Thomas Buckner
Inner Journey (CD)
FormatCDLabelLovely Music, Ltd.GenreComposition
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2025 stock 1998 release. Inner Journey contains works by William Duckworth, Thomas Buckner, Jacques Bekaert, David Wessel, and Somei Satoh - united by their themes of the quest for self-knowledge. Composed of fragments from the works of F. Scott Fitzgerald, Henry Miller, Gertrude Stein, and Thomas McGrath, William Duckworth's text reveals the multiple perspectives of an unknown couple whose post-modern love story emerges. Thomas Buckner's improvisation, "Inner Journey", is dedicated to the spirit and musical techniques of a beloved friend. Jacques Bekaert takes musical material from a popular Cambodian song to reflect some of the emotions, hopes and pains anyone approaching that tragic land must feel and evoke an inner landscape. In the David Wessel's piece, Buckner's musical discourse is with the computer. Finally, Somei Satoh compares his work for voice and orchestra to his own meditation, "serene on the surface, yet burning vehemently like a flame." Personnel: Thomas Buckner - baritone; Leroy Jenkins - viola; Joseph Kubera - piano; J.D. Parran - bass clarinet; Stefani Starin - flute; David Wessel - synthesizer; Orchestra of the SEM Ensemble, with Petr Kotik as conductor. Recorded and mixed by Tom Hamilton.
| Their Song | |||
| 1 | He | 3:16 | |
| 2 | What Does He Do | 1:16 | |
| 3 | A Sentence | 1:36 | |
| 4 | She | 4:23 | |
| 5 | She Says | 1:10 | |
| 6 | Might It Be | 1:04 | |
| 7 | Making A Spectacle | 1:09 | |
| 8 | Time To Go | 2:40 | |
| 9 | They Said | 2:15 | |
| 10 | It Did Make A Difference | 1:37 | |
| Inner Journey | |||
| 11 | Improvisation For Gerald Oshita | 9:05 | |
| A Distant Harmony | |||
| 12 | A Distant Harmony | 7:59 | |
| Situations I | |||
| 13 | Situations I | 9:52 | |
| Burning Meditation | |||
| 14 | Burning Meditation | 15:21 | |
- By Design
- Art Direction
- Thomas Buckner
- Baritone Vocals (1-14), Composed By (11), Executive-Producer
- J.D. Parran
- Bass Clarinet (12)
- David Wessel
- Composed By (13), Producer (13), Synthesizer (13)
- Jacques Bekaert
- Composed By (12)
- Somei Satoh
- Composed By (14)
- William Duckworth
- Composed By (1-10)
- Petr Kotik
- Conductor (14)
- Terri Hanlon
- Cover
- Stefani Starin
- Flute (12)
- S.E.M. Ensemble
- Orchestra (14)
- Zdeněk Chrapek
- Photography By
- Joseph Kubera
- Piano (1-10)
- David Behrman
- Producer (12)
- Gregory Reave
- Producer (14)
- Nora Farrell
- Producer (1-10)
- Tom Hamilton
- Producer (11), Recorded By (1-12, 14)
- Hector Perez
- Recorded By (13)
- Leroy Jenkins
- Viola (12)
