Poems and Other Things

CD, FLAC, and MP3 available at my Store. Autographed copies by request. Also available at Bandcamp and on Apple Music.

“A session-long study in contemporary lyricism” - Cadence

Poems and Other Things, as in tone poems, is my first album and was released in 1997 on the Papillon Sounds label. Some claim that this moody collection of thirteen instrumental pieces forges a place beyond time and genre where melancholy is met with hope. I’d say that, after all these years, the music still feels honest and real, the chemistry of the ensemble, unique and warm. As I intend for all my work, this is very much it’s own time and space.

CHRIS CHEEK · tenor & soprano saxophones
ROBERTA PIKET · piano
ROB GARCIA · drums
STEPHAN CRUMP · acoustic bass

Testimonials

“a session-long study in contemporary lyricism”

Cadence

“reveals a storyteller’s sensibility and…a poet’s penchant for conjuring images and moods.”

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