Lovely organ/synth/harp/sax (Gerry Mulligan) in SF's Grace Cathedral, along with pioneering synth mixes with Krause's early nature recordings at the SF zoo; some unique and important music!

Track Listing

1. Soft/White
2. Saga Of The Blue Beaver
3. Nine Moons In Alaska
4. Walkin'
5. Walkin' By The River
6. Gandharva
7. By Your Grace
8. Good Places
9. Short Film For David
10. Bright Shadows

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Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #204520 in Music
• Released on: 2006-05-16
• Number of discs: 1

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Customer Reviews

saga of the blue beaver
the only reason i bought this is for the song "saga of the blue beaver" where mike bloomfield lays down some fantastic guitar playing.the rest of the disk {which doesnt have bloomfield on it} is boring.

Trippy, and I mean that as a compliment
I had limited exposure to one cut from this record, "Walkin' By The River," which was included on "Hot Platters," one of those great $2.00 LP samplers that Warners used to put out back in, well, the '70s. It's basically a gospel number sung convincingly by Clydie King, but in no way prepares one for the rest of the contents of this disc, which range from a somewhat off-kilter blues jam that kicks off the proceedings featuring Mike Bloomfield and Ronnie Montrose, to the completely gorgeous second side of the album, (tracks 6-10) which was recorded pristinely in the Grace Cathedral, whose acoustics are used to the fullest and act as another musical instrument. A rather pioneering disk, this; fusion of the best sort. Early analog synthesizer experiments (no cheese factor, by the way; these guys knew what they were doing) that are organically paired with the marvelous saxophone work of Gerry Mulligan and Bud Shank. Ruminative, contemplative, achingly beautiful, and recommended.