Ellen Lease/Pat Moriarty Quintet:

Chance, Love Logic

Innova 218

Ellen Lease: piano

Pat Moriarty: alto saxophone

Kelly Rossum: trumpet

Chris Bates: bass

David Stanoch: drums and percussion

1. A Round With Sphere……………….7’ 22”

(Ellen Lease)

2. Phoebe……………………………..…12’ 26”

(Pat Moriarty)

3. Phrenology……………….……………4’ 44”

(Ellen Lease)

4. Chance, Love, Logic…..…………...…9’ 35”

(Ellen Lease)

5. Orange……………………………….....5’ 34”

(Pat Moriarty)

6. Sudden Deep Green of Summer……8’ 03”

(Ellen Lease)

7. Liner………………………………….….8’ 02”

(Pat Moriarty)

8. The Cloisters…………………………..3’ 35”

(Pat Moriarty)

All compositions ----- Music, BMI

Cover art: “Trailer”, by Steve Richards

This project is supported (in part) through subito, the quick advancement program of the American Composers Forum.

Thanks to David, Kelly, and Chris for their friendship, musicianship, and tireless dedication to making this project a success.

Special thanks to: Beau, Miles, Chloe, Phil Hey, Ruben Haugen, Steve Richards, Robert Rumbolz, Homer Lambrecht, Dorit Samuels, Bernard Weiser, Jan Gilbert, Dean Granros, Sid Farrar, and Brenda Halvorson.

David Stanoch plays Paiste Cymbals, Sounds, and Gongs

Recorded and mixed by Joe Johnson

Mastered by Greg Rierson, Rare Form Mastering

Recorded at Fur Seal Room, Mpls., MN on February 24-25, 2007

PC 2007 by ---- Music – BMI

A Round With Sphere –a loving homage to Thelonious Sphere Monk.

Phoebe – for trombonist/composer Homer Lambrecht, a dear friend whose music has had a huge impact on us.

Phrenology – how could something so goofy have been influential? Magical thinking has done more damage to the planet and its inhabitants than we can calculate.

Chance, Love, Logic - painter Robert Motherwell posited that these are the immutable components of life. I think he’s right.

Orange – for artist Steve Richards. Steve and I were talking about the way in which Mark Rothko’s contrast of colors and sense of balance “works” not long before I wrote this.

Sudden Deep Green of Summer - when winter lasts until summer begins.

Liner – this had to do with me wanting to balance phrases of contrasting shapes. It also has something to do with the year 1988, when Kirby Puckett batted .356.

The Cloisters – a place of spiritual seclusion. To my daughter Chloe Moriarty, seeker of such places.