Tynan,Paul / Lington,Aaron Bicoastal Collective 2 CD

The brainchild of Nova Scotia-based trumpeter Paul Tynan and baritone saxophonist Aaron Lington from the San Francisco Bay Area, the Bicoastal Collective is a select grouping of musicians from across the U.S. and Canada. Chapter Two finds the ensemble in a quintet setting exploring improvised music inspired by the British Isles. England's eastern coast folk melodies and their treatment in composer Ralph Vaughn Williams' early 20th-century works, are adapted by Lington into his suite, the Ravenspurn Collection, and Tynan adds three compositions to the recording with two inspired by his own Irish roots. With a purely North American jazz aesthetic, the Collective here give new life to ancient voices.

1. Wishful Thinking 2. Lovely on the Water 3. Spurn Point 4. Van Dieman's Land 5. She Borrowed Some of Her Mother's Gold 6. The Lady and the Dragoon 7. As I Walked Over London Bridge 8. The Ogham Stone 9. Book of Ballymote