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"Not only has The Greg Howard Band discovered a new direction in musical communication akin to progressive jazz and progressive rock, but there's also an altered chemistry of sound, rhythm and orchestral cohesion created by this playful democracy of four."
-Emmett Chapman, Inventor of The Stick

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Lift - Espresso ES-2051
Lift, 2000
The debut CD by the new Greg Howard Band. Lift was recorded in Giekerk, Holland in September and November of 1999, and mastered in April of 2000.

Jan Wolfkamp - drums, percussion and loops
Jan van Olffen - fretless and fretted electric bass
Hubert Heeringa - saxaphones, violin and wind-controlled synthesizer
Greg Howard - Chapman Stick and synthesizer
guest: Louis Gerrits - saxaphones and wind-controlled synthesizer

track list:
Dissent 7:26
Cross Country 7:04
The Offering 4:43
Still Water 9:01
Chrysalis 2:16
The Effect of Marco's First Lekker Bakkie in the Morning 6:43
Albatross 3:11
Restless 3:07
Nord 3:12
Blues for Ayman 7:11
Experimental Sunrise 8:47

total time 62:35

For excerpt sound clips see: mp3s from CDs.

LIFT session pics.

LIFT review from Progression Magazine

LIFT review from Plan 9 Music's "Nine X" Magazine

CD photos by Ben Vulkers, Zwolle, Holland
cover design by Fran Smith, Deza, Charlottesville

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