Early American: The Melodies of Stephen Foster

by Andy Biskin

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1.	My Old Kentucky Home, Good-Night! 00:41	buy track
2.	Jeanie With the Light Brown Hair 02:16	buy track
3.	Early American 05:12	buy track
4.	Camptown Races 03:20	buy track
5.	Journey Cake 03:04	buy track
6.	Oh! Susanna 03:39	buy track
7.	Fits and Starts 03:18	buy track
8.	Hard Times Come Again No More 02:49	buy track
9.	Nelly Bly 03:44	buy track
10.	Thin King Thinking 03:21	buy track
11.	Old Folks at Home 02:55	buy track
12.	Old Black Joe 05:31	buy track
13.	Dom Casual 03:18	buy track
14.	There's a Good Time Coming 05:56	buy track
15.	Beautiful Dreamer 03:15	buy track
16.	Kid Proof 02:56	buy track
17.	Old Folks at Home 00:51	buy track

about

This CD features songs by Stephen Foster, as well as six Biskin originals. Although Biskin takes liberties with Foster's tunes, he preserves the beauty and sentiment of the songs while casting them in a new light. Biskin's own pieces for the quartet are equally melodious and varied in form, uniting elements from early and modern jazz with dance and classical music. The quartet features some of New York's most searching and genre-defying musicians, including John Hollenbeck (percussion), Pete McCann (guitar/banjo), and Chris Washburne (trombone/tuba).

“Mixing mania and melancholy in a rather uncanny way, the clarinet player brings a new vibe to Stephen Foster's nuggets on the recent Early American. A gleeful modernist, his arrangements have no problem giving the material a hotfoot while still allowing their melodies and sentiment to radiate.” Jim Macnie, The Village Voice

credits

released October 15, 2006

Andy Biskin - Clarinet
Pete McCann - Guitar and Banjo
Chris Washburne - Trombone and Tuba
John Hollenbeck - Drums and Percussion

Recorded April 11, 2000

All Compositions and Arrangements by Andy Biskin / Andoor Music (SESAC)

Tracks 1,2,4,6,8,9,11,12,14,15,17 composed by Stephen Foster
Tracks 3,5,7,10,13,16 composed by Andy Biskin