PGM 830 "A DAVID DARLING RETROSPECTIVE"

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PGM 830 : "DAVID DARLING RETROSPECTIVE"
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PGM NOTE : soulful lyricism from the revered American cellist
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FEED DATE : 2-15-08
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INTRO: If all the press about the troubles in the music
business has you concerned, consider the career of cellist
DAVID DARLING to revive your spirits.

Born in Elkhart, Indiana in 1941, Darling began his career
as a music educator. He joined The PAUL WINTER CONSORT
in 1970, and stayed with the pioneering classical/jazz/world
fusion ensemble on and off until 1987. At the same time,
he played cello in the Nashville Symphony and worked as a
studio session player in Nashville when we wasn't touring.

In 1979 Darling met German producer and ECM Records
founder MANFRED EICHER. His first solo album JOURNAL
OCTOBER was released by ECM in 1980. Over the next
25 years, he played and recorded with an absolutely stellar
roster of jazz and classical musicians on ECM, did over a
dozen highly praised collaborations and group projects,
worked with writers and directors (including WIM WENDERS
and JEAN-LUC GODARD) on film scoring projects, and
continued his music education activities by co-founding
Music For People, a non-profit organization promoting
individual expression through music and improvisation.

To call him tireless, inspired and inspiring doesn't even
begin to cover it. Yet he remains one of the warmest,
most open people you'll ever meet, a quality that comes
across instantly in his solo concerts.

Over the last 25 years, DAVID DARLING has been one
of the foundation artists of HEARTS of SPACE, appearing
on 43 programs, starting with our debut program in 1983.
With its gentle open-hearted lyricism, simplicity, and
patience, his music achieves a rare depth and humanity.

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DAVID DARLING
Children <>5:49 >
: CELLO BLUE; Hearts of Space 11406-2; 2001
: Info: www.valley-entertainment.com/Artists/David_Darling;
www.daviddarling.com

DAVID DARLING
Minor Blue <>10:56 >
Soft Light <>16:22 >
Eight String Religion (part) <>19:22 >
: EIGHT STRING RELIGION; Hearts of Space 11037-2; 1993
reissued by Wind Over the Earth in 2001
: Info: www.daviddarling.com; www.windovertheearth.com

DAVID DARLING
Dawn <>24:32 >
: DARK WOOD; ECM Records 1519 314 523 750-2; 1995
: Info: www.ecmrecords.com/Catalogue/ECM/1500/1519.php

KETIL BJORNSTAD and DAVID DARLING
Upland <>28:38 >
After Celan <>32:23 >
: EPIGRAPHS; ECM Records 1684 314 543 159-2; 2000
: Info: www.ecmrecords.com/Catalogue/ECM/1600/1684.php

DAVID DARLING
Far Away Lights <>36:08 >
: JOURNAL OCTOBER; ECM Records 1161 422 827 410-2; 1980
: Info: www.ecmrecords.com/Catalogue/ECM/1100/1161.php

DAVID DARLING
Choral <>40:15 >
In November <>44:46 >
No Place Nowhere <>49:25 >
: CELLO; ECM Records 1464 314 511 982-2; 1992
: Info: www.ecmrecords.com/Catalogue/ECM/1400/1464.php

DAVID DARLING
In Motion <>53:42 >
: DARK WOOD; ECM Records 1519 314 523 750-2; 1995
: Info: www.ecmrecords.com/Catalogue/ECM/1500/1519.php

DAVID DARLING
Jessica's Sunwheel <>58:59 >
: CYCLES; ECM Records 1219 422 843 172-2; 1982
: Info: www.ecmrecords.com/Catalogue/ECM/1200/1219.php;
www.daviddarling.com

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PRODUCED BY : STEVE DAVIS and STEPHEN HILL
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