1:50 Album Only
Falling Sun 1:53 Album Only
Lapping 3:16 Album Only
Dark River 3:09 Album Only
Inside Out 4:25 Album Only
Square Blue Swing 2:45 Album Only
Dirty Nyc 3:07 Album Only
Contemplative Cleaning 2:58 Album Only
Alive and Dead 1:53 Album Only
Going Home 2:19 Album Only
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Album Notes

Over the course of a few beautiful days in August 2008, I visited several places in Manhattan that are special to me. From 7 am until 3:45 am I improvised something in each place that was influenced by whatever was happening at that moment. I meditated with cicadas and played fanfares to unsuspecting tourists. I played along with buses, helicopters, jets, dogs, a street cleaner, and my own echoes. I sang the sun to sleep and made music with and over the Hudson River. I grooved with the cacophony that is Times Square, and ended the experience with an exhausted subway ride. My good friend, engineer, and producer Andy Bove joined me to distill over 6 hours of songs, sounds, and noises into one 74 minute sonic illustration of a summer day in Manhattan. I offer it to you with pleasure.

I've been playing the trombone since I was 10 years old, and after matriculating at the Eastman School of Music and The Juilliard School I grew a freelance career in NYC, performing, recording, and teaching in as many genres and places as possible. I have been fortunate to meet hundreds of wonderful musicians in New York, and I continue to learn from them as people and artists.

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