| Music : (Click on blue songs for lyrics)
1. The Perilous Escape of Straggler Lemming -
Simmering latin funk from TUZA, a San Francisco Bay Area original.
*DennFree: Flute, and C Soprano Sax/ *Jeff Stratten: Guitar/ *Jim
Guyett: Bass/ *Bowen Brown: Drums/ *Michael Bulanti: Percussion.
Recorded at Hyde St. Studios, 1980(San Francisco,CA).
2. Love Garden -Written for my wife, Uma, for
our twentieth wedding anniversary, and dedicated to all couples
who have endured, and find love more profound and beautiful for
the experience. *DennFree : Vocals, Flute, Tenor Sax, Clarinet
/ Paul Jenny :Trumpet / David McKenzie : Trombone, Horn Arrangement
(w/Tom Freeman)/ Brent Norton : Guitar / Jeff Addicott : Bass/
Dave Swan : Keyboards/ Tom Freeman : Percussion/ Mike Fitch :
Drums. Recorded at Freeman Sound Studio, 2002(Ashland,OR).
3. Ovalteam - *DennFree : Vocals. Other specific
personnel information has been requested through the Freedom From
Incrimination Act. The original tracks, including the vocal, were
actually recorded in 1984, with presidential participation added
along the way. Recorded in Area 51.
4. Jumping to Contusions - A *James Norton tune written
for saxophone quartet. James is a mentor and an inspiration, both
as a composer and multi-instrumentalist. DennFree : Alto and tenor
saxes/ James Norton : Soprano and baritone saxes. Recorded at
Gary Mankin's Studio, 1979 (Los Altos,CA.). Remixed and digitally
gizmoed by Denn with Tom Freeman at Sullivan Recording, 2003 (Ashland,
OR).
5. Rosa's Park - A short history of the American
Civil Rights Movement, and a tribute to the success of non-violent
social action as a tool for positive change. That courageous struggle
is the very template needed for the struggle that lies ahead.
*DennFree : Vocals, flute/ Ed Dunsavage : guitar/ Marty Ruddy
: Bass/ John Mazzei : Keyboards/ Tom Freeman : Drums/ Priscilla
Quinby : Background Vocal. Recorded at Freeman Sound Studio, 1996.
Civil Rights collage recorded with David Hislop and Tom Freeman(1999).
6. Rasa For Radha - Upon witnessing the birth
of my daughter, this song was also born.*DennFree : Vocals (&Lyrics)/
*Clark Palmer :12-string Guitar/ Bowen Brown : Bongos, Percussion/
Jim Guyett : Bass/ David Henry Wang : Violin. Recorded at Gary
Mankin's Studio, 1979 (Los Alto, CA.)
7. Seeing is Belizing - The most beautiful place
I've never been. The lyrics were inspired by friend and Belizian
patriot Troy Obando. The song is dedicated to George Price, a
Belize founding father and living legend. *DennFree: Vocals, Flute/
with same personnel as track #1. Vocal recorded at Sullivan Recording
, 2002 (Ashland,OR)
8. Oy, Doina - A Klezmer composition written
by *Barbara Damaschek for the Oregon Shakespeare Festivals' production
of 'Vilna's Got A Golam' in 1998. This particular piece opened
the show, and features the original cast musicians. DennFree:
Clarinet/ Nevin Vanmanen: Piano/ Tom Freeman: Zil. Recorded at
Freeman Sound Studio, 1998.
9. Last Writes For Brother John - A catharsis
written the day after John Lennons death and recorded that same
month (Dec. 1980). Dedicated to a best friend I never met . *DennFree
: Vocals/ *Jeff Stratten : Guitar/ *Jim Guyett : Bass/ Neil Janklow
: Keyboard/ *Bowen Brown: Drums. All recorded on a 4-track reel
to reel TEAC at Neil Janklow's Studio (Palo Alto, CA).
10. Dance of Anger & Reconciliation - A
traditional eastern European Klezmer piece recorded for the film
'Children of Abraham' , a documentary on the practice of 'Compassionate
Listening'. This technique, employed by an American group in meetings
with Jews and Palestinians in the middle east, gives strong evidence
for the possibility of peaceful resolution to long held predjudices.
Recorded with Peter Hwoschinsky, 1999 (Marin, CA)
11. When Life Gives You Lemmings...- Kickin'
it in the promised land (Oh,Ya!). Same personnel and studio as
Track #1. Recorded in 1980 at Hyde St. Studio (San Francisco,CA.)
12. Inner Sun - A gentle psychedelic east-west
confluence that invites a look within. Recorded in 1976 with same
composers, personnel and studio as track #6 (- violin).
13. Kobyachi Devours Godzilla - We all want
peace of mind, but who wants to do the real work? The search for
the meaning on a planet that allows human starvation on a grand
scale, while giving the God treatment to a man who can down 53+
hotdogs in twelve minutes for the 'sport' of it. Set to a rhythm
suitable for line dancing. *DennFree : Vocals/ Ed Dunsavage :
Guitar/ Steve Elmer : 12-string acoustic guitar/ Marty Ruddy :
Bass / Tom Freeman: Drums. Recorded at Freeman Sound Studio,1996.
14. The Rebirth of Walter Midi - A journey through
the 'real' Love Canal, and emerging before a live studio audience.
*DennFree : MIDI- Sax/ *David Hislop : Synthesizers. Recorded
by David Hislop, 2000
15. Love Garden Reprise - The culmination of
a life together..walking hand and hand into that which is our
very essense. Same personnel as Track#2. Recorded at Freeman Sound
Studio, 2002
16. Silence Peaks - Don't just do something.
Sit there! *DennFree : Vocals, Flute, Clarinet/ Ed Dunsavage :
Guitar/ Marty Ruddy : Bass/ John Mazzei : Keyboards/ Tom Freeman
: Drums. Recorded at Freeman Sound Studio,1996
17. Adios Me America - The Rhythmystics was
an acoustic trio that performed extensively in the San Francisco
Bay area. *Salvador LaRoche sings this beautiful lament about
leaving his Salvadoran homeland (in Brazilian Portugese). DennFree:
C Soprano Sax and background vocals/ Al Guzman: Percussion and
background vocals. Recorded in Mt, View, CA.,1983
18. Egg Sit - *DennFree: Baritone Sax. Every
beginning has a necessary end, and so now, with the curtain closing
on this labor of love adventure, perhaps it is time to stop the
escape and intensify the search for that which has no beginning
or end........like a bird sitting on an egg and waiting with infinite
patience, to hatch itself.
Recorded in 2005 at Freeman Sound Studio.
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