Ballads, by BRIAN DICKINSON

Ballads

by BRIAN DICKINSON

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1.	Where Are You (Harold Adamson, Jimmy McHugh) 05:03	buy track
2.	The Star Crossed Lovers (Strayhorn/Ellington) 05:07	buy track
3.	A Flower Is a Lovesome Thing (Strayhorn) 06:25	buy track
4.	Bloodcount (Strayhorn) 04:42	buy track
5.	The Peacocks (Jimmy Rowles) 05:37	buy track
6.	Everything Happens to Me (Tom Adair, Matt Dennis) 04:52	buy track
7.	Minha (Francis Hime, Ruy Guerra) 04:10	buy track
8.	Noelle’s Theme (Michelle Legrand) 04:00	buy track
9.	I Loves You Porgy (George and Ira Gershwin) 05:33	buy track
10.	Where Are You (reprise) 05:11	buy track

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This recording was made in the quiet solitude of my home during Covid lockdown. I was fortunate to have a fresh tuning for my Yamaha C7 and the time to spend with these lovely compositions. Although the arrangements are mine, I clearly owe Bill Evans a lot ot debt for "Minha" and "Noelle's Theme".

I hope these performances can offer the listener some of the same solace that this process gave me.

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released November 1, 2023

Brian Dickinson “Ballads”

Track Listing:

Where Are You (Harold Adamson, Jimmy McHugh) 5:03
The Star Crossed Lovers (Strayhorn/Ellington) 5:08
A Flower Is a Lovesome Thing (Strayhorn) 6:26
Bloodcount (Strayhorn) 4:43
The Peacocks (Jimmy Rowles) 5:38
Everything Happens to Me (Tom Adair, Matt Dennis) 4:53
Minha (Francis Hime, Ruy Guerra) 4:11
Noelle’s Theme (Michelle Legrand) 4:01
I Loves You Porgy (George and Ira Gershwin) 5:33
Where Are You (reprise) 5:11

Recorded October 12 and 13th, 2020 at Harrison Studios, Port Credit, ON
Mastered by Reuben Ghose at Mojito Mastering

The performances on this recording are dedicated to the memory of Shannon Gunn.

Piano tuning by Wayne Ferguson

Cover art by Janice Dickinson

Special thanks to Peter Cook, Janice Dickinson, Sam Dickinson, Roberto Occhipinti, Camilla Mraz, Jerry Bergonzi, Carol McCartney, Lindsay and Jodie Leong, Summer Skilleter, Sheila RosenbergAnna Strever, Neil Swainson, Cathy Mitro, Nancy Walker, Kieran Overs, Peter Telford, friends and family.

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Modica Music is a label based in Toronto , Canada.

With Jazz, Classical and world music projects produced by Roberto Occhipinti

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