Track listing

1. Forward
2. The Guidelines
3. Contents
4. The Balance
5. The Energy
6. The Hurt
7. The Hold
8. The Walls & Windows
9. The Jabberwocky
10. The Grandfather Clock
11. The Reason
12. The March
13. The Vision
14. The Faces
15. The Hunt Prelude
16. The Hunt
17. The Catch
18. The Thief in the Night
19. Human Language
20. Afterward

Samples Used

• "Forward" contains a sample from "The Egg" by Herbie Hancock
  Herbie Hancock
  Herbert Jeffrey "Herbie" Hancock is an American pianist, bandleader and composer. As part of Miles Davis's "second great quintet," Hancock helped to redefine the role of a jazz rhythm section and was one of the primary architects of the "post-bop" sound...
  
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• "The Guidelines" contains samples from "The Auction" by David Axelrod
  David Axelrod (musician)
  David Axelrod is an American composer, arranger and producer, working in several musical genres.-Biography:...
  
   & "The Blessing Song" by Michael White.
• "The Balance" contains samples from "Thank You Jesus" by Robin Kenyatta
  Robin Kenyatta
  Robin Kenyatta was an American jazz alto saxophonist.-Career:Born Robert Prince Haynes in Moncks Corner, South Carolina, United States, Kenyatta grew up in New York. He played with Bill Dixon there in the 1960s, playing with his project "The October Revolution in Jazz"...
  
   & "Scavenger" by Shelly Manne
  Shelly Manne
  Shelly Manne , born Sheldon Manne in New York City, was an American jazz drummer. Most frequently associated with West Coast jazz, he was known for his versatility and also played in a number of other styles, including Dixieland, swing, bebop, avant-garde jazz and fusion, as well as contributing...
  
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• "The Energy" contains samples from "Good Things" by Charles Wright & the Watts 103rd Street Rhythm Band & "Soul Vibrations" by Dorothy Ashby
  Dorothy Ashby
  Dorothy Ashby was an American jazz harpist and composer.Along with Alice Coltrane, Ashby extended the popularization of jazz harp past a novelty, showing how the instrument can be utilized seamlessly as much a bebop instrument as the saxophone...
  
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• "The Hurt" contains a sample from "Meeting of the Spirits" by The Mahavishnu Orchestra
  The Mahavishnu Orchestra
  The Mahavishnu Orchestra was a jazz fusion group, led by John McLaughlin, that debuted in 1971, dissolved in 1976 and reunited from 1984 to 1987.-First Mahavishnu Orchestra:...
  
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• "The Walls & Windows" contains samples from "Aquarius" by The Cannonball Adderley Quintet, "1000 Rads" by David Axelrod & "Dance of the Honey Bee" by David "Fathead" Newman.
• "The March" contains a sample from "Scorpio" by The Cannonball Adderley Quintet.
• "The Hunt" contains samples from "Ole" and "Africa" by John Coltrane
  John Coltrane
  John William Coltrane was an American jazz saxophonist and composer. Working in the bebop and hard bop idioms early in his career, Coltrane helped pioneer the use of modes in jazz and later was at the forefront of free jazz...
  
  , "Meeting of the Spirits" and "Birds of Fire" by The Mahavishnu Orchestra with John McLaughlin & "Sombrero Sam" by Gabor Szabo. A sample is also used from the movie PowderPowder (film)
  Powder (film)
  Powder is a 1995 film directed by Victor Salva, about a boy, nicknamed "Powder", with incredible intellect, telepathy, and paranormal powers. It stars Sean Patrick Flanery in the title role, with Jeff Goldblum, Mary Steenburgen, Bradford Tatum, Lance Henriksen, and Brandon Smith in supporting roles...
  
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• "The Catch" contains a sample from "The Call" by Michael Howell.
• "The Thief in the Night" contains a sample from "Theme from Summer of '42" by Charlie Mariano
  Charlie Mariano
  Carmine Ugo Mariano was an American jazz alto saxophonist. He was born in Boston, Massachusetts and died in Cologne, Germany.-Biography:Mariano was the son of Italian immigrants....
  
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• "Human Language" contains samples from "Lonely Woman" by Ornette Coleman
  Ornette Coleman
  Ornette Coleman is an American saxophonist, violinist, trumpeter and composer. He was one of the major innovators of the free jazz movement of the 1960s....
  
   & "Fire Eater" by Rusty Bryant
  Rusty Bryant
  Royal G. "Rusty" Bryant was an American jazz tenor and alto saxophonist....
  
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