The Better Angels of Our Nature

Brian McCarthy

Label: Truth Revolution Records
Released: 2017
Views: 1,453

Track Listing

1. The Bonnie Blue Flag 06:56 2. Battle Hymn of the Old Republic 06:00 3. Shiloh 07:26 4. The Better Angels of Our Nature 08:22 5. Battle Cry of Freedom 12:01 6. Weeping, Sad and Lonely 04:39 7. I Wish I Was in Dixie's Land 14:49 8. Of Freedom 02:35 9. All Quiet Along the Potomac To-Night 07:18

Personnel

Brian McCarthy - Alto/Soprano Saxophone Bill Mobley - Trumpet/Flugelhorn Daniel Ian Smith - Tenor/Soprano Saxophone Stantawn Kendrick - Tenor Saxophone Cameron McManus - Trombone Andrew Gutauskas - Baritone Saxophone Matt Aronoff - Bass Justin Kauflin - Piano Zach Harmon - Drums Linda Little - Producer

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Story of the Day

My mother was a singer. She instilled in me a sense of swing and timing. Everywhere I went there was that sound, that happy sound of life on fire. Our next door neighbors were jazz musicians. Traveling in a hearse to jobs with the bass strapped on top and a set of vibes in the back
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My mother was a singer. She instilled in me a sense of swing and timing. Everywhere I went there was that sound, that happy sound of life on fire. Our next door neighbors were jazz musicians. Traveling in a hearse to jobs with the bass strapped on top and a set of vibes in the back. It was the early 60's. I would watch and listen and they would have be singing “Days of Wine and Roses” at age 7 with them. It was fun. It felt good. It felt right. Pop music called to me growing up. I found myself drawn to the more technical types of sounds, ones influenced by the higher levels of jazz, songs of feeling, songs of spirit, songs of the best of humanity. Throughout many radio adventures I ended up landing with jazz. I don't think it was an accident. I don't believe in jazz as a museum piece. I believe it is a living, breathing, ever evolving art form of people reaching out in the darkness, searching for the exact chords for the exact nature of human existence.
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