Mike Cooper & Friends - Beach Crossings/Pacific Footprints (CD)

A trip into the exotic worlds of the great British slide guitarist and singer. A large and varied ensemble playing a fluid mixture of textural improvisation, poetry, ambient sounds, blues and hawaiian songs. Among the musicians, the maverick composer Alvin Curran on piano and shofar and Richard Nuns on traditional Maori instruments.

Track List:

Disc: 1

1. Conch
2. The Welcome
3. Fahey
4. Red Balloon No. 1
5. Beaches
6. Po Mihana
7. Three Bones
8. Sky Burster
9. New Hard Times Killing Floor
10. Dolphin at Tahiti
11. Everybody Ought to Treat a Stranger Right
12. Dolphin at Tahiti 2
13. Beach Crossing
14. This Music
15. West Papua
16. Dead Spirits
17. Una Oscura Leggenda
18. Bengawan Solo
19. Cornelius
20. Pearl Harbour 2005
21. Xmas in Hawaii
22. Hiroshima 2005
23. Masters of War
24. War Coda