Oceans — Christopher Peacock

Christopher Peacock - Piano, Percussion

Gene Nery - Guitar

Richard Palalay - Piano

Nancy Rumbel - English Horn, Ocarina, Chinese Zither

Raymond Davis - Cello

Richard Reed - French Horn

Steven Ray Allen - Bass

Steve Hill - Drums

Chris Monroe - Marimba

Strings of the Seattle Symphony:

Cecilia Poellein - 1st Violin Session Principal

Kathleen Boyer Davis - 2nd Violin Session Principal

Vincent Comer - Viola Session Principal

Raymond Davis - Cello Session Principal

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Music inspired by ocean voyages, from solo piano to full orchestra, featuring the strings of the Seattle Symphony. Peacock, Nery and Palalay join efforts in what the Seattle Times calls "an aural getaway."

Oceans… the ever flowing river of time, containing delicate life of another sphere, depended upon by many different cultures, yet struggling like a human tear. This music is inspired by our voyages, experiences and friendships by the ocean streams. Let us all work to preserve it for our own children, and their ocean dreams.

1) OCEANS - (Richard Palalay)
This piece for two pianos was inspired by my voyages across two great oceans of the world, the Atlantic and the Pacific.

2) AL OTRO LADO DEL MAR (The Other Side of the Sea) - (Richard Palalay)
This distance was never so great as when my wife and I were on different ships, two oceans apart.

3) PRELUDE / CROSSINGS - (Cello Suite No. 1 - J.S. Bach / Christopher Peacock)
The ocean breeze, the gentle currents and the sight of distant shores all welcome me to my island home.

4) WATERLINE - (Gene Nery)
The vessel gracefully heels as the sail catches the wind, capturing the power of nature... a feeling some cannot live without.

5) JAPANESE CURRENT - (Christopher Peacock)
The ocean water I touch with my hands is touched by many others from the shores of distant lands.

6) JAYLÉNA - (Christopher Peacock)
She lived on another island thousands of miles from mine, yet our lives touched, and now we call each other home.

7) THE SKY IN HER EYES - (Richard Palalay)
Written for a dear friend whose eyes were the color of the sky over the deepest ocean a thousand miles from shore.

8) OUT OF NOWHERE - (Christopher Peacock)
The calm, tranquil waters become abruptly alive as the whales appear out of nowhere, suddenly becoming part of my world... and I a part of theirs.

9) AMORE DI GIORNO - (Gene Nery)
Venice and romance... mornings in the Mediterranean will intensify love. In Venice, it's incomparable.

10) SEASHORE SALLY - (Christopher Peacock)
Visions of my children playing at the beach with Sally. You know Sally... she sells seashells by the seashore.

11) DOES IT HAVE TO BE SO TRUE - (Gene Nery)
Reality: inescapable and as unstoppable as an ocean storm. A voice in the storm is often heard only by its own heart.

12) LUNE DE L'ILE - (Richard Palalay)
As we sailed away from Bora Bora, I caught sight of the most haunti

Produced by Christopher Peacock

Recorded at Lawson Productions, Seattle on a Yamaha C7 grand piano.

Engineered by Reed Ruddy.

Mastered by Quad Tech Studio, Los Angeles.

Cover art concept by Richard Palalay. Design by Ted Mader + Associates, Seattle.

All selections by Christopher Peacock, Pure & Simple Island Music (BMI). Also Leaning Mirror Music (BMI) (“Oceans,” “Al Otro Lado Del Mar,” “The Sky in Her Eyes,” “Lune d’Ile”) and Bailee Publishing (BMI) (“Al Otro Lado Del Mar”).

Special thanks to Kawika, Jenole and Cara for enlivening our rehearsals, to Kristen Kaye for enlivening Reed and Sharon’s lives, and of course to Joanne and Jaylin for enlivening our lives,

Nancy Rumbel appears courtesy of Narada Records.