Fred Tompkins Releases New Album Flute Settings
St. Louis based composer and flautist Fred Tompkins has released a new album, Flute Settings.
Local musicians joining Tompkins in performing on the album include keyboard player Jim Hegarty, drummer Charlie Dent, saxophonist and clarinetist Dave Cheli, and steel pan player Boyd F Becker-Nunley. Flute Settings features five of Tompkins' original compositions, one piece each by Hegarty and Becker-Nunley, and an interpretation of Ornette Coleman's Lonely Woman."
You can hear samples from the album at Tompkins' website, linked above. Flute Settings is available for purchase there and from Amazon.com.
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Track Listing
1) Voices 2) Con Moto 3 3) Lonely Woman 4) Melody 5) Free Form 6) Solo Extensions 7) Tabanca Time
8) Islands
Personnel
Additional Instrumentation
1) Fred Tompkins - flute & Emu sample programming; 2) Fred Tompkins - flute & Emu sample programming, Charlie Dent - drums; 3, 4 & 5) Fred Tompkins - flute, Jim Hegarty - piano; 6) Fred Tompkins - flute;
7) Fred Tompkins - flute, Boyd F Becker-Nunley - steel pan, Keith Nowickas - double seconds steel pan,
Kirk Grice - drums, Kim Mixon - bass;
8) Fred Tompkins - flute, Dave Cheli - clarinet & tenor sax, Dominic Cheli - piano, Chris Landers - guitar,
Kevin Cheli - drums & percussion
Album information
Title: Flute Settings
| Year Released: 2012
| Record Label: Self Produced