Bill Laurance – Flint

Released in May 2014, “Flint” is the first solo album by Bill Laurance, featuring fellow Snarky Puppy members.

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Track Listing : 1.Neverending City (Bill Laurance) – 04:28 . 2.Money In The Desert (Bill Laurance) – 05:56 . 3.Flint (Bill Laurance) – 04:03 . 4.Swag Times (Bill Laurance) – 05:50 . 5.The Good Things (Bill Laurance) – 06:53 . 6.Chia (Bill Laurance) – 04:24 . 7.Smokers Castle (Bill Laurance) – 05:18 . 8.Gold Coast (Bill Laurance) – 04:58 . 9.Ready Wednesday (Bill Laurance) – 09:38 . 10.Audrey (Bill Laurance) – 02:58

Musicians : Bill Laurance – Acoustic Piano, Fender Rhodes, Vocoder, Keyboards, Shaker, Congas, Ride Cymbal, Propane Tank, Hand Claps . Michael League – Electric Bass, Double Bass, Moog Bass, 12-String Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, Hand Claps . Robert “Sput” Searight – Drum Set, Timpani, Marching Snare & Bass Drums, Shekere, Cowbells, Vibraslap, Woodblocks, Shaker, Hand Claps . Mike “Maz” Maher – Trumpet & Flugelhorn . Matt Mclaughlin – French Horn . Chris Bullock – Tenor Saxophone, Clarinet, Bass Clarinet, & Flute . Brian Donohoe – Alto Saxophone, Clarinet, Bass Clarinet, & Flute . Scott Flynn – Trombone . Magda Giannikou – Propane Tank, Glockenspiel, & Xylophone . Emilia Canas Mendes & Andy Laviolette – Hand Claps . Maria Im – Violin . Zach Brock – Violin (Solos) . Curtis Stewart – Violin . Henry Flory – Violin . Lev Zhurbin – Viola . Eylem Basaldi – Viola . Maria Jeffers – Cello . J.Y. Lee – Cello

Production : Produced By Bill Laurance

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Released In May 2014 By Groundup Records I.

(Source Flint | Bill Laurance Official Site )

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Week-End notes
Throughout the album, we journey through a lot of notes and beats experimentation. “Smokers Castle” has this miscellaneous, reggae vibe into it and “Swag Times” is full of sound crescendos.

Bop-N-Jazz
Flint is a release that will drive some critics nuts. Slapping an arbitrary genre tag on Flint simply doesn’t work as each of the compositions have a unique organic pulse that defies traditional critical analysis.

Soundfuse Magazine
You gotta love when something comes out of nowhere and blows you away. With little fanfare comes Bill Laurance‘s Flint, a masterpiece of mutated jazz that couldn’t fit into Snarky Puppy’s label/family GroundUP any better.

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