Juke Box Suite

Bruce Ackley - soprano saxophone
Steve Adams - alto and sopranino saxophones
Larry Ochs - tenor and sopranino saxophones
Jon Raskin - baritone saxophone

1. Afro-Balkan 4:33
2. Mambo 5:05
3. Niggum (dedicated to David Englestein) 5:52
4. Detroit (dedicated to the White Stripes) 9:52
5. Hang Up (dedicated to Eva Hesse) 8:52
6. Choro (dedicated to Alfredo da Rocha Vianna Filho better known as Pixinguinha) 6:28
7. Värttinnä (dedicated to Värttinnä) 6:16

All compositions by Jon Raskin

Produced by Jon Raskin
Performed by the Rova Saxophone Quartet
Recording Engineer: Myles Boisen
Recorded at GUERRILLA RECORDING September 29-30, 2006
Mastered by Myles Boisen & Jon Raskin @ THE HEADLESS BUDDHA MASTERING LAB
Cover photos by Jon Raskin and Raisa Monroe-Yavneh
Special thanks to Lori Lorenzo and Zora Raskin

© Temescal/ASCAP

This recording is dedicated to Alan Lomax and the Global Jukebox

Notes:
The seven compositions on this recording where composed with an idealized Juke Box in mind, where any kind of music might show up from any culture or time and be combined for the next "Play". My music listening has been informed by the spirit and work of Alan Lomax, from blues to raga, ragtime to avant-garde, pygmy chants to Korean court music, following styles and esthetics as they rubbed up against each other in the mingling of culture that was made available by intrepid searchers of music. The "sides" aren’t a direct borrowing but a weaving of the common threads that occur in all music’s.