Acquainted With Night UDIS-205 Hancock went in search of

Hancock went in search of greater musical freedom by composing a set of ingenious originals each with their own unique inner logic that did away with what he considered the established jazz "assumptions" of the time

so I was attempting to bring some of that energy back to the studio

and then coming out on the other side with something beautiful and whole

With their third record "Oresteia

Includes the single "Rehab

Acquainted With Night UDIS-205 Hancock went in search ofIt is the simple thing that is so hard to do. This is the paradox that musician Lael Neale has lived within throughout her development as an artist. It is the reason she became enthralled with poetry. Poems are a distillation. Lael says, "this challenge to winnow away what is unessential is the most maddening and, ultimately, rewarding part of writing a song." Lael's new album Acquainted With Night is a testament to this poetic devotion. Stripped of