Tuesday, September 14, 2021

Harry Mitchell / Ben Vanderwal / Harry Winton - Quiet Country (September 2021)

This album is a collection of country, rock, jazz and pop songs that I wrote and arranged for a project with two of my favourite musicians, Harry Winton and Ben Vanderwal. Their incredible musicality is on full display in this recording and I'm incredibly grateful for their time and ideas put forth for the project. The (almost) bass-less trio project is a format I was keen to explore and am looking forward releasing more music with this group.

1. Lurleen
2. Heart of gold (Neil Young)
3. Blue eyes crying in the rain (Willie Nelson)
4. In Motian
5. Abide with me (William H. Monk)
6. Tumbleweeds
7. Someone to watch over me (George Gershwin)
8. Mother Nature's Son (John Lennon/Paul Mcartney)
9. Worried Mind (Ray Charles)
10. Vents

Harry Mitchell: Piano, electric bass on track 10 & toy piano on track 4
Harry Winton: Electric guitar, nylon string guitar on tracks 6, 8 & 10, and glockenspiel on track 4
Ben Vanderwal - Drums, percussion & production

Imogen Thomson - Vibraphone on track 1
Alex Millier - Bass clarinet on track 5

Recorded on March 27 2021 at Crank Studio, engineered and sponsored by Lee Buddle