Composer: Yazz Ahmed, Joby Burgess, Graham Fitkin, Tunde Jegede, Dario Marianelli, John Metcalfe, Gabriel Prokofiev, Dobrinka Tabakova
Performer: Joby Burges
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Signum
Catalogue: SIGCD722
Release: 2022
Size: 255 MB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
01. Metcalfe: Love Without Hope
02. Jegede: The Ancestors Are Within
03. Marianelli: Unequal
04. Ahmed: Throw Your Pumpkin (& Pick Me Up)
05. Burgess: Come Sweet Death
06. Fitkin: Species
07. Tabakova: Desert Swimmers
08. Prokofiev: Dr Calvin Remembers
09. Burgess: Take Me Home
“Percussionist extraordinaire Joby Burgess” returns with his fifth album on Signum Records. “A Percussionist’s Songbook” is a collection of specially commissioned “songs without words” from John Metcalfe, Tunde Jegede, Dario Marianelli, Yazz Ahmed, Graham Fitkin, Dobrinka Tabakova and Gabriel Prokofiev. Scored for an arsenal of pitched percussion and electronics the songbook is inspired by texts ranging from the poetry of Robert Graves and Birago Diop to novels by Michael Ondaatje and Isaac Asimov; American philosopher Michael Sandel, songwriter Peter Gabriel, United Nation population growth statistics and Saudi Arabian folk tales.