Kirk MacDonald – Generations

All the Way -
Winter Sweet -
Only Child -
I've Grown Accustomed to Her Face -
La Mesha -
I Wish I Knew -
Skylark -
Peace -
Emily -
Lush Life -

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Kirk MacDonald: saxophone
Harold Mabern: piano
Virginia MacDonald: clarinet
Neil Swainson: bass
André White: drums

Tracks:

All the Way – 7:34
Winter Sweet – 6:25
Only Child – 5:22
I’ve Grown Accustomed to Her Face – 5:16
La Mesha – 6:29
I Wish I Knew – 5:52
Skylark – 6:51
Peace – 7:06
Emily – 5:01
Lush Life – 7:43

Label: HGBS Blue Records Canada

Mixed by André White & Kirk MacDonald
Recording Engineer: André St. Denis
Assistant Engineer: Phil Holtz
Recorded at Revolution Recording Studio, Toronto, ON, Canada on March 11 & 12, 2018
Produced by Kirk MacDonald
Art work, CD design & layout by Lucie Frigault

Kirk MacDonald is very happy to present his latest CD Generations. It’s Kirk’s 15th CD as a leader. After recording almost exclusively his own compositions over the past two and a half decades, Kirk MacDonald wanted to return to the music he cut his teeth on. This is a collection of ballads & standards from the Great American Songbook and jazz compositions by a few of his favorite composers. The band spans three generations, with Kirk’s daughter Virginia (clarinet) being the youngest at 23. Neil Swainson (bass), André White (drums) and Kirk are well into their fifties or early sixties, and legendary Harold Mabern (piano) is 82. It is a testament of the timelessness of this art form and of the great compositions contained on this CD, that they could so easily find common ground with the material and each other.

Watch studio recording session for the new Kirk MacDonald CD “Generations” featuring La Mesha. Composed by Kenny Dorham. Video recorded by Brian Chahley.