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Nr : Label : Death Defying Records │██ │█▓ ------------------------------------------------------------------ │██ │▓█ Release date: 2025-04-14 Retail date: 2024-04-19 │██ │██░   ▄▄▄  ▄▄      ▄▄  ▄██▄  ▄▄▄ ▐██▓░ ░█▀▐▌ ▄█▓▌  ▌ ▐██▓▐██▓▐░▐█▀█ ▐▓█▀███▄▄▄░ ▐█░▓ ▐██ ▐ █▌▐▌██ ██░ █ ██░▓  ░▄▄▄███▀█▓▐│ ▐█▀█▓▄▀▄▀▓▌█▀▓▄░  ▀██▄▐██ ▐ █▌█ ██ █▌  █ ▀███▓ ░▄▓▀▀▀ ░▓█▀█▐│ ▀ ▌▐▌▀▓▓▀ ▀   ▄█▌ ██ ▌ ▐█▌ █▌ ▐░▐█    ▄█  ▀ │██│ ▀▄▀▄▒░▓ ▓▀██▓  ▀▀▀   ▀  ▀▓  ▀█▓ ▓▀█▀   │██ ░ ▀▄▀▄                   █████▄▄      │██ ▐▌▐▌                   ▀░   ▓▀▄ ▄▓▄ ██ ▓▀▄▀                ▄▄▀      ▐▌  ▀  │██               █▓░     ▄█▀     ▓█              ░▀▄▄▄▄███░       ▓█                ▀▀▀▀▀          ██ ██ ██ ██ 1. Blackbird 5:37 ██ 2. Rosewood 5:45 ██ 3. Tri Seamair 6:33 ██ 4. Serenity 6:10 ██ 5. Theme For Maxine 5:46 ██ 6. Valley of Silence 5:55 ██ 7. Fly With The Wind 8:59 ██ 8. 49th Parallel 6:17 ██ ██ ██ ██ █▓ Total Runtime: 51:02 █▓ █░                 ▄             █                ▐██            ▓                ▓█▌░           ░                   ▀███████▓▀▀▀       ▓██▓░       ▄        ██▓  ▄▄   ▄▄▄▓ ░▓██▓ ░▀████▓      ██▌ ▄█▀█ ▐██  ██▀█ ▐█▀█▌ ░▓████▀░ ░ ░▀▀▄░ ▐█▄ ███▌▐██▓▐ ▐█▌ ▐█░▐█ ██░█░ ░▓█▐▀▀▄▀▄ ▄ ░ ▓ ▐█░▐▌██▓██▌░▐ ▐█▌ ██▓▀  █▌▄   ▀ ▐▌▐ █ ▓███ ██ ██▌ █ ▐█▌ ██▓░ ▐▀▀▀█▌ ░▒▄▀▄▀ █░ ░██▌ ██ ▐██ ▌░ █▌░ ▀█▄▄▓  ██▓ ▄▀▄▀ ░ │█▓   ▀   ▀▓ ▀▀▀   ▐█▓      ▄█▀   ▐▌▐▌ ▄ █▓                 ▀             ▀▄▀▄ ▀▓▀ ██ ░▄ ██│ Imagine: ten-year-old twin brothers Jim and Craig, standing nervously ██│ in the doorway of the Palms Cafe in Edmonton on a warm summer night in ██│ 1979. Their dad has taken them to their first concert featuring the ██│ instruments that theyÆre hoping to play when they enter junior high in ██│ the fall. Neither has any idea what theyÆre about to experience, but ██│ the excitement in the room speaks volumes: theyÆre in for something ██│ special. ôAll I recall is the sheer force of the trumpet and the ██│ incredible speed and energy that the band performed with,örecalls Jim. ██│ The band was trumpet legend Woody ShawÆs quintet: a group that would ██│ forever imprint itself on the Brenan Brothers. TheyÆve been seeking to ██│ recreate that musical energy for their entire musical careers. ██│ ██│ Having collectively performed with the likes of Maynard Ferguson, Randy ██│ Brecker, Ralph Bowen, Geoff Keezer, Bryan Lynch, Terrell Stafford, Luis ██│ Bonilla, Sam Rivers, Bob Brookmeyer, Curtis Fuller, Slide Hampton, and ██│ Kenny Wheeler, Craig and Jim Brenan have established an iron-clad ██│ reputation as a pair of dynamic and accomplished musicians, always ██│ seeking new musical challenges that push them to their creative limits. ██│ ██│ Says Craig: ôI always liked the analogy that the pursuit of mastery is ██│ like climbing a mountain: it can be arduous, but the results are ██│ incredible.ö To that end, the Brenan Brothers have recorded an album ██│ that focuses on the music that first made such an indelible impression ██│ on them: jazz from the creatively fertile but often overlooked late ██│ 1970s, featuring blistering solos and tight arrangements. The ôclimbö ██│ continues, as this album undoubtedly demonstrates. This is the perfect ██│ time to document the latest iteration of their band. ██│ ██│ TheValley of Silence is a collection of arrangements and original ██│ compositions that have been rumbling around in the brothersÆ ██│ collective consciousness for the past decade. The originals on the ██│ Valley of Silence were written with a spirit of abandon in mind: these ██│ pieces are soulful and meditative; complex, yet accessible. This album ██│ encourages the listener to take a journey back to a time when jazz was ██│ all about connecting to the music and telling oneÆs own story. ██ │▓█ │▓█ │██│ ██│ http://craigbrenan.com ██│ ██│     ██│        │██░  █▄     │██▓░        ▓███▄▄▄  ▐██▓     ░▓██▓ │▓█▀███▄▄▄░   ─────▐─────▐───▐─░▌───▄─────▐██▄──── ░▓████▀░ │█▀█▓▄▀▄▀▓▌█▀▓▄░  ─▄───│─────▌────▌─▐──▀▓▀───▐░▓▓███── ▓█▐▀▀▄▀▄ ▄ ░ ▌▐▌▀▓▓▀ ▀░ ▀▓▀──▌────▐─────▐─────────▐▓─────▐──  ▀ ▐▌▐ ▀▄▀▄▒░▓ ────▐─────├────▄█▌───────▄▌─────▐───  ░▒▄▀▄▀ ░ ▀▄▀▄ ─▄▄▄▌───▄▓▌───▐██▌──-███▄▌─────▐░───  ▄▀▄▀ ░ ▄ ▐▌▐▌ ███▓ ▐███░   ░▀▀▀▀  ▄▄▓▄▌  ▄   ▐▌▐▌ ▄ ▀▓▀ ▓▀▄▀       ▀▀▓      ▓ ▐███▓  ▀▓▀  ▀▄▀▄ ▀▓▀    ▐  ▓▓      ░▄