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Chris
Conway -
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piano, keyboards, bamboo flute, voice, bombarde, electric 9 string
guitar (9) |
total
time 54.51
all tracks by Chris Conway except
9 by Conway, Segrott, Runcie
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Neil
Segrott -
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bass,
electric guitar, percussion |
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John
Runcie -
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drums,
percussion, kalimba, temple bells |
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background
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Chris
Conway's ECM styled jazz trio produced this gem of an album
in 1992, originally released on cassette. It has been remastered
from the original digital recording and sounds like it was recorded
just yesterday. It contains some of Chris Conway's finest and
most intricate jazz compositions and some phenominal playing
from all three.
Sky High was recorded live onto digital tape in the basement
studio of the University of Leicester - the band took great
pains to get the sound just right and recorded late into the
night to get the best take on each piece.
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influences
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Aparis,
Markus & Simon Stockhausen, Rainer Bruninghaus, Eberhard
Weber, Arild Andersen, Bobo Stenson, Pat Metheny, ECM
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technical
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recorded
digitally 24th, 25th, 27th August 1992. Remastered July 2009
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hits
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Golden
Steps, The Long Winter
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CC's
fave track
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So
Long Blue
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trivia
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- The
Long Winter was also recorded by The Rain Garden on their
Practical Candle Magic album.
- So
Long Blue eventually became a song, and was recorded ten years
later on Chris Conway's Alien Salad
Abduction album.
- The
Long Winter and Golden Steps were included in The Chris Conway
Band's CD Breathtaking which was essentially
a compilation of 3 Chris Conway albums.
- No
overdubbing was used on the album - it was recorded live onto
digital tape. Ambient synth work was pre-prepared on a sequencer
and triggered live by footswitch.
- Sky
High is effectively this trio's 2nd album - a previous one
Meet You There was released on cassette but was not digitally
recorded and has not been rereleased.
- Departures
was used in a film by Norwegian director Bjornar Bjornson.
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you like this album
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