Kip Hanrahan – Tenderness (1990) [Japan 2008] {SACD ISO + FLAC 24bit/96kHz}

Kip Hanrahan leads the band, and doesn’t really play, but Kip Hanrahan is a forward thinker and an incredible organizer of all-star progressive bands. This ’90 session contains spoken word narratives and offbeat vocals, intense polyrhythmic dialogues and guitar solos, blistering sax and unison passages. Hanrahan moves from idiom to idiom with no concerns about pacing or genre clash. His roster of guest stars includes Sting, Chico Freeman, Andrew Cyrille, Marvin “Smitty” Smith, Leo Nocentelli, Don Pullen, Giovanni Hidalgo, vocalists Carmen Lundy, Lucy Gabrielle Penabaz, and Diahnne Abbott. It is not for all or even most tastes, but anyone who can remain on board for the entire cruise will certainly remember the trip.

Tracklist:
01. …Faith in the Pants, Not in the Prick…’ (Vallejo’s Folk Song)
02. …When I Lose Myself in the Darkness and Pain of Love, No, This Love…
03. …She Turned So That Maybe a Third of Her Face Was in This Fuckin’ Beautiful Half-Light…
04. …At the Same Time, As the Subway Train Was Pulling Out of the Station…
05. …I Told Him ‘I Don’t Have to Be Beaten to Be Understood…
06. …Look, the Moon… (Diahnne’s)
07. …Half of Sex Is Fear…
08. Gillian’s Folk Song
09. History
10. …There Was Something About His Anger That Was So…Inaccessible to Me…
11. …If I Knew How to, If I Knew What Muscles to Relax…
12. …You’re No Pimp, and I’m Certainly No Whore…
13. Deep Summer
14. …Look, the Moon… (Carmen’s)
15. In Place of an Epilog: Lullabye for My Daughter
16. In Place of a Moral: Geography