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www.galenwillett.com/2012/04/29/fon-album. Questions about this music, band, or album? Feel free to contact me at galenmusic [at] gmail [dot] com.
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Galen
released April 29, 2012
Credits and links:
Artwork by Adnane Bénali -
www.facebook.com/adnane.benali
"San Francisco Sounds" & "Energy Cycle"
recorded May 6, 2010 at Berklee Studios
Sean Peters - trumpet
Wes Maples - tenor sax -
www.wesmaples.com
Devin Riley - trombone
Boyoung Jang - piano -
www.facebook.com/boyoung.jang1
Tom Frazer - guitar -
www.tomfrazer.com
Galen Willett - bass -
www.galenwillett.com
Ale Giuliani - drumset -
www.alegiuliani.com
Tim McClain, Avi Gunther - additional perc on "Energy Cycle"
Avi Gunther - recording engineer -
www.theaudiobunker.com/avigunther
Tim McClain - studio assistant
Steve Bone - mix engineer
"De Marrakesh à Dakar" & "Hero Story"
recorded May 4, 2011 at Berklee Studios
and "Never Can Tell (live)" & "Energy Cycle (live)"
recorded February 22, 2011 at Berk Recital Hall
Sean Peters - trumpet
Wes Maples - tenor sax -
www.wesmaples.com
Ben Al-Mateen - trombone on "De Marrakesh" and "Hero Story"
Kajito Noda - baritone sax
KTG Sang Hyun Park - keyboards
Tom Frazer - guitar -
www.tomfrazer.com
Adam Block - guitar
Galen Willett - bass -
www.galenwillett.com
Pat Simard - drumset -
www.patricksimard.com
Themba Mkhatshwa - djembe and congas
Nando Costa - co-producer, recording engineer, mix engineer
"Mahjong (live)"
recorded November 20, 2010 at Recital Hall 1W
Leah Washington - flute
Sean Peters - trumpet
Wes Maples - tenor sax -
www.wesmaples.com
Tom Kain - piano
Tom Frazer - guitar -
www.tomfrazer.com
Galen Willett - bass -
www.galenwillett.com
Ale Giuliani - drumset -
www.alegiuliani.com
Christian Colón - congas
All tracks mastered by Josh Alba at The Living Room.
All songs by Galen Willett.
www.galenwillett.com
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Special thanks to:
Sam Ravenna and Alex Roderick of the band Astrothought for giving me the idea of releasing this; and to all Forces of Nature alumni who aren't on these recordings: Conor Jones (trumpet), Adric Rosen (flute and tenor sax), Thad Noland (tenor sax), Quinn Carson (trombone), Alex "Chilli" Csillag (trombone), Zayn Mohammed (guitar), Kyle Duppstadt (drumset), Chris Orozco (drumset and congas), Mike Figueiredo (congas), and Judith Soberanes (congas).