| "I've had it on almost nonstop in the house since I got it the other day. It is so moving, and full of heart, and love and beauty. You're a hit. Everything about it - the text, the pictures, and of course the mixing and sound and material is fabuloso!"
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Music from the heart on fingerstyle acoustic guitar and five-string violin*Winner* of three Primebel is a CD that celebrates melody with a playful spirit and emotional expression. With acoustic fingerstyle guitar as the foundation of each piece, violin melodies complete a wonderful musical painting that will remain with you long after you've first listened. From the joyous First Snow, to the wistful Ray of Hope, to the rhythmic Palenque, to the playful Joezone Layer, featuring Grammy-nominated bassist Michael Manring (Michael Hedges), Primebel will take you places new and refreshing. These songs were written from the heart, played with passion and recorded with precision. Two Grammy Award winning musicians join violinist/guitarist/composer Joe Ebel and others to play their hearts out on the CD. And Primebel was named to three "Best of 2003..." lists including one of the Top 25 Essential CDs of 2003 by the staff of Echoes, the PRI syndicated radio show heard on over 150 stations across the U.S. The production ranges from the beautiful and peaceful guitar solo, Annie's Garden to the multi-track, rhythmicaly unique extravaganza, Primebel which showcases the talents of soprano saxophonist Stuart Reinhardt. Grammy-winning bassist Eliot Wadopian (Paul Winter Consort), Grammy-nominated bassist Michael Manring (Michael Hedges/Windham Hill Records) and drummer Tony Creasman (Southern Gospel Music Association Studio Musician of the Year 2002) lend their talents to Primebel as well. Unusual percussive elements like frame drum, finger drums, Tibetan singing bowl, congas and claves add spice. Annie Lalley, an extraordinary vocalist, adds sweet choral textures to The Calling and First Snow. Joe Ebel's tasteful and beautiful five-string violin work is the icing on the cake and the "voice" that binds the songs together. Grammy-winning mastering engineer David Glasser, Airshow Mastering, added polish to the entire production. Primebel is an enhanced CD with bonus tracks, photos, and even guitar tablature all accessible from your computer! You can print out the complete transcription of the beautiful solo guitar piece Annie's Garden. Do you have an iPod® , a Rio® or other MP3 player? All the songs are available for immediate download to your MP3 player!! There are additional photos as well, all available for printing and downloading to your computer. You'll find two songs from each of Joe Ebel's previous two CDs, recorded with guitarist Ken Bonfield: Kadotume and Dancing With Shadows, and two songs from each of Annie Lalley's two CDs, Promise and Jungle Heart. You'll also be able to hear a song Joe performs live with an electronic device called a phrase sampler, or looper. With his five-string violin and the phrase sampler, Joe layers parts and builds to a multi-track climax in a piece called "Gratuitous Violins" that is available only as an MP3 file on the enhanced portion of Primebel. This is a total of twenty-two MP3 files on the CD in addition to the 13 tracks of music on the audio portion!! So, go ahead, do yourself a favor. Get Primebel... Would you like to hear some Primebel? » Click here for new age sound samples and track listing! » Buy this fine new age instrumental music CD now! 
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Primebel was named one of the Top 25 Essential CDs of 2003 by the staff of Echoes, the PRI syndicated radio show heard on over 150 stations across the U.S! "These are the discs that made us want to get up and produce a radio show everyday, music that pushed our envelope and attained a certain pinnacle of perfection." |
Copyright 2003 Joe Ebel and Ebel Alley Music
