Complete 44.1kHz (WAV) $15.00 USD Digital Delivery Cover Art JPG: FREE Produced by Cookie Marenco & Jean Claude Reynaud Co-produced by André Bush Recorded, Mixed & Mastered by Cookie Marenco & Jean Claude Reynaud at OTR Studios, Belmont, CA November-December 2003 Assistant engineers: Robert Arreola, Fred Randolph, Terrance Thrower Graphic Design by StevieB at Macropolis Photography by Daniel Gohstand Released 2004

CD Quality Downloads - 44.1kHz WAV To listen click the arrow below: 44.1kHz (WAV) $1.50 1. Degree of Difficulty Degree of Difficulty [7:26] Andre Bush BMI 2. Start From Silence, part one Start From Silence, part one [1:47] Andre Bush BMI, Cookie Marenco BMI 3. You Are Who You Love You Are Who You Love [5:37] Andre Bush BMI 4. New Born New Born [7:13] Andre Bush BMI 5. Start From Silence, part two Start From Silence, part two [1:14] Andre Bush BMI, Cookie Marenco BMI 6. An Even Three An Even Three [9:32] Andre Bush BMI 7. (Hand in the) Cookie Jar (Hand in the) Cookie Jar [8:14] Andre Bush BMI 8. Start From Silence, part three Start From Silence, part three [1:06] Andre Bush BMI, Cookie Marenco BMI 9. We Have Never Seen the Absolute End...yet We Have Never Seen the Absolute End...yet [7:02] Andre Bush BMI 10. You Are Who You Love (solo version) You Are Who You Love (solo version) [1:35] Andre Bush BMI The 44.1kHz files and the mp3 samples above were taken from the mastered CD. Files are delivered immediately after payment on the download page and via e-mail. If you have any questions please contact support. Our files are very large and not recommended for those without a broadband internet connection.

a few words on silence...

"Over the past several years I have been fascinated with exploring increasingly extended and more eclectic compositional forms.

Throughout the process of creating the pieces for this album, I sought to incorporate and balance the aspects of music I love most — dense and open harmonic settings; rhythmic/metric flexibility; pure lyricism and melodic abstraction; primal, visceral expression and controlled, well-considered, logically developed gestures — the diametrically opposed, yet complementary impulses found in Dionysus and Apollo, gods of the creative arts in traditional Greek mythology.

My first principle was to honor the spirit of jazz, not via superficial regurgitation of a currently fashionable "slice" of historical practice, bypassing or disregarding selected periods of development, but rather through deep study of both the cultural tradition and the specific objective musical criteria developed by the masters. Ultimately, I aimed to fuse these cultures, traditions and criteria with my own musical and life experiences. I believe this is the path to creating music that is truly part of our "improvised continuum" of maverick souls, colorful characters and uncompromising warriors.

My wide-angle view of this continuum necessarily includes Miles, Jimi, Wayne, 'Trane, Cobain, EVH & Jaco.

The fundamental "zeitgeist" of the album is revealed in the title and realized in the improvised solo guitar pieces which serve as transitional bridges between the longer and more complex band material. Start From Silence: these words represent the spirit with which I composed the music; in my studio, fully aware, following the direction the music dictated. Silence as the starting point. . . . working outward. No clichés, no easy answers. These are the hallmarks of my favorite musicians, and I dedicate this recording to them with love and gratitude."

—from the liner notes

André Bush — guitars

featuring:
Art Lande — piano (1,3,4,7,9)
Bruce Williamson — bass clarinet (3,4,6,7,9)
and soprano sax (1,4,6,7,9)
Peter Barshay — bass (1,3,4,6,7,9)
Alan Hall — drums (1,3,4,6,7,9)
BluCube — sonic mischief (2,5,8)