Oceana from Acceptance by Billy Childs
I thought it would be appropriate to end the story that Acceptance is telling with the group improvisation. I love how Steve Wilson sets the tone with the “whale song” which he improvises at the beginning of the piece. It makes me think of aquatic life in the ocean. When I listen to it, it feels at the beginning like we are observing whales on the horizon of the ocean, from a distance. As the music becomes more rhythmic and the conversation ensues, we are then transported to marine life underneath the surface where there is constant motion. Of course, these are my thoughts, listening in retrospect. However, you, the listener, may devise another scenario in your mind while listening to the piece. That’s what I’m hoping for – with all of the music on this recording – that the music speaks to you and tells a personal story that is unique to you, in the same way that our individual dreams are unique to each of us.
Tracklist
| 8. | Oceana | 5:29 |
Credits
Billy Childs, Steve Wilson, Hans Glawischnig, Eric Harland • Lunacy Music [BMI], Sawtones Music [BMI], Ginshiwalg Music [BMI], Dusean Publishing [SESAC]
soprano sax – Steve Wilson
piano – Billy Childs
acoustic bass – Hans Glawischnig
drums – Eric Harland
License
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Pianist Billy Childs is one of the foremost American composers of his era and has successfully married the musical products of his heritage with the Western neoclassical traditions of the twentieth century in a powerful symbiosis of style, range, and dynamism. Thus far in his career, Childs has garnered several honors including seventeen GRAMMY® Award nominations, and won six of them.