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Biophilia

Featuring:
Vinson Valega - Drums
Anton Denner - Alto Saxophone & Flute
Chris Bacas - Tenor & Soprano Saxophones & Clarinet
Mark Miller - Trombone
Matthew Fries - Piano
Gary Wang- Bass

Recorded:
6/28/09 & 6/29/09 at Bennett Studios, Englewood, NJ.
Recording, Mixing, and Mastering
Engineer - Frank D. Fagnano

Packaging:
Features 100% post-consumer recycled plastic CD tray; printing done with non-toxic vegetable-based inks. Read more here.

Read Vinson's "Biophilia" essay

Read the poem,"Natural Music," by Robinson Jeffers, which appears in the CD package.

MP3s

Streaming MP3s:

1) I Knew You'd Say That
(Matthew Fries)
2) Sunset and the Mockingbird
(Duke Ellington)
3) A Moment of Silence
(Vinson Valega)
4) Biophilia (Vinson Valega)
5) Let (Mark Miller)
6-7) Day by Day with Kathelin Gray (Cahn/Stordahl/Weston/Ornette Coleman)
8) I Just Wanted to See What You Look Like (Vinson Valega)
9 ) Charm (Vinson Valega)
10 ) November Spring (Nick Denner)
11) Always (Irving Berlin)
12) Talk Time (Chris Bacas)
13) Strange (Vinson Valega)
14) Think of One (Thelonious Monk)
15) Doesn't It Feel Great to Be Alive? (Vinson Valega)

Free MP3s:

Vinson Valega Trio (featuring Anton Denner & Gary Wang):
"Live" at Blues Alley (Washington, DC, April 2005).

The Best Thing For You Would Be Me (Irving Berlin) - with Andrew Adair on piano [5.8 mb]
Jiminy Cricket Goes To The Go-Go Dance (Vinson Valega) [5.1 mb]

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Vinson Valega Trio (featuring Anton Denner & Gary Wang):
"Live" at the Cape May Jazz Festival  (April 2005).

Jackie-ing (Thelonious Monk) [7.7 mb]
Georgia (Ray Charles) [9.0 mb]

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Vinson Valega Trio (featuring Anton Denner & Matt Hughes):
Recorded in New York City with one Sony Microphone. (Summer 2006)

How Deep is The Ocean (Irving Berlin) [9.3 mb]
Darn That Dream (Jimmy Van Heusen) [7.7 mb]
I'm in the Mood for Love (Jimmy McHugh & Dorothy Fields) [8.7 mb]

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Vinson Valega Trio (featuring Chris Bacas & Joe Fitzgerald):
Recorded in New York City with one Sony Microphone. (Summer 2006)

Segment (Charlie Parker) [10.7 mb]
Ask Me Now (Thelonious Monk) [8.8 mb]
I'll Take Romance (Ben Oakland) [11.4 mb]

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Vinson Valega Quartet (featuring Anton Denner (alto sax), Dimitri Moderbacher (tenor sax) & Josh Ginsburg (bass):
Recorded Live at The Garage in New York City with a single microphone direct to an Apple laptop  (12/22/06).

Long and Wrong (Vinson Valega) [7.6 mb]
Always (Irving Berlin) [8.4 mb]
Gab (Dimitri Moderbacher) [8.8 mb]
Where or When (Rogers & Hart) [8.7 mb]
Funk Underneath (Roland Kirk) [4.5 mb] {features Dimitri on bass}

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Vinson Valega Radio Interview
Alisa Clancy, DJ from KCSM, 91.1 in San Francisco, interviews Vinson and Anton in July 2004

Part I [8.6 mb]
Part II [12.7 mb]