Light Blue Sun
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Light Blue Sun is the second album by violin
ist/vocalist Lili Haydn
. It was released in 2003 by BMG
Music.
Violin
The violin is a string instrument, usually with four strings tuned in perfect fifths. It is the smallest, highest-pitched member of the violin family of string instruments, which includes the viola and cello....
ist/vocalist Lili Haydn
Lili Haydn
Lili Haydn is a violinist, vocalist, composer, guitarist, and actress. As a child, she pursued a career as an actress; at age eight she discovered the violin and began to focus on classical music. By the time Haydn was fifteen, she had played with the Los Angeles Philharmonic.After graduating from...
. It was released in 2003 by BMG
BMG
Bertelsmann Music Group, , was a division of Bertelsmann before its completion of sale of the majority of its assets to Japan's Sony Corporation of America on October 1, 2008. It was established in 1987 to combine the music label activities of Bertelsmann...
Music.
Track listing
- Light Blue Sun (Prelude) (Lili Haydn, Corky James) 2:44
- Come Here (Haydn, Rick Boston) 5:34
- Anything (Haydn, Peter Rafelson) 6:08
- Wounded Dove (Haydn) 6:55
- The Longing (Albinoni; add. music by Haydn) 5:08
- Denied (Lotus Weinstock) 5:42
- The Chinese Song (add. music by Haydn) 6:26
- Sweetness (Haydn, Jez Colin) 4:26
- Seek (Haydn, Siri Ved K. Khalsa) 8:13
- Home (Haydn, Tony McAnany) 6:47
- The Promised Land (Weinstock, Haydn, Steve Nalpea) 10:23
- Anything (radio edit) 3:39
Musicians
- Lili HaydnLili HaydnLili Haydn is a violinist, vocalist, composer, guitarist, and actress. As a child, she pursued a career as an actress; at age eight she discovered the violin and began to focus on classical music. By the time Haydn was fifteen, she had played with the Los Angeles Philharmonic.After graduating from...
: violinViolinThe violin is a string instrument, usually with four strings tuned in perfect fifths. It is the smallest, highest-pitched member of the violin family of string instruments, which includes the viola and cello....
and vocals on all tracks; keyboard/programming on 4, 7, 9 and 10 - Bill LaswellBill LaswellBill Laswell is an American bassist, producer and record label owner....
: bassBass (instrument)Bass describes musical instruments that produce tones in the low-pitched range. They belong to different families of instruments and can cover a wide range of musical roles...
on 1, 3, 4, 5, 7, 9, 12 - Corky James: guitarGuitarThe guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...
on 1, 3, 4, 5, 7, 10, 12 - Steve Nalpea (DJ Sherlock): keyboardsKeyboard instrumentA keyboard instrument is a musical instrument which is played using a musical keyboard. The most common of these is the piano. Other widely used keyboard instruments include organs of various types as well as other mechanical, electromechanical and electronic instruments...
/ambience on 1, 4, 9, 10, 11; keyboard bass on 10; programming on 3, 9 and 12 - Karsh KaleKarsh KaleKarsh Kale is an Indian American musician, producer and composer, and is considered one of the pioneering figures in defining the Asian Underground genre by mixing disparate genres of music such as Indian classical and folk with electronica, rock, pop and ambient music...
: beat construction and additional production on 1, 5, 7; drumsDrum kitA drum kit is a collection of drums, cymbals and often other percussion instruments, such as cowbells, wood blocks, triangles, chimes, or tambourines, arranged for convenient playing by a single person ....
on 2, 4, 5 and tablaTablaThe tabla is a popular Indian percussion instrument used in Hindustani classical music and in popular and devotional music of the Indian subcontinent. The instrument consists of a pair of hand drums of contrasting sizes and timbres...
s on 5, 7 - Jez Colin: programming/keyboards/ambiance on 4, 8, 10
- Satnam Singh Ramgotra: tablas on 2, 4, 7
- Goffrey Moore: guitar on 8, 10
- Pharoah SandersPharoah SandersPharoah Sanders is a Grammy Award–winning American jazz saxophonist.Saxophonist Ornette Coleman once described him as "probably the best tenor player in the world." Emerging from John Coltrane's groups of the mid-60s Sanders is known for his overblowing, harmonic, and multiphonic techniques on...
: tenor saxophoneTenor saxophoneThe tenor saxophone is a medium-sized member of the saxophone family, a group of instruments invented by Adolphe Sax in the 1840s. The tenor, with the alto, are the two most common types of saxophones. The tenor is pitched in the key of B, and written as a transposing instrument in the treble...
on 11 - George ClintonGeorge Clinton (funk musician)George Clinton is an American singer, songwriter, bandleader, and music producer and the principal architect of P-Funk. He was the mastermind of the bands Parliament and Funkadelic during the 1970s and early 1980s, and launched a solo career in 1981. He has been cited as one of the foremost...
: spoken wordSpoken wordSpoken word is a form of poetry that often uses alliterated prose or verse and occasionally uses metered verse to express social commentary. Traditionally it is in the first person, is from the poet’s point of view and is themed in current events....
on 11 - Alice ColtraneAlice ColtraneAlice Coltrane, née McLeod was an American jazz pianist, organist, harpist, and composer.-Biography:...
: pianoPianoThe piano is a musical instrument played by means of a keyboard. It is one of the most popular instruments in the world. Widely used in classical and jazz music for solo performances, ensemble use, chamber music and accompaniment, the piano is also very popular as an aid to composing and rehearsal...
on 6 - Teo Castro: programming on 3, 12
- Bahar: Qawali vocal on 1
- Gerri Sutyak: celloCelloThe cello is a bowed string instrument with four strings tuned in perfect fifths. It is a member of the violin family of musical instruments, which also includes the violin, viola, and double bass. Old forms of the instrument in the Baroque era are baryton and viol .A person who plays a cello is...
on 3, 4 and 12 - Vanessa Freebairn-Smith: cello on 3, 4 and 12
- Alma Fernandez: violaViolaThe viola is a bowed string instrument. It is the middle voice of the violin family, between the violin and the cello.- Form :The viola is similar in material and construction to the violin. A full-size viola's body is between and longer than the body of a full-size violin , with an average...
on 3, 4 and 12 - Julianna Klopotic: violin on 6
- Ron Lawrence: viola on 6
- Tara Chambers: cello on 6
- Marius DeVries: bass and programming on 2
- Carmen Rizzo: keyboards, programming and sound design on 2
- Chris Bruce: guitar on 2
- Produced by Bill Laswell and Lili Haydn