Freenotes Gamelan Songs of Metal & Wood CD Richard Cooke Mallet Percussion

Description: Here's Freenotes Gamelan Songs of Metal and Wood CD ....pre-owned in very good shape overall...... ............ The Freenotes instruments played on this recording are designed to facilitate improvisation. All selections on this CD were recorded live during two three-day sessions and were totally improvised by a group of persussionists who had never played together before. Many of the musicians had not seen the instruments prior to the first session. Named the Freenotes Gamelan, acknowledging their ancestry in Balinese gamelan orchestras, they are mallet percussion instruments with bars made of steel, aluminum and various woods tuned to western scales. Built by Richard Cook, they represent over 15 years of research and development in their design and production. Richard Cooke: Flutes, Percussion Michael Caporale: Percussion and Studio Wizard Guest Percussionists: Steve Earl, Tom Coates, John Grant, Steve Martin, Brian Williamson Produced by Michael Caporale at Caporale Studios, Cincinnati, Ohio. Recorded in April and August 1999 SONG LIST: 1. Fete in the Ocean of Trees 2. Return to Misty Mountain 3. Riverheart 4. Flight of the Ibis 5. Singing Back the Sun 6. Village of Dreams 7. Torchlit Revels 8. Rainsong 9. Nightfall at Rio Yunque 10. Uncle Parrot's Monkey Shuffle Total time 51:17 ...............Richard Cooke is a Grammy award-winning musician who started Freenotes Harmony Park and created a family of instruments that give everyone a way to play beautiful music simply. These instruments have become permanent fixtures in parks all over the world. Richard spent several years sailing the ocean and doing coral reef research with the Biosphere Foundation. A former member of the city council of Moab, Utah, he now makes his home in Durango.

Price: 14.99 USD

Location: Blissfield, Michigan

End Time: 2025-01-11T12:52:55.000Z

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