Parallel Moments Unbroken, by Glasgow Improvisers Orchestra featuring Marilyn Crispell and Evan Parker

Parallel Moments Unbroken

by Glasgow Improvisers Orchestra featuring Marilyn Crispell and Evan Parker

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	1.	I - Parallel Signs (e) 04:04
	2.	I - Parallel Signs (f) 01:54
	3.	I - Interlude 00:54
	4.	I - Parallel Loops 05:46
	5.	I - Parallel Melbourne 07:29
	6.	I - Parallel Moments 03:13
	7.	I - Parallel Songs 05:15
	8.	II - Parallel Signs (a) 02:28
	9.	II - Parallel Signs (b) 02:19
	10.	II - Parallel Signs (c) 01:19
	11.	II - Parallel Signs (d) 03:22
	12.	II - Parallel Signs (e) 01:48
	13.	II - Parallel Signs (f) 02:30
	14.	II - Interlude 01:08
	15.	II - Parallel Loops 05:18
	16.	II - Parallel Melbourne 06:54
	17.	II - Parallel Moments 07:54
	18.	II - Parallel Songs 18:56

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Work on Parallel Moments Unbroken began in the summer of 2013 when I was commissioned to compose a new piece by the BBC, which was broadcast on their Jazz on 3 radio show. The piece was written specifically for a large improvising ensemble and soloist and I'm delighted that Marilyn and Evan, two of my favourite musicians, are the featured soloists on each of the two versions recorded here.

I devised the piece itself using a collection of graphic scores, through composed sections, photographs and artwork, all based on past musical experiences and relationships with the musicians involved. An 'assembly' of these was created individually for each one of the musicians performing the piece, allowing me to channel them in a specific musical directionwhile also giving them the space to create their own unique and immediate responses as they drew on inspiration from their directions and reacted to the sounds around them.

A number of other guests, who are not regular members of GIO but part of our extended family, also joined us for these performances and huge thanks go to them as well. Indeed, I would like to thank all the musicians in GIO and our guests for playing on this CD and giving their time and creativity so generously.

Both performances are etched in my my memory as joyous celebratory events full of music, wonderful collaborations, intense discussions and late-into-the-night socialising. I hope listening to this music conveys some of this adventure.

Raymond MacDonald
November 2018

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released November 27, 2018

Parallel Moments Unbroken I
Recorded live at CCA Glasgow | 1st December 2013

Rick Bamford - drums/percussion
Chris Barclay - trombone
Sarah Gail Brand - trombone
Stuart Brown - drums/percussion
George Burt - guitar
Cliona Cassidy - voice
Ernesto Coro - alto saxophone
Marilyn Crispell - piano
Neil Davidson - guitar
Robert Henderson - trumpet
Adam Linson - electronics
Raymond MacDonald - soprano/alto saxophones
Una MacGlone - double bass
Jim McEwan - Rhodes piano/electronics
Catriona MacKay - harp
Sue McKenzie - soprano/baritone saxophones
Nicole McNeilly - trombone
Nikki Moran - viola
Corey Mwamba - vibraphone
Peter Nicholson - cello
Maggie Nicols - voice
Gino Robair - percussion
Emma Roche - flute
Gerry Rossi - keyboards/electronics
Liene Rozite- flute
Armin Sturm - double bass
Graeme Wilson - tenor/baritone saxophones

Recorded by Gus Stirrat
Mixed and Mastered by Owen Green
Composed by Raymond MacDonald
Executive Producer Gerry Rossi

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Parallel Moments Unbroken II
Glasgow International Jazz Festival
City Halls, Glasgow | 29th June 2014

Rick Bamford - drums/percussion
George Burt - guitar
Cliona Cassidy - voice
Neil Davidson - guitar
Robert Henderson - trumpet
Adam Linson - electronics
Raymond MacDonald - soprano/alto saxophones
Una MacGlone - double bass
Anne MacCleod - oboe
Catriona MacKay - harp
Sue McKenzie - soprano/baritone saxophones
Atzi Muramatsu - cello
Peter Nicholson - cello
Evan Parker - saxophone
Jer Reid - guitar
Emma Roche - flute
Gerry Rossi - piano
Liene Rozite- flute
Kyalo Searle-Mbullu - guitar
Graeme Wilson - tenor/baritone saxophones

Recorded, Mixed and Mastered by Jim McEwan
Composed by Raymond MacDonald
Executive Producer Gerry Rossi

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