Alone at Last

Release Date: 25th Nov 2002
Catalogue No: STS004
Label: Spartacus
Length: 59 minutes

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Ally the Wallygator (feat. Kenny Barron)

Work length7:52

Tommy Smith, Kenny Barron

Into Silence (feat. Edwin Morgan)

Work length4:08

Tommy Smith, Edwin Morgan

Wolf (feat. Edwin Morgan)

Work length6:45

Tommy Smith, Edwin Morgan

Mercury (feat. Edwin Morgan)

Work length3:58

Tommy Smith, Edwin Morgan

Twin Towers (feat. Edwin Morgan)

Work length5:09

Tommy Smith, Edwin Morgan

Robert Burns (feat. Edwin Morgan)

Work length0:53

Tommy Smith, Edwin Morgan

Arlen Harold, Harburg E Y: Over the Rainbow

Work length2:00

Tommy Smith

In the Cave (feat. Edwin Morgan)

Work length5:00

Tommy Smith, Edwin Morgan

Corea Chick: Folk Song

Work length2:24

Tommy Smith

Not Found On Ice: In the Beginning (feat. Edwin Morgan)

Work length2:54

Tommy Smith, Edwin Morgan

Loch Ness Monster Song (feat. Edwin Morgan)

Work length4:50

Tommy Smith, Edwin Morgan

The Ring of Brodgar (feat. Edwin Morgan)

Work length1:47

Tommy Smith, Edwin Morgan

Cumhaichean

Work length3:34

Tommy Smith

Jazz Hop

Work length3:03

Tommy Smith

From the Video Box 25 (feat. Edwin Morgan)

Work length4:52

Tommy Smith, Edwin Morgan

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Saxophonist Tommy Smith's 'Alone at Last' presentation of saxophones, poetry, and recorded sounds has its own distinctive beauty. Over a series of 35 concerts he has developed it into an utterly assured collage of spontaneous invention, mirthful readings, daunting words, and haunting themes whose emotional impact far outweighs its ably handled technical feats. Although the basic concept for this album is built around solo saxophone, Smith is rarely "alone". His carefully structured sets incorporate the voice of Edwin Morgan reciting poetry, a battery of sounds, from instrumental accompaniments (with his US quartet featuring Kenny Barron) to the breaking of waves. He worked jazz standards and folk melodies into this tapestry, alongside his own compositions and improvisations. He uses his pedal-triggered box of electronics to add fascinating echo and harmonising effects, turning his keening tenor saxophone into a choir, but never falls into the trap of allowing the technology to dominate the music. Recorded New York, Norway & Scotland 2000, 2001, 2002 Personnel: Tommy Smith (soprano & tenor saxophones), Edwin Morgan (poetry), Groven Myhren (soprano vocal), Steve Hamilton (synth, samples), Aidan O'Donnell (bass), John Blease (drums, gongs, Poinciana pod) Track 1: Kenny Barron (piano), James Genus (bass), Clarence Penn (drums)

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