Milton Marsh - Continuum

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A1	I Wonder Why I Care Alto Saxophone – Milton MarshArranged By – Milton MarshBass – Dan O'BrienComposed By – Milton MarshDrums – Billy KilsonPiano – Frank Wilkins	4:17
A2	Smiles Alto Saxophone – Milton MarshArranged By – Milton MarshBass – Dan O'BrienComposed By – Milton MarshDrums – Billy KilsonPiano – Frank Wilkins	7:07
A3	Blue Bossa Bass – Carlton PalmasComposed By – Kenny DorhamDrums – Eddie MingPiano – Gene AdlerSoprano Saxophone – Milton Marsh	7:00
B1	Ballad Arranged By – Milton MarshComposed By – Milton MarshFlute – Milton MarshHarp – Jessica GillPiano – Milton Marsh	1:30
B2	When Sunny Gets Blue Alto Saxophone – Milton MarshComposed By – Segal*, Fischer*Piano – John Ross	2:58
B3	Behaviour Control Arranged By – Milton MarshBassoon – Bruno EberspacherClarinet – Andrew StillerComposed By – Milton MarshFlute – Judy KaufmanFrench Horn – Beye FyleOboe – Paul Schlossman	7:58
B4	Psychic Impulses Arranged By – Milton MarshCello – Betty HillmonComposed By – Milton MarshPiano – John RossViola – Donald BeckerViolin – Andrew Jones, Mona Roberts	11:49

Credits

• Engineer – Bob Reardon
• Graphics – Ira Montague
• Photography – Martha Van Burek, Rudolph Robinson
• Producer – Milton Marsh

Notes

A1 - Recorded - Boston, MA 1983
A2 - Recorded - Boston, MA 1983
A3 - Recorded - Hamilton, Bermuda 1970
B1 - Recorded - Boston, MA 1980
B2 - Recorded - Boston, MA 1984
B3 - Recorded - Buffalo, NY 1975
B4 - Recorded - Boston, MA 1979

On Saturday, January 5, 1985, I spent a pleasurable afternoon listening to the tapes of my good friend Milton Marsh. You will discover (if you haven't already) when listening to these seven tracks, that Milton is a talent to be reckoned with. He is a gifted saxophonist, flautist, composer and arranger. On his album entitled, CONTINUUM, he has chosen 17 of the finest musicians to participate in this creative venture.

All but two of the tracks were composed by Marsh. I WONDER WHY I CARE is a modal tune based on the phrygian and mixolydian scales. Milton plays alto saxophone on this composition and you can hear the influences of Coltrane and Kirk during his solo. The beautiful and refreshing SMILES is a ballad with excellent melodic qualities. BLUE BOSSA, one of my favorite Kenny Dorham tunes, features Milton's versatility on soprano saxophone and pianist, Gene Adler. BALLAD is based on a five note motif with Marsh playing flute and piano, accompanied by Jessica Gill on harp. WHEN SUNNY GETS BLUE begins with a most interesting introduction. John Ross provides a pleasant piano background to Milton's interpretation of the melody.

BEHAVIOUR CONTROL and PSYCHIC IMPULSES are examples of Marsh's excellent writing ability in the more "traditional idioms." This composer knows what instruments are capable of doing. Note the bluesy ending on the classically constructed PSYCHIC IMPULSES.

Clifford M. Weeks
Arranger/Composer/Trombonist
January 1985

All Compositions Milton Marsh Publishing Co. - BMI with the exceptions of: Blue Bossa - Orpheum Music - BMI When Sunny Gets Blue - Marvin Music Co. - ASCAP
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