Album
In The Blue Light
2018 · Jazz, Pop
Rare pressing on Gatefold
In The Blue Light is a Jazz album by Paul Simon, originally released in 2018. On Gatefold: 13 pressings tracked.
About
On the cusp of his 77th birthday, Paul Simon is firmly in looking-back mode: He billed his 2018 tour as a farewell, and his 14th solo album is an elegiac reimagining of 10 songs from throughout his five-decade post-Simon & Garfunkel career. Far from a greatest-hits rehash, the best-known tracks here are probably “Can’t Run But” from 1990’s <i>The Rhythm of the Saints</i> and 1983’s “René and Georgette Magritte With Their Dog After the War.” But even completists may not recognize these at first listen. Recast largely as haunting (or haunted) jazz compositions, with assists from veteran musicians such as guitarist Bill Frisell and trumpet player Wynton Marsalis, the result is both valedictory and revelatory. Yes, the collection surfaces deserving songs that may have fallen through the cracks of Simon’s sprawling discography, but the point of the exercise is the way his new arrangements capture and deconstruct the spirit of the originals, with the benefit of critical distance and having made peace with the notion of winding down.
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Tracklist
- 1One Man's Ceiling Is Another Man's Floor4:00
- 2Love4:10
- 3Can't Run But3:29
- 4How the Heart Approaches What It Yearns4:30
- 5Pigs, Sheep and Wolves4:00
- 6René and Georgette Magritte with Their Dog After the War4:43
- 7The Teacher3:44
- 8Darling Lorraine7:13
- 9Some Folks' Lives Roll Easy3:59
- 10Questions for the Angels4:01
Sound DNA
- Jazz
Credits
The people behind it.
Performers
- Alex SoppENSEMBLE , FLUTE, ALTO FLUTE MUSICIAN , FLUTE, ALTO FLUTE BAND , FLUTE, ALTO FLUTE
- C. J. CamerieriENSEMBLE , TRUMPET, PICCOLO TRUMPET MUSICIAN , TRUMPET, PICCOLO TRUMPET BAND , TRUMPET, PICCOLO TRUMPET
- Gabriel CabezasENSEMBLE , CELLO MUSICIAN , CELLO BAND , CELLO
- Hideaki AomoriENSEMBLE , CLARINET, BASS CLARINET MUSICIAN , CLARINET, BASS CLARINET BAND , CLARINET, BASS CLARINET
- Nadia SirotaENSEMBLE , VIOLA MUSICIAN , VIOLA BAND , VIOLA
- Paul SimonACOUSTIC GUITAR, PERCUSSION, VOCALS, HARMONIUM, ELECTRIC GUITAR, HARMONICA VOCALS VOCALS , ACOUSTIC GUITAR, HARMONICA, PERCUSSION
- Rob MooseENSEMBLE , VIOLIN MUSICIAN , VIOLIN BAND , VIOLIN
- Andy SnitzerSAXOPHONE
- Bill FrisellELECTRIC GUITAR
- Chris CrenshawTROMBONE
- Dan BlockCLARINET
- Herlin RileyTAMBOURINE
- Jack DeJohnetteDRUMS
- Jamey HaddadPERCUSSION
- Jim OblonGUITAR
- Joe LovanoSAXOPHONE
- Joel WenhardtPIANO
- John PatitucciBASS
Rare pressing on Gatefold · 13 pressings tracked on Gatefold
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