A top-flight ensemble creating unique music that melds chamber orchestra instruments with a jazz/rock rhythm sectionnotable players include Tony Levin, Jerry Marotta, Chieli Minucci, Antoine Silverman, Charles Pillow & Shane Shanahan

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#		Title	Length	Sample
1		Silver Stones	5:32
2		Chatham	4:42
3		Crossing Over	2:55
4		Mill Walk	4:16
5		Broken Promise	5:56
6		The Book of Erin Flowers	5:48
7		Free Western	4:45
8		Windswept	6:21
9		Winter in Paris	4:51
10		I'm Sorry	3:05
11		Russia Through Your Eyes	6:08
12		Lullaby / Elegy	3:32

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Description

Grancia integrates traditional orchestral instruments including violin, viola, cello, harp, and woodwinds with a jazz / rock rhythm section and ethnic percussion.The music has been described as: elegant, sensual, cinematic, visual, richly arranged, multilayered and complex but very accessible. It incorporates formal structures but has lots of room for improvising and solos.

The Grancia band includes 13 players from different musical disciplines - an unconventional, top shelf ensemble:

Peter Primamore: acoustic and electric piano
Chieli Minucci: electric and acoustic guitars
Tony Levin: bass
Jerry Marotta: drums
Antoine Silverman: violin
Shane Shanahan: percussion
Charles Pillow: oboe, English horn, flute, clarinet
Tim Moran: alto flute, bass clarinet, flute, clarinet
David Eggar: cello
Lorenza Ponce: violin
Jonathan Dinklage: viola, violin
Carol Emmanuel : Harp
Larry Chernicoff: vibes, glockenspiel, percussion

Some tech info:

Grancia was recorded with the whole band live in the studio, with no click track, no samples, and with overdubs kept to a minimum. It is an audiophile quality recording, captured with a combination of ultra-high quality digital and analog techniques.

Grancia was conceived from its inception as a surround sound project and is presented as a hybrid SACD, playable on all regular CD players and on SACD-compatible 5.1 surround sound and home theater systems.

It was recorded May 27-31, 2005 at Clubhouse, Rhinebeck, N.Y. by Paul Antonell and Rich Tozzoli. It was produced by Best Surround CD of the Year winner Larry Chernicoff (for his CD October) and Peter Primamore.