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Meindert Talma & The Melisma Saxophone Quartet
Werkman
Album NL 2015 on Excelsior Recordings label
Spoken Word and Pop (Indie Pop, Poetry, Therapy, Spoken Word)
Booklet contains short biography of Hendrik Nicolaas Werkman. Recorded on 13 en 14 april 2015 and mixed on 15 en 16 april 2015. Bedankt: Geert Lameris: voor deze opdracht en jouw advies om een stuk te maken voor een saxofoonkwarter; Minke van der Velde van Organisatiebureau Geert Lameris; Stichting Werkman 2015; Kunstraad Groningen; Iedereen van Excelsior Recordings voor alle gastvrijheid en steun. Track 5 is an adaptation of a poem by Werkman. De first two verses of track 6 are adaptations of Groningen Berlijn Moskou Parijs 1923, announcement of The Next Call, pamflet, sept. 1923. The 'Een Ril Doorklieft'-part is from The Next Call, no. 1, sept. 1923. The 'Streiten'-part from Een Ril Doorklieft is from The Next Call no. 9, november 1926. The refrain of Mijn Hart is Zwart is from 'Paul Robeson Zingt', a poem of Hendrik Marsman about the American singer, actor and civil rights activist Paul Robeson. Hendrik Werkman made a druksel of it for publisherscollective De Blauwe Schuit in end 1942. The first verse from Verklaarder Van Het Onverklaarbare is a poem of Werkman. ℗ + © 2015, Amsterdam, Holland.
Musicians
 | Meindert Talma voc, *1995 NL composed by, vocals, arranged by, saxofoonarrangementen, lyrics by, mixed by, album by, adapted by |
 | The Melisma Saxophone Quartet , album by |
 | Marijke Schröer as, alto saxophone |
 | Jonas Tschanz bs, CH baritone saxophone |
 | David Cristóbal Litago ss, soprano saxophone |
 | Henriëtte Jensen ts, tenor saxophone |
 | Hendrik Marsman , written by, refrain |
 | Hendrik Nicolaas Werkman , written by, first verse |
Producers
| Studio Plakband artwork |
| Darius van Helfteren mastered by |
| Frans Hagenaars mixed by, photography by, recorded by, producer |
Album Tracks 
| No | |
Title | Artist | Composer | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  | Leens | Meindert Talma & The Melisma Saxophone Quartet | 4:32 | |
| 2 | | M'n Eerste Vrouw Noemde Mij Poedel | Meindert Talma & The Melisma Saxophone Quartet | 3:52 | |
| 3 | | De Ploeg | Meindert Talma & The Melisma Saxophone Quartet | 3:32 | |
| 4 | | In Mijn Wolkenkrabber | Meindert Talma & The Melisma Saxophone Quartet | 3:37 | |
| 5 | | Zie De Drukkersrollenrollen | Meindert Talma & The Melisma Saxophone Quartet | Hendrik Nicolaas Werkman | 2:24 |
| 6 | | Een Ril Doorklieft Het Lijf Dat Vreest | Meindert Talma & The Melisma Saxophone Quartet | Unknown Artist | 3:07 |
| 7 | | Papierman | Meindert Talma & The Melisma Saxophone Quartet | 3:45 | |
| 8 | | Vrouweneiland | Meindert Talma & The Melisma Saxophone Quartet | 4:30 | |
| 9 | | Mijn Hart Is Zwart | Meindert Talma & The Melisma Saxophone Quartet | Hendrik Marsman | 3:52 |
| 10 | Verklaarder Van Het Onverklaarbare | Meindert Talma & The Melisma Saxophone Quartet | Hendrik Nicolaas Werkman | 3:58 |
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