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This booklet features the eight poems by Alice Oswald that these settings are from, with the notation of the songs, so that you can try playing, arranging or otherwise using them at home, alongside beautiful illustrations by Morris English, and artwork made in a workshop inspired by the settings, organised by Norwich-based charity Musical Keys.
A CD of the ALATI recordings is included in a sleeve in the back of the booklet. On the CD the settings are separated into 8 tracks, whilst in your downloads, they appear as 4 tracks, so that you aren't disturbed as pieces merge into one another.
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CD in a digifile case, with design and artwork by Morris English, and front cover artwork made in a workshop with a group led by Norwich-based charity Musical Keys.
On the CD, the eight settings are separated into 8 tracks, whilst the digital release appears as 4 tracks, meaning that you aren't disturbed as tracks merge into each other.
Includes unlimited streaming of Ascending the Morning
via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
'Ascending the Morning' is a booklet & CD release published by Singular Publishing, with the CD on the 33Jazz label. It features settings of eight poems by Alice Oswald and is presented with the notation of the songs and the poems, alongside beautiful illustrations by Morris English.
The CD features the recordings of the settings, featuring ALATI - a trio led by Norwich-based trumpeter Chris Dowding, with vocalist Brigitte Beraha and pianist Dave O'Brien. ALATI coalesced into this trio configuration around 3 years ago, and the trio have together explored Chris Dowding's settings in both acoustic and electric contexts of poems by Andrew McMillan and Colin Simms.
However, their first performances as a trio were of these settings of eight poems from earlier collections by Alice Oswald. Since then, they have performed around the UK. Individually, the members of ALATI have worked with trombonist Annie Whitehead and the groups Babelfish and Solstice, along with leading their own projects, such as Dave O'Brien's Porpoise Corpus.
We invite you into this soundworld of Alice Oswald settings, and encourage you to explore your own versions of these songs, with your own groups, or to just try a few notes and see where it takes you...
Andy Robson, Jazzwise -
“The writing and arrangements are very much in service to the text. In that spirit, Dowding’s own horn playing is often restrained, his breath as much part of the accompaniment as the notes he plays, so intimate is the recording.” (see March issue magazine for full review)
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released September 16, 2022
Chris Dowding - trumpet, flugelhorn & vocals
Brigitte Beraha - vocals
Dave O’Brien - piano & vocals
Recorded on 5th & 6th July 2021 by Jon Clayton at One Cat Studio, Crystal Palace. Mixed by Jon Clayton and Chris Dowding. Mastered by Paul Keeler. Score formatting by Rob Milne.
ALATI is a trio led by Chris Dowding (trumpet), featuring Brigitte Beraha (vocals) and Dave O' Brien
(piano).
They play settings of various poets in both acoustic and electric worlds. This has included work with the poetry of Alice Oswald, Andrew McMillan and Colin Simms.
They are based in Norwich and London, and have performed around the UK.
