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lyrics

The bluethroats’ song trilling clear.
Soar, swoop, dip, dive.
Arrow piercing infinitude,
while we remain here tethered still and weak.

Tiny thoughts tangled far below their talons,

believing there’s a hierarchy to seat.

We tussle, wreaking havoc as we shriek.

Fight the current. Resist the glide
Squawk, “me, me, me, me!”

Undulating rainbows merge colored fins
attuned to one other they slip through the tide.

Rafts of otters belong together.
Holding hands as they drift...

Whispering trees secret
symbiotic presence.

Our beauty lies within these suits of skins
Bird Fish Mammal Forest

Ancient or Nascent
human craves flourishing touch

Nothing stands alone; to the flock, we are born.

credits

from NoteSpeak 12, released February 24, 2023
Lisa Marie Simmons - Lead Vocal, Lyrics, Composer (All Tracks)
Marco Cremaschini - Keyboards, Arrangements, Composer (All Tracks), Percussion 12
Marco Cocconi - Electric and Acoustic Bass - (All Tracks)
Federico Negri - Drums (All Tracks), Composer 5
Manuel Caliumi - Alto Saxophone (All Tracks), Composer 5
Laura Masotto - Violin 2, 8
Denise Dimè - Vocals, Lyrics 4
Dionne Draper - Vocals 9
Ernest Ikwanga - Guitars 2, 4, 11
Mauro Negri - Tenor Saxophone 1, 6, 10, 11
Federico Pierantoni - Trombone 1, 6 , 10, 11
Fulvio Sigurtà - Trumpet, Flugelhorn 1, 6, 10, 11
Donata Greco - Flute 1
Weedie Braimah - Percussion 8, 11
Maurizio Giannone - Percussion 4

Recorded, mixed and mastered at Digitube Studio, sound engineer Carlo Cantini

Executive Producer Louis Marks

Producers:
Isell Denson
Rosey Bloch
Natalia Semler
Jeff Bloch
Anna Perrino

Painting/Cover Art Elena Crisanti
Photography by Peter Abraham and Giacomo Pini
Graphics Monica Polato

For Isell Denson, Shirley Kellum, and Tony Allen

Much gratitude to James Morehead for essential feedback, webmaster extraordinaire Scott Williams from Cotts, inc. Digital Marketing, and Chris M. Slawecki, Senior Editor at All About Jazz. Your unwavering support since this was but a twinkle in our eyes has been invaluable.

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"Musically & vocally, NoteSpeak consistently changes, shifting from style to style – acoustic jazz solos into hip-hop beats into harmonized gospel vocals into electronic jazz and fusion into free verse rhyming – and yet seems to constantly groove... " All About Jazz Chris M. Slawecki ... more

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