The repertoire for this album developed out of a project in partnership with Allen Smith, Jazz on the Terrace and supported by The Arts Council to explore and present the music of Alec Wilder culminating in a nationwide tour. My pianist and musical director, Johnny Taylor and I researched, selected and arranged our favourites from Wilder's rarely heard and rarely recorded work. People tend to know "i'll Be Around,' which became a jazz standard, and is on my debut album, but most of his tunes have remained in relative obscurity. We are very excited about what we've come up with. We hope you like it too!
"I am concerned with the miracle of life in all its incredible forms. I'll stop for a spider, a bird, a tree, a flower, a child, a book, a storm, a sound, a scent, a smile. I'll blow bubbles, watch bobble birds, read a dictionary, listen to a sad tale, make up a puzzle, row a boat." - Alec Wilder
”The light, the darkness,
Heartful and heartless,
To fear the mystery, to find the beauty,
To Love.” - Emilie Conway
Credits
Emilie Conway - voice, Johnny Taylor - piano, Damian Evans - double bass, Brendan Doyle - saxophones/clarinet, Dominic Mullan - drums.
Recorded at Ventry Recording by Dave McCune, Produced by Emilie Conway & Dave McCune, Mastered by Bob Katz at Digital Domain, Florida
Photography: Monika Chmielarz. Album Artwork: Dee Gavin
Special thanks to Rob Geller and Friends of Alec Wilder Newsletter, 3237A 16th Street, San Francisco, CA 94103, USA
Special thanks also to Judy Bell at TROEssex Music Group for all her important help sourcing Wilder’s scores.
