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Palermo Snow

Instrumental guitar pieces, with the clarinettist Dick Lee on three tracks.
John Renbourn, 2011

Released
2011-02-14
Label
Shanachie
Producer
John Renbourn

Dick Lee plays clarinet on Palermo Snow, Ugly James and Little Niles, the last on bass clarinet as well. Nick Turner recorded the first nine tracks and Colin Hood the closing Blueberry Hill and the clarinet parts. Renbourn produced.

Along with his own pieces such as Bella Terra, Cirque d'Hiver and Weebles Wobble (But They Don't Fall Down), the album holds Erik Satie's Sarabande and a Bach cello prelude arranged for guitar, and Randy Weston's Little Niles. The title track mixes classical, folk, jazz and blues around a classical core.

Track listing

  1. Palermo Snow7:18
  2. Dery Miss Grsk5:27
  3. Bella Terra5:46
  4. Cirque d'Hiver3:02
  5. Ugly James3:38
  6. Sarabande4:36
  7. Cello Prelude in C2:44
  8. Weebles Wobble (But They Don't Fall Down)4:30
  9. Little Niles6:58
  10. Blueberry Hill2:49

Personnel

More from John Renbourn

Another Monday (1966), John Renbourn (1966), Bert and John (1966), Sir John Alot of Merrie Englandes Musyk Thyng & ye Grene Knyghte (1968), The Lady and the Unicorn (1970), Faro Annie (1971), The Hermit (1976), A Maid in Bedlam (1977), The Black Balloon (1979), The Nine Maidens (1985), Wheel of Fortune (1993)

Sources

  1. Palermo Snow, Discogs
  2. John Renbourn, Wikipedia