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North Atlantic tonal Organization - "Brushstrokes"

Ernst Bier

Label: Bandcamp
Released: 2020
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Tracks

01. Tin Tin Deo - Chano Pozo, Gil Fuller 04:45 02. Basin Street Blues - Spencer Williams 04:46 03. I'm Beginning To See The Light - Duke Ellington, Harry James 04:25 04. You Go To My Head - J. Fred Coots, Haven Gillespie 07:50 05. Honeysuckle Rose - Fats Waller, Andy Razaf 04:07 06. She's Leaving Home - Paul McCartney, John Lennon 06:30 07. Lady Luck - Thad Jones 05:15 08. Cherokee - Ray Noble 06:13 09. A Ghost Of A Chance - Victor Young, Ned Washington 05:05 10. Samba Do Véio - Yamandu Costa 04:22

Personnel

Ernst Bier

drums

Kevin McHugh

piano

Max Nauta

bass, acoustic

Album Description

In August of 2019, NAtO recorded our most recent album as a “traditional jazz" trio, after a series of concerts around Berlin, playing lots of wonderful songs from nearly 100 years ago. Our first instinct to call this collection “Brushstrokes” was because the drummer Ernst only used brushes, not sticks, on the entire album. But this album was also our most loosely arranged to date: spontaneous sketches of mostly old jazz standards, our focus on simply playing and enjoying each other’s musical company. That said, even the newer songs all seemed to fit in with the older ones. Our name for the last 15 years has been the North Atlantic tonal Organization, or NAtO. Our group has existed not only as a trio but also a "collective" with any number of musicians from around the globe. The tongue-in-cheek name reflects the diversity of our past and present members, with the serious hope that such a loose coalition of countries might help us transcend our borders and find some common, humanistic ground. Over our history and even so more recently, it's become clear how broken our systems are. There cannot be a short term solution to such a fragmented world. Our hope as artists is that small gestures like making music will sow the seeds for greater understanding between people who think and experience life in different ways. With that in mind, this album is a simple dedication to our togetherness. Kevin McHugh

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