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Personnel Taylor Ho Bynum – cornet Kyoko Kitamura – voice Jason Kao Hwang – violin Jessica Pavone – viola Tomas Ulrich – cello Pete Fitzpatrick – guitar Joseph Daley – tuba Luther Gray – drums Produced by Taylor Ho Bynum and Nick Lloyd. Recorded November 21 and 22, 2008, at Firehouse 12 Studios. Engineered, mixed and mastered by Nick Lloyd. Illustration and design by Megan Craig.

Track Listing Madeleine Dreams (24:00) 1. hush (1:34) 2. le petomane (5:31) 3. lesson (2:31) 4. metamorphosis (2:48) 5. objects lost on journeys (10:20) 6. hush (reprise) (1:15) 7. What Reason Could I Give (4:16) 8. The Mooche (9:02) 9. Angels and Demons at Play (8:25) Tracks 1-6 music by Taylor Ho Bynum, lyrics by Sarah Shun-lien Bynum. Track 7 music and lyrics by Ornette Coleman. Track 8 music by Duke Ellington. Track 9 music by Marshall Allen, Ronnie Boykins, and Sun Ra, lyrics by Sun Ra. All arrangements by THB.

Press
“Each repeated listen uncovers correspondingly more depth to the artistry of this heartfelt and challenging project.” John Sharpe, All About Jazz
“An original architecture bathed in a strange musical mood, floating and surprisingly, in a word fantastic. A modern musical fairytale.” Julien Gros-Burdet, CitizenJazz (France)
“Bynum’s compositions consistently engage and amplify the texts…the results are driving, focused, expressive performances.” Stuart Broomer, Signal to Noise
“The music is performed by wonderful ensemble with the music providing a strong and compelling counterpoint to the succinct yet supremely poetic text” Nilan Perera, Exclaim (Canada)