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Second Gymnopedie by Dan Willis

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"Second Gymnopedie" by Dan Willis and Velvet Gentlemen

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Album Title: The Satie Project
Label: Daywood Drive Records
Released: 2010

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About the Album

Opening track to multi-reedman Dan Willis' latest, The Satie Project (Daywood Drive, 2010), featuring his 10-piece Velvet Gentlemen group. The album and group imaginatively brings the music of classical composer Erik Satie into the jazz world...and the 21st Century, including trumpeter Chuck MacKinnon, guitarist Pete McCann, bassist Kermit Driscoll, drummer John Hollenbeck.

Tracks

Second Gymnopedie; Nocturne # 2; I Idylle; Nocturne # 3; Third Gymnopedie; First Gnossienne; Nocturne # 4; First Gymnopedie; III Meditation; Nocturne # 1; II Aubade; Second Gnossienne; Nocturne # 6; Nocturne # 5; Olga Polka.

Personnel

Dan Willis
saxophone

Additional Personnel

Dan Willis: tenor saxophone; soprano saxophone; oboe; English horn; Flute; piccolo, clarinet, bass clarinet, duduk; Chuck McKinnon: trumpet, flugelhorn, electronic pedals; Pete McCann, electric guitar, acoustic guitar; Ron Oswanski: B3 organ, accordion; Kermit Driscoll: electric bass, double-bass; John Hollenbeck: drums, percussion; Jonathan Owens: trumpet; Tim Sessions: tenor trombone, bass trombone; Richard Sosinsky: double-bass (2); Antoine Silverman: violin.

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October 12, 2010

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