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Jeremy Bass - New York in Spring Recording songs about spring in the middle of winter was the last thing I wanted to do," Brooklyn-based songwriter Jeremy Bass confesses of the creation of "New York In Spring", the second in a pair of bookended seasonal records that he released in the first half 2015 ("Winter Bare", April and "New York In Spring", June) -- At the time, Bass was already exhausted from working on "Winter Bare", the making of which not only happened to coincide with another brutal New York winter, but also a brutal period in his personal life. Returning to single living in Brooklyn after a rough divorce in late 2013, Bass found himself secluded in an empty house, sifting through his memories. -- "All I wanted to do was hole up in a cave and wait for the storm to pass," he remembers of the time. "But the need to finish New York In Spring kept me so busy that I didn't notice the cold and exhaustion any more. I became obsessed with creating a completely different sound than what came before." -- Ultimately, New York In Spring is both the companion bookend to "Winter Bare" and the turn of a musical corner that Bass wished it to be. Where Winter Bare's sound shows off Bass' love of Merle Haggard, Tom Waits, and Johnny Cash, New York In Spring is an album of Bossa nova-inspired tunes featuring Bass' live band, and influenced by the great Bossa nova composer Jobim and Brazilian guitar masters Luis Bonfa and Baden Powell.
Condition:NEW.
TRACK LISTINGS
1. Berimbau
2. Style
3. Firefly
4. Julia
5. Work
6. Theme from El Decameron Negro
7. Prayer
8. New York in Spring
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