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The music from Sound Travels was picked from Jessie's 200 song catalog and
these tunes come from his finest unreleased songs. As a sound
sculptor these songs take you on a musical adventure filled with
world beat grooves and Cooper's distinctive soprano sax and harmonica
performances. Get ready, 'cause Cooper and his band are ready
to rock!
·In-store Performances
·Concert Tour now booking
·Live Radio Appearences
Produced and Engineered by Jessie
Allen Cooper
Mixed by Steve Reid and Jessie Allen Cooper
Recorded at Cooper Sound Waves, Santa Monica, CA
Steve Reid's percussion tracks recorded at Soni Jungle, North
Hollywood, CA
MIDI sequencing and additional Keyboards by Steve
Katz
Engineers: Bryan Zee: recorded Steve Reid at the Sonic
Jungle and mixing support at Cooper Sound Waves; Steve Reid:
pro tools editing; Jessie Allen Cooper: instrumental tracking;
Brandon M. Pert: Sonic Jungle assistant
Mastered by Dave Collins
Cover Design/Layout: Brian S. Hanish and Julianne White
Computer Editing and Prepress: Brian S. Hanish,
Paradox Productions
CSW Studio Computer Maintenance: Chris Danes
© 2003(p) Cooper Sound
Waves (ASCAP)
Sound
Travels by Jessie
Allen Cooper is a selection of music picked from a collection
of over one hundred songs written and recorded over the last
fourteen years. I sat with Doug Ross, the bass player on this
project and we hand-picked our favorites. Some needed to be totally
rerecorded and some were close to being complete. My goal was
to pick songs that fit together to give the listener a diversified
sound experience.
A journey filled with multi-ethnic overtones, combining the talents
of musicians that have studied different rhythms, instruments
and composition techniques from all over the world. This album
has brought about a new level of creative participation for me.
For the first time, I personally acted as the recording engineer
on most of the performances, including those of my own. Being
involved with the timing, and performance of each instrument
and musician made the creative process especially rewarding.
My personal relationships with the musicians and technical support
team was better than ever making the reward even richer then
before.
Sound Travels marks the culmination of many
of my life's dreams all coming together at the same time. The
success I've had in pursuing my dreams and passions has always
come from following my heart. One great thing about life is that
we all have the possibility ofcreating our own dreams if we keep
doing what we love to do. "Sound Travels" breathes
of dreams, exotic instruments and sounds from around the world
which I hope will be a musical companion as you follow your passions
and dreams too!
Happy Travels! -Jessie
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