HUSH by Le Boeuf Brothers
HUSH is an album of original music by contemporary jazz artists “Le Boeuf Brothers” (identical twins Pascal and Remy Le Boeuf) featuring longtime collaborators Dayna Stephens, Linda May Han Oh, and Christian Euman. The album explores the extremes of quiet performance with close-miking resulting in a unique approach to composing for, and improvising as, an ensemble. Like a gentle whispered conversation, the music creates an atmosphere of warmth and airy intimacy. The brothers explain, “We were feeling the need for something peaceful and expansive to take us to a different place, so we made an album that embodies that place.” The music is centered around themes of reunion, family, and the arrivals/departures of life that go alongside these.
Tracklist
| 1. | Arrivals | 2:47 |
| 2. | Wedding Planning | 6:36 |
| 3. | Vignette No. 25 | 1:16 |
| 4. | Oblique Two-Step | 3:40 |
| 5. | Soot | 2:46 |
| 6. | Waiting Room | 1:50 |
| 7. | Apollo | 5:39 |
| 8. | Vignette No. 18 | 1:17 |
| 9. | Please Scream Inside Your Heart | 4:20 |
| 10. | Walk Downs | 3:41 |
| 11. | Susie Song | 3:39 |
| 12. | A Little Baroque | 2:05 |
| 13. | Monk Circles | 3:27 |
| 14. | Revolving Doors | 3:29 |
| 15. | State of Conflict | 6:05 |
| 16. | Too Soon | 5:04 |
| 17. | Gaia | 3:15 |
| 18. | Stanza | 2:45 |
| 19. | Departures | 3:34 |
Credits
Composed by Pascal & Remy Le Boeuf
Remy Le Boeuf - alto sax
Pascal Le Boeuf - piano
Dayna Stephens - tenor sax
Linda May Han Oh - bass
Christian Euman - drums
Recorded by Andy Taub at Brooklyn Recording, Nov. 29 & 30, 2021
Assistant Engineer Sam Wahl
Mixed and Mastered by Dave Darlington at Bass Hit Studios
Produced by Pascal & Remy Le Boeuf
Cover Photo by Baxter Harris
Inside Photos by Shervin Lainez
© ℗ 2023 by Le Boeuf Brothers Music / Le Boeuf Music. All rights reserved.
SoundSpore Records SS-202301 www.LeBoeufBrothers.com
Special thanks to our bandmates and engineers, Rachelle DiGregorio, Molly Herron, Baxter, Mom, Dad, Adria, Sam, Gaia, Peter Kronreif, Martin Nevin, Florent Ghys, Matt McBane, Martha Kato, Dan Trueman, Evan Monroe Chapman, Kevin Eikenberg, Matt Merewitz & Fully Altered Media, the International Society of Jazz Arrangers and Composers (ISJAC), the Avaloch Farm Music Institute, and the Aaron Copland House.
Pascal Le Boeuf - composer for tracks 1, 2, 5, 6, 7, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 19. (Published by Le Boeuf Brothers Music © 2023)
Remy Le Boeuf - composer for tracks 3, 4, 8, 9, 15, 16, 17, 18. (Published by Le Boeuf Music © 2023)
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The Le Boeuf Brothers are best known for their innovative compositional projects, which span as broadly stylistically as they do collaboratively. Over the course of their careers, they have collaborated with artists as diverse as Ambrose Akinmusire, Linda Oh, Nir Felder and the Myth String Quartet in genres ranging from jazz to contemporary classical to electronica.