Available MARCH 19th, 2021 on EAR UP RECORDS
Dear friends,
This is Jeff Coffin & Helen Gillet and we want to let you know about our new duo release on Ear Up Records called LET IT SHINE. Release date is March 19th, 2021 and we would love to share it with you. The following link is a press link and you can stream the entire recording or download the mp3s for free.
LIITED EDITION SIGNED COPY of CD available for purchase at HERE
From Jeff:
Making music with cellist Helen Gillet is what it must be like to go sport fishing for marlin! You have to be strong, on your toes, and ready for anything. She is at once deeply rooted, historical, forward reaching, in the sky, pushing, prying, releasing, taking charge, acquiescing, leading, following, empathic, subtle, liquid, she’s air and fire, earth and sky, Helen Gillet is a profoundly powerful musical spirit.
lines intersecting
sounds plea for resolution
voices heard through sound
standing on each others shoulders
holding musical hands
clasped but wiggling free
Green ears listening and head bobbing
listening from the other side
off we go in gratitude and wonder
From Helen:
“Let it Shine” consists of intimate instrumental duos. “Do you Still” is my arrangement of a composition by Dutch Jazz cellist Ernst Reijseger, two tone poems composed by Jeff; one from a Sufi text, the other from The pledge of Allegiance called “Should I Stand” and “Unzen” my own compositional tribute to Charles Mingus. The opening piece “The Sun Never Says” an instrumental duet artfully composed by Jeff Coffin. It is based on the rhythmic inflections and unfolding meaning of a Sufi poem that reads:
Even After All this time
The sun never says to the earth
“You owe me”
Look what happens with a love like that
,It lights the Whole Sky
Jeff has a generous and energetic spirit that lights up the whole process of making an album. From the first composition he sent me until the last zoom meeting we have had, he continues to shine this strong light on the music we have made together.
Thanks so much for listening and we hope you love the recording! Please let us know if we can help in any way possible or if you have any questions.
peace, jeff & helen
Available MARCH 19th, 2021 on EAR UP RECORDS
Dear friends,
This is Jeff Coffin & Helen Gillet and we want to let you know about our new duo release on Ear Up Records called LET IT SHINE. Release date is March 19th, 2021 and we would love to share it with you. The following link is a press link and you can stream the entire recording or download the mp3s for free.
LIITED EDITION SIGNED COPY of CD available for purchase at HERE
From Jeff:
Making music with cellist Helen Gillet is what it must be like to go sport fishing for marlin! You have to be strong, on your toes, and ready for anything. She is at once deeply rooted, historical, forward reaching, in the sky, pushing, prying, releasing, taking charge, acquiescing, leading, following, empathic, subtle, liquid, she’s air and fire, earth and sky, Helen Gillet is a profoundly powerful musical spirit.
lines intersecting
sounds plea for resolution
voices heard through sound
standing on each others shoulders
holding musical hands
clasped but wiggling free
Green ears listening and head bobbing
listening from the other side
off we go in gratitude and wonder
From Helen:
“Let it Shine” consists of intimate instrumental duos. “Do you Still” is my arrangement of a composition by Dutch Jazz cellist Ernst Reijseger, two tone poems composed by Jeff; one from a Sufi text, the other from The pledge of Allegiance called “Should I Stand” and “Unzen” my own compositional tribute to Charles Mingus. The opening piece “The Sun Never Says” an instrumental duet artfully composed by Jeff Coffin. It is based on the rhythmic inflections and unfolding meaning of a Sufi poem that reads:
Even After All this time
The sun never says to the earth
“You owe me”
Look what happens with a love like that
,It lights the Whole Sky
Jeff has a generous and energetic spirit that lights up the whole process of making an album. From the first composition he sent me until the last zoom meeting we have had, he continues to shine this strong light on the music we have made together.
Thanks so much for listening and we hope you love the recording! Please let us know if we can help in any way possible or if you have any questions.
peace, jeff & helen