Jewel Lake, by Bill Douglas

Jewel Lake

by Bill Douglas

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1.	Angelico 04:56	buy track
2.	Highland 03:23	buy track
3.	Lullaby 03:07	buy track
4.	Infant Dreams 02:27	buy track
5.	Killarney 02:42	buy track
6.	Hymn 03:35	buy track
7.	Dancing in the Wind 03:37	buy track
8.	Folk Song 03:51	buy track
9.	Flower 04:22	buy track
10.	Karuna 05:34	buy track
11.	Caroline 03:05	buy track
12.	Innisfree 02:36	buy track
13.	Deep Peace 03:24	buy track
14.	Jewel Lake 02:33	buy track

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The Hearts of Space Records debut from Bill Douglas.

Bill Douglas' "Jewel Lake" is probably best described as a mainstream new age electro-acoustic album, with Bill on electronic keyboards, piano, and bassoon, accompanied by oboe, flute, voice, and ethnic percussion.

Bill Douglas came to my attention through his ongoing 20-year-plus collaboration with clarinet superstar and Yale classmate Richard Stoltzman. Bill has played keyboards and bassoon on all of Stoltzman's RCA hits - Begin Sweet World, New York Counterpoint, and Innervoices - and written over 50% of the original music on the albums.

I've always felt that the ability to write melodies is one of the real benchmarks in music, regardless of style. As you'll hear throughout this album, Bill Douglas is naturally endowed with the gift of creating absolutely gorgeous, unforgettable melodies.

Not quite as obvious is his background in pop - his first band did Elvis covers in Canada in the '50s - his years as a classical bassoonist in the Toronto Symphony, his work as a jazz improviser, his stint as an avant garde composer at Cal Arts, or his "Rock Etudes" -- creative rhythm studies used by music educators around the world, not to mention his hilarious, over-the-edge concertizing with the BOULDER BASSOON BAND. What we have here is a truly eclectic musician.

For his Hearts of Space debut, we concentrated on Bill's melodic, space-creating ballads, but that didn't prevent him from including "Highland" and "Killarny," a couple of wonderfully joyous Irish folk dances (he says its his Scotch-Irish ancestry coming through), a darkly exotic Spanish/Moorish piece ("Karuna"), and an exquisitely beautiful song featuring soprano JANE GRIMES, based on an ancient Gaelic blessing ("Deep Peace").

Overall, "Jewel Lake' is probably best described as a mainstream new age electro-acoustic album, both in terms of emotional content and variety of source material.

Instrumentation is Bill on electronic keyboards, piano, and bassoon, plus fine performances on oboe, flute, voice, and ethnic percussion by several Boulder area musicians. It was a total pleasure to produce, and I'm confident that listeners are going to love it.

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released January 1, 1988

Synthesizers, piano, bassoon
Bill Douglas
Oboe
Lisa lottini
Flute
Anne Stackpole
Percussion
Geoff Johns
Vocal on Deep Peace
A Jane Grimes

Produced by Stephen Hill • All compositions by
Bill Douglas, © 1988. Ziji Music CAPAC/ASCAP
Recorded Summer 1988 at FTM Studios Denver,
Colorado • Engineered by Jeff Shuey • Digital
Mastering at Fantasy, Berkeley, by Stephen Mill and
Joe Tarantino • Designed by Aldo Ricchiero and
Stephen Hill • Cover photo by John Pearson
Heartfelt thanks to CiT. Mukpo, Caroline and
Catherine, Mom and Dad, William Byrd, Josquin,
W.B Yeats, lohn Rütter, John Pearson, Stephen Hill,
and the musicians • Special thanks to Jeff shuey
for many creative contributions

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Launched in 1984, this record label was created as an extension of the weekly syndicated radio show Hearts of Space. Centered around contemplative music, the label features music from the ambient, new age, electronic, world, Celtic, classical, and experimental genres. ... more

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