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Angel On
A Stone Wall


Paul Halley

with
The Paul Winter Consort
and Friends

Paul Halley composes a collection of
wholly original ensemble pieces,
rich with visual detail, context, and story line.


LM81522 CD  $16.98



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To listen to sound clips, see track list below.

 


"
Paul Halley is an immensely creative musician who gathers inspiration from wherever the wind blows. Angel on a Stone Wall is both beautiful and inspiring, enlightening and free."
Sound Waves



 

 



TRACKS

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Total Album Time 53:12

All compositions are
by Paul Halley
© Back Alley Music
(ASCAP)


1.  ◙♫
Sea Song
 

2.  
◙♫
La Alhambra 

3. 
◙♫   
Prayer 

4. 
◙♫
Bulgarian
Cowboy 


5. 
◙♫    
Rolling On 


6. 
◙♫   
Montana 

7. 
◙♫     
The Prince
and The Pauper


8. 
◙♫    
Todo Mundo
 

9. 
◙♫   
Ubi Caritas
PEL2003  
 
10. 
◙♫     
Angel On
A Stone Wall 



Items with catalogue numbers indicate that published octavos are available.

All compositions 
by Paul Halley
© Back Alley Music
(ASCAP) are
administered by
Pelagos Incorporated





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DESCRIPTION

Paul Halley explores more of the extraordinary range of his composing, arranging and keyboard skills, drawing on his roots in jazz and classical traditions. Yet again, he demonstrates his unique flair for creating original music that is vital and timeless. The album ranges from ballads for solo piano, a piano-guitar duet, and arrangements for the full Consort, to  a choral piece that juxtaposes and interweaves Gregorian chant (Ubi Caritas)  with a chant from West Africa. He is joined by his colleagues from the Paul Winter Consort and Paul Wertico and David Blamires of the Pat Metheny Group.

"ANGEL ON A STONE WALL could have been a solo collection, but I have more fun playing with a band, and I love orchestrating. By contrast, my first album PIANOSONG, was wholly improvised, while ANGEL ON A STONE WALL is entirely composed." - Paul Halley

To read more of Paul Halley's composer notes on this album CLICK HERE.


 

REVIEWS

from Sound Waves

"Paul Halley is an immensely creative musician who gathers inspiration from wherever the wind blows. Never a manufacturer of illusions, Halley feels the true impact of he creates because he understands the intrinsic relationship between music and life. 'Angel on a Stone Wall' is [..] personal and moving, [..] both beautiful and inspiring, enlightening and free."
   
                              
from The Kitchener/Waterloo Record

"Halley has managed to banish murkiness altogether from his playing.
Perhaps it’s his clarity that’s most outstanding, or maybe because of his clarity he can accomplish so much more than ordinary mortals."
(Concert review)
 
from The Huntsville News

"An inspired testament to the keyboard maturity and compositional vision of one of today's most original musicians"
 
from Amazon Customer Reviews

“Was fortunate to receive this from my niece who was a music buyer for a major US retail chain - she knew my love of fine piano artistry. This has become one of my "standards" - mixing tremendous technique combined with a wide breadth of artistic license... classical, new age, choral. Exhilarating and soothing (if that's possible) on a single CD. One of those unknown jewels that you feel privileged to find."

-
anonymous

"I've never come across a composite of songs that access the soul so completely. Each song takes you to another place. Moving, peaceful, or exhilarating. What an incredible combination of emotions this album evokes. I've been listening to it for years and still am amazed how it moves me each time."

- Mike Miller


"It's been one of my "go-to" albums since I got it. Tasteful, emotional, 'real'; one of those rare albums I want to share with people like a rare gift.

Paul's sensitivity and enthusiasm for communicating through gentle music is without comparison. His juxtaposition of the African rhythms with the traditional "Ubi Caritas" is the essence of fusion that made his work with the Winter Consort so essential. The freedom expressed on "Montana" and "Bulgarian Cowboy", and the tenderness of "La Alhambra" sound fresh to these ears 15 years after the fact.

And it's accessible enough to share with parents or grandparents. "

- anonymous

 
       
 

Photo of Paul Halley by Tom Rosenthal


 
   
 

CREDITS

Artist
Paul Halley

piano
pipe organ


Ensemble
David Blamires - voice
Oscar Castro-Neves - guitar
Amit Chatterjee - sitar
John Clark - french horn
Eugene Friesen - cello
Jamey Haddad - percussion
Nick Halley - percussion
Russ Landau - bass
Rhonda Larson - flute
Kenny Mazur - guitars
Ted Moore - drums
Glen Velez - percussion
Paul Wertico - drums
Paul Winter - soprano sax
The Cathedral Singers - vocals
Abdel Salaam & The Forces of Nature - vocals & percussion


Production

Produced by Paul Winter and Russ Landau

Rhonda Larson, Associate Producer

Russ Landau, Recording Engineer

Recording Assistance:
Tommy Skarupa, Kenny Mazur, Chris Brown,
Judy Elliott-Brown, Randy Hansen, Ty Saunders

Recorded at The Cathedral of St. John the Divine, New York, NY
and Living Music Studio, Litchfield, CT 

Package Design by Hirsch Design, Inc.

Cover photograph of Eileen and Peter Litwin's farm field
by Jim Brandenburg





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1991 Earth Music Productions, LLC.
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Made in USA



Alternate (1998) package design:

KatArt Graphics,
Art Design and Production
Cover Painting by Joe Servello

 


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