Pax Wallace

Language Arts

Origin Classical 82367



There is a sense of expansion and introspection, as if contemplating simultaneously a myriad of forgotten places, faces and sounds. Like a dream, one's never quite sure where it will lead....Let me suggest your nearest jazz record store.
Jason West, All About Jazz

Recorded in the autumn of 1998, Language Arts offers ten tracks that cover the entire spectrum of Wallace's musical palette. Featuring top-notch musical contributors like Boston drummer Bob Moses and NYC tenor saxophonist Charles Pillow---along with Seattle bassist Chuck Bergeron and trumpeter Jim Knapp---this CD combines some great individual playing with a group effort anchored in beautiful, intelligent composition. That's Wallace's forte, and the result is some heady, heartfelt, spiritual music.


Track Listing:

1. Crazy Horse
2. Equitorial Seattle
3. On Going Home
4. With Malie Towards None
5. Carolyn
6. Song for Spot
7. Elephant Migration
8. Someone's Had to Much to Think
9. Coastal Spirits
*10. Crazy Horse (live)

Performers:

Jim Knapp - trumpet
Charles Pillow - saxes
Pax Wallace - piano
Chuck Bergeron - bass
Bob Moses - drums
Jeff Bush - percussion
Poem read by Jeff Thune

Production Info:

Recorded and Mixed at Ironwood Studios, August, 1998 by Reed Ruddy
"Crazy Horse" Live version recorded by Jim Wilke at Tula's Jazz Club, Seattle, WA
Mastered by Ross Nyberg
Photography by Elizabeth Carpenter
Cover Design & Layout by John Bishop/OriginArts
Produced by Chuck Bergeron
co-Produced by Pax Wallace


Reviews of Language Arts

All About Jazz (Jason West)
It's a pity Pax Wallace will soon be leaving Seattle to take up residence in Europe. Luckily, the thirty-nine year old pianist/composer leaves us with some wonderful music representing much of his best work over the seventeen years that he has made Seattle his home. Recorded in the autumn of last year, "Language Arts" offers ten tracks that cove ...



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