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"Thanksgiving"
In
addition to a day of giving thanks, Thanksgiving is a day on which
a number of people from a wide variety of ages and backgrounds
get together to have dinner. "Thanksgiving" is an album designed
as the perfect musical backdrop for this occasion. The CD is low-key
and beautiful, incorporating some of the classic Thanksgiving
hymns, Native American music, and atmospheric originals. Standouts
include "We Gather Together", Eileen Ivers'
beautiful "Bygone Days", Tracy & Thea Silverman's rendition of
the Shaker hymn "Simple Gifts", Tim Story's atmospheric "Caranna",
John Doan's harp-guitar rendition of "Amazing Grace", and George
Winston's classic "Thanksgiving". The CD has been extremely successful,
appearing on the Billboard New Age Top 10 charts two years in
a row, and was the number one New Age compilation record on Amazon.com
a year after its initial release.
Track
List:
1.
We Gather Together - Paul McCandless/Philip Aaberg/Michael Manring
2. Bygone Days - Eileen Ivers
3. Coming Home - Sean Harkness
4. Simple Gifts - Tracy & Thea Silverman
5. The Saviour's Universal Prayer/And Again Heavenly Father -
William Coulter/Barry Phillips
6. Silver Salmon Bear - Carlos Nakai
7. Heaven Within - Paul Winter
8. Caranna - Tim Story
9. Allelujah - Lisa Lynne
10. Amazing Grace - John Doan
11. Blessings - Liz Story
12. Wagoner's Lad - John Sebastian
13. The Gathering - Will Ackerman
14.
Thanksgiving - George Winston
Release
Date: October 13, 1998
Label: Windham Hill/BMG
Reviews:
Amazon.com:
"Thanksgiving generally is a pleasant and likeable affair.
Its features include a charming, gently propulsive take on the
traditional piece 'Allelujah' by Celtic harpist Lisa Lynne; a
delicate rendering of 'Amazing Grace' by John Doan on a 20-string
harp guitar; and a church-ready version of 'We Gather Together'
by a trio of Paul McCandless (oboe), Philip Aaberg (piano), and
Michael Manring (bass). The album ends with pieces by Will Ackerman
and George Winston--and what could be more classic than that?"
--Terry Wood
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