Alice from Nina by Pete & Scott

Alice- This is where the record began. Christian Fernandez and Elena Diaz asked me to arrange a song they had written. I did so but Elena didn’t feel the arrangement was suited to her lyric. I asked her if she would be willing to sing it if I gave it a new lyric and she agreed to do so. Stringing famous lines from “Alice In Wonderland” together the lyric took shape. At the heart of the arrangement is a clarinet quartet which was augmented with baritone saxophone, double bass and ride cymbal performed expertly by Peter Gemmell.. The sound of the clock and the horse hooves were provided by Paul Armstrong and David Pulkingham played spooky guitar to complete this dreamy number.

Scott McIntosh is a Grammy winning composer, arranger and saxophonist based in Austin, Texas. Pete Gemmell is a Juno winning recording engineer and multi-instrumentals based in Ottawa, Ontario. They both grew up playing saxophone in Montreal and have remained fast friends. Their first record, “Josephine Mary” was released in 2019. Their second album “Up and Down” is now available.