In The Blue Light

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Main Artist: Paul Simon

About this CD:
In The Blue Light is legendary songwriter, recording artist and performer Paul Simon‘s 14th studio album. Produced by Simon and Roy Halee, who have worked together since the 1960s, the album features a talented cast of musicians who have joined Simon to lend fresh perspectives on 10 of the artist's favorite (though perhaps less-familiar) songs, drawn from his unparalleled body of work. Revisiting his repertoire, Paul Simon has selected songs originally appearing on There Goes Rhymin' Simon (1973), Still Crazy After All These Years (1975), One-Trick Pony (1980), Hearts and Bones (1983), The Rhythm of The Saints (1990), You're The One (2000) and So Beautiful Or So What (2011), refreshing and transforming the compositions through new arrangements and collaborations.

Among the many musicians joining him on ‘In The Blue Light’ are jazz icons trumpeter Wynton Marsalis, guitarist Bill Frisell, and drummers Jack DeJohnette and Steve Gadd. “This album consists of songs that I thought were almost right, or were odd enough to be overlooked the first time around. Re-doing arrangements, harmonic structures, and lyrics that didn’t make their meaning clear, gave me time to clarify in my own head what I wanted to say, or realize what I was thinking and make it more easily understood.” - Paul Simon

Running Time: 44 Mins
Retail Price: £7.99
Release Date: 07/09/2018

Related Websites:
http://www.paulsimon.com/
https://www.paulsimon.com/music/in-the-blue-light/

Track Listing:
1. One Man's Ceiling Is Another Man's Floor
2. Love
3. Can't Run But
4. How the Heart Approaches What It Yearns
5. Pigs, Sheep and Wolves
6. René and Georgette Magritte with Their Dog After the War
7. The Teacher
8. Darling Lorraine
9. Some Folks' Lives Roll Easy
10. Questions for the Angels

Performers:
Paul Simon

Writers:
Paul Simon
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Wynton Marsalis
Bill Frisell
Jack DeJohnette
Steve Gadd

Producers:
Paul Simon
Roy Halee

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