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Allard, Butterfield, Eckels & Jones: Earth to Ezra

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Details

Composer
Max Allard, Craig Butterfield, Jeffry Eckels, Jesse Jones
Artist
Ezra, Jesse Jones, Max Allard, Craig Butterfield, Jacob Jolliff, Mark Stewart, Xak Bjerken
Format
CD
Label
Cantaloupe Music
Released
Oct 18, 2024
Catalog #
CA21200
UPC
713746320027

About

Ever wondered where the worlds of progressive bluegrass music and microtonal synthesis might intersect? The EZRA ensemble is game to answer the question on their adventurous second album, Earth to EZRA. Convening in an intimate studio in the Berkshires of western Massachusetts, the core quartet - composer and multi-instrumentalist Jesse Jones (guitars and vocals), Jacob Jolliff (mandolin), Max Allard (banjo) and Craig Butterfield (double bass) - teamed up with musical polymath Mark Stewart and keyboardist Xak Bjerken to craft a complex recording that is by turns whimsical, uplifting, haunting and otherworldly. And you can dance to it. More succinctly, Elizabeth Ogonek describes the project, in her liner notes for the CD package, as "a wild, surreal, and totally joyful album - a 'cycle' to be listened to from beginning to end." The sonic beast at the center of Earth to EZRA is a microtonal organ designed by David Rothenberg and built by synthesizer pioneer Robert Moog in the mid 1960s. The 478-key instrument divides the octave into 31 equal parts, but was never actually functional until 2023, when electronic music scholar and instrument builder Travis Johns began the meticulous process of making the organ playable.

Tracklist 12 tracks

  1. 1 Improv 1 04:03
    Track
    1
    Title
    Improv 1
    Duration
    04:03
    Composer
    Max Allard, Craig Butterfield, Jacob Jolliff, Jesse Jones
    Performer
    Xak Bjerken, Mark Stewart
    Ensemble
    EZRA
  2. 2 Kinesin 03:55
    Track
    2
    Title
    Kinesin
    Duration
    03:55
    Composer
    Max Allard
    Performer
    Xak Bjerken, Mark Stewart
    Ensemble
    EZRA
  3. 3 Hexal 05:29
    Track
    3
    Title
    Hexal
    Duration
    05:29
    Composer
    Jesse Jones
    Performer
    Xak Bjerken, Mark Stewart
    Ensemble
    EZRA
  4. 4 Red Haired Laser Boy 03:24
    Track
    4
    Title
    Red Haired Laser Boy
    Duration
    03:24
    Composer
    Jesse Jones
    Performer
    Xak Bjerken, Mark Stewart
    Ensemble
    EZRA
  5. 5 Nostalgique 04:51
    Track
    5
    Title
    Nostalgique
    Duration
    04:51
    Composer
    Jesse Jones
    Performer
    Xak Bjerken, Mark Stewart
    Ensemble
    EZRA
  6. 6 Mask 04:18
    Track
    6
    Title
    Mask
    Duration
    04:18
    Composer
    Jesse Jones
    Performer
    Xak Bjerken, Mark Stewart
    Ensemble
    EZRA
  7. 7 Improv 2 01:51
    Track
    7
    Title
    Improv 2
    Duration
    01:51
    Composer
    Max Allard, Craig Butterfield, Jacob Jolliff, Jesse Jones
    Performer
    Xak Bjerken, Mark Stewart
    Ensemble
    EZRA
  8. 8 Don't Wait Up 05:33
    Track
    8
    Title
    Don't Wait Up
    Duration
    05:33
    Composer
    Craig Butterfield
    Performer
    Xak Bjerken, Mark Stewart
    Ensemble
    EZRA
  9. 9 Impromptu 03:33
    Track
    9
    Title
    Impromptu
    Duration
    03:33
    Composer
    Jesse Jones
    Performer
    Xak Bjerken, Mark Stewart
    Ensemble
    EZRA
  10. 10 Improv 3 04:29
    Track
    10
    Title
    Improv 3
    Duration
    04:29
    Composer
    Max Allard, Craig Butterfield, Jacob Jolliff, Jesse Jones
    Performer
    Xak Bjerken, Mark Stewart
    Ensemble
    EZRA
  11. 11 Awaiting 08:19
    Track
    11
    Title
    Awaiting
    Duration
    08:19
    Composer
    Jeffry Eckels
    Performer
    Xak Bjerken, Mark Stewart
    Ensemble
    EZRA
  12. 12 Fauxmenco 04:07
    Track
    12
    Title
    Fauxmenco
    Duration
    04:07
    Composer
    Jesse Jones
    Ensemble
    EZRA