Album Notes

After the quartet played a performance in April of 2007, combined with an art opening of Doug's more long rectangular pieces placed above the piles of volumes at Alternative Books in uptown Kingston NY, the same ensemble of Don, Daniel and Mark & Doug added Tilman on guitar, as was he present at this performance, listening and traveling along with us. As was painter of Kingston; Todd Samara, who commented, that he music sounded like what happens inside of his brain! He pained two canvases of this occassion of us playing; and they both sold!

So, the next gig upstate, in which I brought up the cats from the city, we added Tilman, as it just seemed to make sense & plug on in, and see where the music went? Hence and the result t'was "Periphery". Likened to when Miles went electric with Bitches Brew... and as the "Rhythm Man" has stated; "sounds like nothing I have ever heard before..."
That's quite a statement who plays every friday at Nick's Pub in Harlem, and has toured and recorded with Jackie McClane, Abbie Lincoln, Stanley Turrentine, and presently with David Murray!

Sadee Braithwaite was to hang her paintings within the venue that coming month, and I prompted her to hang her work earlier, as she responded and did so. Hence the cover painting by she.

So here it, is, never before, never again, in the WET PAINT style', as very often in this life, I feel comfortably on the "Periphery"...