Bad Blood LP fg_Catalog Number_B002622402 filling his days with wood

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Keepnews decided to ease the pianist into what turned out to be his lengthy association with the label by asking him to momentarily set aside his own compositions and instead play Duke Ellington tunes

taped the concert and subsequently issued it on his own new Debut label

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Bad Blood LP fg_Catalog Number_B002622402 filling his days with woodWhile Bad Blood sounds lush, it was actually recorded in a tiny room on limited equipment apart from a day spent recording strings in the legendary Abbey Road Studios. Dan Smith, working with producer Mark Crew, aimed to approach each song differently. I wanted each to be its own story with its own atmosphere which brings in different sounds and elements of production, incorporating aspects of the different genres and styles that I love: hip hop,