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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
Mike Boschen
© Copyright-Mike Boschen
(884502007480)
Record Label: Mike Boschen
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1. Am Meditation |
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2. Beginning Ramble |
2:54 |
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3. Belvedere Fanfare |
1:14 |
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4. Bye-bye Belvedere |
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5. Middle East Upper West |
2:47 |
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6. Tunneling Blues |
6:06 |
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7. Whaling |
4:08 |
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8. Jet Duet |
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9. Multiheliphonic |
4:37 |
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10. Bbds |
1:25 |
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11. Floating Ramble Bark |
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12. Off Kilter Happiness |
3:19 |
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13. Rush Hour Sermon |
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14. Pretty Girl |
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15. Melody On My Street |
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16. After Dinner Conversation |
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17. Falling Sun |
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18. Lapping |
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19. Dark River |
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20. Inside Out |
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21. Square Blue Swing |
2:45 |
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22. Dirty Nyc |
3:07 |
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23. Contemplative Cleaning |
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24. Alive and Dead |
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25. Going Home |
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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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Astounding
author: mick
Many years ago, my sister found an audio recording on Folkways records called "Songs of My City." I think it was recorded in the 40s. A man walked around NYC with a tape recorder and described what he was recording: snow on 57th street.... I can't remember what all of the things were--- but it's a beautiful audio valentine to New York as it was then.
This CD is that: natural recordings of moments in NYC, but with unbelievably beautiful trombone solos...or sketches...or sighs... or dances.... on it and around it and with it.
It is a duet- of NYC and this beautiful trombone player.
Astounding art does so many things that you can't describe what it does so it's a little hard for me to review this accurately.
But let's just say that this is one of the most beautiful records I own. It never gets tired for me. It is as beautiful as wind or as natural sounds- it has so much sensitivity to it... so much character... it is so tuned in... see? I'm ruining it by trying to describe it.
People have short attention spans these days---- this is a CD that will lengthen your attention span. I've stopped listening to CDs but I listen to this. This CD transports me, makes me cry, makes me happy, makes me feel things I can't explain or express.
There are no words to explain how beautiful this is. But that's why there's music.
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