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Downtown Suite by Chris Black

Commissioned by the Kontra-Cor Duo in 2012, the Downtown Suite is a set of scenes from Tucson's downtown, along Congress St. between Wig-O-Rama and the Hotel Congress, from sunrise to sunset.

Tracklist
1.Downtown Suite No. 1: Sunrise2:28
2.Downtown Suite No. 2: No Pigeons for the Old Woman2:04
3.Downtown Suite No. 3: Schizophrenia1:56
4.Downtown Suite No. 4: The Grill After the Fire2:35
5.Downtown Suite No. 5: The Battered Grackle Knows no Fear1:42
6.Downtown Suite No. 6: The Tired Woman and the Dawdling Toddler1:44
7.Downtown Suite No. 7: A Cigarette in the Gutter is as Good as Gold1:01
8.Downtown Suite No. 8: Girl Can't Walk in Those Shoes0:52
9.Downtown Suite No. 9: 1:30 A.M.1:39
10.Downtown Suite No. 10: Berceuse1:49
Credits
released September 8, 2017

All music composed by Chris Black. Recorded by Gabriel Sullivan. Mastered by Jim Blackwood.

Cat Cantrell, oboe, English horn; Jessica Campbell, bassoon, contrabassoon.

Cover photo of the curb outside the Grill after the fire by Chris Black.
LicenseAll rights reserved.
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Chris Black is a multi-instrumental composer and performer living in Wake County, North Carolina. He has been a member of such groups as Shoulders (Austin, TX), Les Wampas (Paris, FR), Golden Arm Trio (Austin, TX), The Wedding's Off (L.A., CA), and the Taraf de Tucson (Tucson, AZ). He is the founder of the alt-classical, D.I.Y. chamber music concert series ChamberLab.

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