Songs Without Words

...music-making of the highest order, which plumbs the depths of all of the emotions from wonderful joys to abject lamentations.
RAUL DA GAMA, JazzDaGama

Achieving international recognition through his 40-year career as a bassist and as an award-winning producer, composer, and recording engineer, Dan Dean is a truly multi-faceted artist constantly seeking new challenges and outlets for expressing the music he hears. For his debut vocal recording, Dean came about it in a very roundabout way. In preparation for a recording of solo bass with string orchestra, Dean arranged works by JS Bach, Vivaldi, Mussorgsky, Rimsky-Korsakoff and Albinoni. With the budget and organizational constraints of recording large ensembles, Dean decided to try adapting the arrangements to his voice. What began as a "what if" experiment turned into a musically ambitious, technically challenging effort. Often angelic, or haunting, or exuberant, "Songs Without Words" is a culmination of his musical experiences over a lifetime, captured by a single microphone.

Track Listing

1. J.S. Bach / Air on the G String, Suite No. 3 in D Major, BVW 1068 (4:48)
2. Rimsky-Korsakoff / Flight of The Bumblebee (3:04)

Vivaldi / Concerto for Lute and Orchestra in D Major
3. Movement 1 Allegro (3:46)
4. Movement 2 Largo (4:09)
5. Movement 3 Allegro (2:16)

6. Mussorgsky / Night on Bald Mountain (11:00)
7. J.S. Bach / The Sheep May Safely Graze, BVW 208 (4:34)
8. Albinoni / Adagio in G Minor (8:08)

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