Something We All Know, by Boylan Rooney Quartet

Something We All Know

by Boylan Rooney Quartet

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1.	If I Only Had A Brain 05:20	info	buy track
2.	Cool 04:49	info	buy track
3.	Bullitt 03:37	info	buy track
4.	Schindler's List 04:33	info	buy track
5.	One 05:10	info	buy track
6.	Pure Imagination 03:32	info	buy track
7.	From Russia With Love 06:01	info	buy track
8.	So Ronery 05:40	info	buy track
9.	Springtime For Hitler 04:52	info	buy track

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Rooney/Boylan Quartet

“Something we all know”

Innovation is an idea that jazz holds dear to its heart. Lester Young flirted it with it, Charlie Parker boldly grasped it and John Coltrane embodied the very essence of it. Every jazz musician, to greater or lesser extents, feels the weight of these masters, and of this ideal. Not only must we attempt to master the music laid down by these giants, we must boldly stride toward innovation also - building on what has gone before with new compositions that push the boundaries.
We tried in this album, however, to furrow a somewhat different path. Since jazz began, songs from stage and film were the improvising ‘fodder” of the jazz musician. We attempted to follow this somewhat old-fashioned ideal, and record some tunes which had resonated with us over the years but had rarely or never been recorded before in a jazz context.

Movies proved a bountiful resource - Schindler’s List, From Russia With Love, I’m So Lonely, If I Only Had A Brain, Springtime For Hitler and Bullitt are all taken from well-know movies of the last forty years or so. Only two came from that more-trodden source for jazz musicians, musicals - namely One (from A Chorus Line) and Cool (from West Side Story).

So, the above is our rationale. The album you are listening to is the result.

We can’t help feeling, however, that perhaps the reason for the whole project is hearing those dreaded words shouted from the back of the club “Play something we all know!”

Innovation and intoxication all rolled up in an album. We hope you enjoy.

Karl & Cian September 2011

credits

released June 7, 2012

Produced Karl Rooney and Cian Boylan

Engineer Lawrence White, The Rough Cut Lounge

Assistant Engineer Keith

Recorded Cork School Of Music

Engineered, Mixed and Mastered Lawrence White, The Rough Cut Lounge

Piano Steinway & Sons

Piano Technician Chris Terroni

Artwork and Sleeve Design John F Salinero

Arrangements by Cian Boylan, except where noted * Arranged by Cian Boylan & Karl Rooney

† Arranged by Karl Rooney

†† Arranged by Cian Boylan, Darren McCarthy, Fionn O’Ceallachain, and Karl Rooney

With Special Thanks to: The Cork School Of Music, Lawrence White, Deboragh Hughes, Trish Rooney

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about

Cian Boylan Dublin, Ireland

Cian Boylan is an Irish pianist, arranger and composer, working across many musical genres including jazz, rock & pop, and film & theatre, and collaborating with established Irish and international artists.

He also arranges and composes for orchestra, big band and smaller ensembles and is an experienced musical director and published songwriter and composer. ... more