Alex Sadnik - Flight - CD
Flight is a reimagining of the music of the great alto saxophonist Charlie Parker. Presented in two sides, the arrangements explore his music through country and western motifs and the traditional chord-less quartet. Purchase is for the compact disc format.
Order details
Compact disc produced by BIG EGO Records in Long Beach, CA and pressed by Disc Makers in the United States
**ONLY AVAILABLE FOR ORDER IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA**
More about the Record
From the liner notes by Ana Gavrilovska:
“The recordings for Flight took place during two sessions in March 2022, separated by two weeks. The ensembles were a mix of musicians Sadnik has known and played with for a long time and folks that Schlarb brought into the mix, some of whom Sadnik met for the first time at the sessions. The music flowed forth with ease, an organic exploration of his arrangements, seldom requiring multiple takes.
In this way, the album faithfully lives up to its name. A sideways reference to the man whose music inspired it all, nodding at the freedom of movement, the biological necessity for birds to travel, soaring through an expanse of sky, using their wings without thinking, simply doing the thing that their bodies have been built to do: drifting, floating, swooping, flying. Flight.”
Track Listing
Donna Lee
Parker's Mood
Bird of Paradise
Yardbird Suite
Red Cross
Segment Diverse
Quintet
Jay Bellerose - drums
Dave Easley - pedal steel guitar
Philip Glenn - violin
Alex Sadnik - alto saxophone
Anthony Shadduck - double bass
Quartet
Billy Mohler - bass
Tina Raymond - drums
Alex Sadnik - alto saxophone
Kris Tiner - trumpet
Produced and Mixed by Chris Schlarb at BIG EGO, Long Beach, CA.
Recorded March 5th and 20th, 2022
Engineered by Devin O’Brien
Mastered by JJ Golden @ Golden Mastering, Ventura, CA.
Cover art by David Woodruff
Layout by Michael Wysong
All songs by Charlie Parker
All arrangements by Alex Sadnik except,
"Donna Lee" arranged by Alex Sadnik and Doug Carter