Island Time — Christopher Peacock

Christopher Peacock - Piano, Percussion

Nancy Rumbel - Oboe, English Horn, Ocarina

Raymond Davis - Cello

Darrell Data - Guitar

Biff Moss - Slide Guitar

Richard Person - Trumpet, Flugelhorn

Chris Clark - String Bass

Chris Monroe - Percussion

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Quiet chamber music featuring Peacock's original compositions and classical variations, including Debussy's "Clair de Lune", Bach's "Jesu Joy" and Chopin's "Prelude." Piano, cello, oboe and guitar will slow your pace to Island Time.

Island Time… peace of mind, simplicity of life, and respect for the natural surroundings islands offer. The acoustic music on this album offers a variety of impressions inspired by islands. May this music enhance your imagination and memories of… island time.

1) AEOLIAN - (Peacock)
Respected by the sailor and master of his destiny. Never to be seen but forever sculpting the land and sea. A touch from the mythical Greek God Aeolus... the wind.

2) CANTATA - (Bach/Peacock)
J.S. Bach... no composer has so successfully united the emotional and intellectual drives of the human spirit.

3) THE RAIN AND THE FLOWER - (Richard Palalay)
As the rain is the source for flowers' beauty, the imagination is the source for an artist's vision... thank you, my friend, for such beautiful music.

4) MELEMAI - (Peacock)
I give a gift to my new daughter of Hawaiian heritage. Her heartbeat overwhelms me. Melemai... my music.

5) PRELUDE - (Opus 28, No. 4 - Chopin/Peacock)
Seeking solitary refuge, Chopin wrote his preludes on the island of Majorca. This prelude inspired me to the piano.

6) ISLAND TIME - (Darrell Data/Peacock)
On an island, the sun rises majestically out of the water, yet always returns as gracefully back into the distant sea. It is the only timepiece an islander need respect.

7) REUNION - (Peacock)
In the distance, the small country church, its steeple reaching toward the sky, sits as an island on the horizon to celebrate me home.

8) VARIATION ON CLAIR DE LUNE - (Debussy/Peacock)
A nightscape... the full moon, reflecting brilliantly in the water and silouetting nearby islands... reveals the universe to our imagination.

9) REFLECTIONS - (Peacock)
As islands provide for a natural, isolated environment to reflect within ourselves, let the image we find provide for the unexpected.

Recorded at Kaye-Smith Studio, Seattle on a Yamaha C7 grand piano.

Engineered by Reed Ruddy.

Mastered by Quad Tech Studio, Los Angeles.

Cover art by North Beach Design, Orcas Island, WA.

All selections Christopher Peacock, Pure & Simple Island Music (BMI), except “The Rain and The Flower,” Richard Palalay, Leaning Mirror Music (BMI).

Special thanks to: Kawika, Jenole and Jaylin for living with “Dad” during this project; Nancy Rumbel (appearing courtesy of Narada Records); Raymond Davis, principal Cellist of the Seattle Symphony; Darrell Data, who became the proud father of twins in the midst of recording; Jens and Meredith Johannessen of North Beach Design; Fellow “islanders” Chris Clark and Richard Person; Reed Ruddy - may you soon find your island garden!