Album US 2010 on Inner Circle Music label
Jazz (Contemporary Jazz)
"Nutty" lyrics by Margo Guryan, Dartmoor Music. "Vanguard" lyrics by Jeanne Lee, based on Dostoevsky's "The Dream of a Ridiculous Man", Stockholm 1963. Recorded at The Rear Window Studio, Brookline, MA, in December 18th and 19th by Brett Rautenberg. Sara Serpa would like to thank: You for listening to our music, Ran Blake, André, my parents, José Luis and María, my sister Joana, Malé, Carlos Dominique Eade, Pete Rende, Bernardo Sassetti, Greg Osby, Vardan Ovsepian, Karla Kelsey, Inés Barreiros, Susan Hecht, Theo Bleckmann, Juanjo. Ran Blake would like to thank: Gardiner Harmann, Aaron Hartley, Milt Reader at Rear Window, Dominique Eade, Christine Correa, Marty and Have Yaseen. Sara and Ran dedicate this album to: Gunther Schuller for years of friendship and mentoring, Dorothy Colman Wallace, George Russell, the memory of Jeanne Lee, the poignacy of Steve Wonder's music, the joy of Al Green, Mahalia Jackson, the majesty of Lady Day Billie Holiday, Abbey Lincoln, Charles Mingus, Thelonious Monk, Max Roach, Charles Ives, Danilo Perez, Carmen McRae, Arvo Part, Oliver Messiaen, J.S. Bach and Sarah Vaughan.
![]() | Ran Blake p, *1935 US piano, album by |
![]() | Sara Serpa voc, *1979 US producer, vocals, album by |
Tony Kellers cover, photo |
Michael Perez-Cisneros mastered by |
Pete Rende mixed by |
Joao Ornelas photography |
Brett Rautenberg recorded by |
No | Title | Artist | Composer | Duration |
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1 | When Sunny Gets Blue | Ran Blake, Sara Serpa | 3:43 | |
2 | Our Fair Cat | Ran Blake, Sara Serpa | 3:23 | |
3 | Folhas | Ran Blake, Sara Serpa | 2:47 | |
4 | The Short Life of Barbara Monk | Ran Blake, Sara Serpa | 4:56 | |
5 | I Should Care | Ran Blake, Sara Serpa | 1:42 | |
6 | Nutty | Ran Blake, Sara Serpa | 1:12 | |
7 | Driftwood | Ran Blake, Sara Serpa | 3:32 | |
8 | Get Out Of Town | Ran Blake, Sara Serpa | 3:29 | |
9 | Vanguard | Ran Blake, Sara Serpa | 3:01 | |
10 | April In Paris | Ran Blake, Sara Serpa | 2:15 |