Wide Open Spaces, by Michael Formanek

Wide Open Spaces

by Michael Formanek

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1.	01 Edge to Edge 02:25	buy track
2.	Yahoo Justice 05:34	buy track
3.	Fantasy Scape 05:34	buy track
4.	Wide Open Spaces 05:41	buy track
5.	The Sage 02:42	buy track
6.	Cloak and Dagger 04:19	buy track
7.	Wild Dreams 02:29	buy track
8.	Coffee Time 02:35	buy track
9.	Home, At Home 08:38	buy track
10.	Slothdancing 05:40	buy track
11.	Outerlude 02:30	buy track
12.	Razing Walls 03:01	buy track
13.	Ancestral Voices 01:38	buy track
14.	edge to Edge 01:35	buy track
15.	Open Door 00:32	buy track

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This was my first CD, recorded in January of 1990 and released later that year. It was my first chance to really compose a body of work for a very specific group of musicians and to be recorded and released as a CD. CDs were a relatively new thing at that time and trying not be bound by the old (now new) LP format of Side A/Side B, and use the continuous extended time format to the greatest effect that I could imagine. The music all, or mostly all, thematically connected in various ways and was intended to be recorded in many small pieces that were then assembled much as a film might be. Nothing earth shattering or original, but it gave me a structure to work within and helped me to get past some of the stress of that first recording as a leader fear which can be very hard to get past. I was very fortunate to get an amazing group of musicians to help me with this for which I was always be grateful.

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released April 24, 2020

Michael Formanek - Double Bass
Greg Osby - Alto and Soprano Saxophones
Mark Feldman - Violin
Wayne Krantz - Guitar
Jeff Hirshfield - Drums

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Michael Formanek New Jersey

Michael Formanek has been described as “a bold and unclassifiable bassist and composer,” while The New York Times has noted that his music is always “graceful in its subversions, often even sumptuous.”
He creates modern jazz that is earthy yet atmospheric, always alive with dark-hued melody and bone-deep rhythms, rich in dynamic possibility and the sound of surprise. ... more

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