Pretty Boy, by Jack Perla

Pretty Boy

by Jack Perla

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1.	Persistence of the Blues - Part 1 15:41	buy track
2.	Persistence of the Blues - Part 2 04:22	buy track
3.	Pretty Boy: Trapped 04:12	buy track
4.	Pretty Boy: Limbs 03:54	buy track
5.	Pretty Boy: First 04:03	buy track
6.	Pretty Boy: A Dream 05:22	buy track
7.	Pretty Boy: We Would Fall 03:18	buy track
8.	Pretty Boy: Last Words 04:13	buy track
9.	On a Train Heading South - Part 1 15:35	buy track
10.	On a Train Heading South - Part 2 10:41	buy track

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Two Bay Area virtuoso groups bring to life an American anti-hero and a dance theater work on global warming, and a New York super-duo delivers a virtuoso realization of a major new work commissioned for them by the Barlow Endowment for New Music.

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released March 6, 2016

PERSISTENCE OF THE BLUES
Performed by TwoSense
Ashley Bathgate, Cello
Lisa Moore, Piano
Recorded by Michael Burke at Firehouse 12, New Haven, CT

PRETTY BOY
Performed by The Paul Dresher Electro-Acoustic Band
James Benjamin Rodgers, Tenor
Paul Dresher, Electric Guitars
John Schott, Acoustic Guitar, Dobro
Joel Davel, Marimba, Marimba Lumina
Marja Mutru, Piano & Keyboard
Gene Reffkin, Electronic & Acoustic Drums
Jeff Anderle, Clarinet
Karen Bentley Pollock, Violin
Recorded by Ben Yonas at 9th Street Opus, Berkeley, CA

ON A TRAIN HEADING SOUTH
Performed by Music Without Walls
Robert Wood, Conductor
Robert Wood - Conductor
Rob Bailis - Clarinet
Michelle Maruyama - Violin
Natasha Vershilova - Viola
Robert Howard - Cello
David Arend, Upright Bass
Hadley McCarroll - Piano
Jack Perla - Sound Design
Record by Tony Mills at Spark Studio, Emeryville, CA

All compositions by Jack Perla (BMI)
Texts by David James Brock
Additional text by William Taylor (We Would Fall)
Produced by Jack Perla/Music Without Walls

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Jack Perla San Francisco, California

Jack Perla is active in opera, jazz, chamber and symphonic music. His compositions have been widely performed and he’s performed in the U.S., Europe and Japan. Jack has been commissioned by the Los Angeles Opera, Opera Theatre St. Louis, Houston Grand Opera, Seattle Opera, The Paul Dresher Ensemble, and The Barlow Endowment. He's also a recipient of the Thelonious Monk Institute Composers Award. ... more

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