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Symmetries

by Barry Guy

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soft fire 05:53
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odyssey 07:19
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slow slam 03:24
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eclipse 02:55
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"Life is essentially a cause for joy. Here we are. Let us say Yes to our presence in chaos. Anything is a delight, we do not possess it and thus need not fear its loss" — John Cage

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released January 1, 2002

Barry Guy: double bass

All tracks are single takes except for added harmonics on the Mingus songs ('weird nightmare' and 'eclipse') and C pedal on 'quiescence', recorded in New Hall and overlayed at production stage.

All tracks (except 3 and 15) composed by Barry Guy and published by PRS/MCPS/PPL Tracks 3 and 15 Charles Mingus copyright Jazz Workshop, Inc. Track 5 inspired by Dietrich Buxtehude’s (c.1637-1707) “Klagelied”

Recorded by Nicholas Parker, July 2001 at the New Hall, Camphill Community, Ballytobin, Co. Kilkenny, Ireland. Produced by Maya Homburger, Barry Guy and Nicholas Parker. Double Bass by Roger Dawson (London 1997).

Cover Painting by Alan Davie (‘The Studio’ No 37, 1975) photographed by Dylan Vaughan. Photograph of Barry Guy by Muriel Valmont. Cover and interior design Anthony Hobbs. Titles 1/2/4/14/16/17 courtesy Alan Davie.

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Maya Recordings Oberstammheim, Switzerland

Barry Guy and Maya Homburger founded Maya Recordings in 1991 to take care of their desires to document the various projects that occupy their musical lives. So unusually
you will find Jazz and improvised musics alongside baroque masterpieces.
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