Hard Weather Makes Good Wood

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Album Description
This record is complex and challenging, but equally rewarding to those who make the effort. The prize? A trip into a man's psyche and the quiet intensity therein.

This project is an amalgam of talents: the music of renegade Ohio composer John Howell Morrison, and performed by the universally acclaimed Intergalactic Contemporary Ensemble (fresh from the world tour promoting "I Dig" Innova 548). Under the direction of the original madman in the rain, Duane Schulthess, they bring to life Morrision's compositions with a resilient brilliance.

One of the freshest voices in American music, John Howell Morrison is no stranger to struggle. His new release on innova, Hard Weather Makes Good Wood, is a fantastical synthesis of the American South,the ferocious chops of the performers, and a creamy blend of electronic and acoustic media.

Combine these elements into a seamless whole and you get a heady, hearty, challenging sound world that shows us a glimpse of the future of chamber music. Morrison has character in buckets and reminds us that surviving life’s storms is what builds us up. Through it all, hard weather makes good wood. Music shouldn't be easy, and this isn't but the rewards are so worth it.

Hard Weather Makes Good Wood, Music, Jim Jacobson, John Howell Morrison, Vivian S. Montgomery, Susan Billmeyer, Maria Jette, Jennifer Strom, Joe Meyer, Troy Gardner, Classical, Classical Artists, Classical Music, Electronic/Avant-Garde/Minimalist Music, Modern Composition, Orchestral & Symphonic

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HARD WEATHER MAKES GOOD WOOD Manufacturer: INNOVA ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General Modern | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Electronic | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music | Computer General | Symphonies | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music General | Jazz | Styles | Music Vocal Jazz General | Vocal Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music ASIN: B00008RGZR Release Date: 2003-04-15

Tracks:

1. Hard Weather Makes Good Wood
2. The Heart Poems: Poem I
3. The Heart Poems: Poem II
4. The Heart Poems: Poem III
5. The Heart Poems: Poem IV
6. The Heart Poems: Poem V
7. The Heart Poems: Poem VI
8. The Heart Poems: Poem VII
9. My Love Lives Down That Long Dirt Road: A Funky Pair
10. My Love Lives Down That Long Dirt Road: My Love Lives Down That Long Dirt Road
11. My Love Lives Down That Long Dirt Road: Funky Pair II
12. My Love Lives Down That Long Dirt Road: Darker Days
13. My Love Lives Down That Long Dirt Road: Still The Funky Pair (Injured, Broken)
14. My Love Lives Down That Long Dirt Road: Spring
15. My Love Lives Down That Long Dirt Road: Together
16. Rising Blue: Rising Blue I
17. Rising Blue: Interlude
18. Rising Blue: Rising Blue II

Album Description

This project is an amalgam of talents: the music of renegade Ohio composer John Howell Morrison, and performed by the universally acclaimed Intergalactic Contemporary Ensemble (fresh from the world tour promoting "I Dig" Innova 548). Under the direction of the original madman in the rain, Duane Schulthess, they bring to life Morrision's compositions with a resilient brilliance.

One of the freshest voices in American music, John Howell Morrison is no stranger to struggle. His new release on innova, Hard Weather Makes Good Wood, is a fantastical synthesis of the American South,the ferocious chops of the performers, and a creamy blend of electronic and acoustic media.

Combine these elements into a seamless whole and you get a heady, hearty, challenging sound world that shows us a glimpse of the future of chamber music. Morrison has character in buckets and reminds us that surviving life's storms is what builds us up. Through it all, hard weather makes good wood. Music shouldn't be easy, and this isn't but the rewards are so worth it.

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