Nate Wooley

• double CD EDITION

• Six panel gatefold CD

The music on this disc is, to a degree, about this political conception of mutual aid history but, rather than celebrating its primary act of what to give, it concentrates on the decision of how to give it. It asks the musicians to take stock of their gifts and to ask themselves, in each moment, how their use of that gift will affect the community (ensemble) of which they are currently a member. Will their addition provide:

1. A refined musical gesture that simply makes the group sound better

2. A raw idea that opens new sets of possibilities for the other musicians, or

3. The inspiration to others of making the difficult, selfless musical choice.

PERSONNEL:

• Nate Wooley - trumpet
• Ingrid Laubrock - sax
• Joshua Modney - violin
• Mariel Roberts - cello
• Sylvie Courvoisier - piano
• Cory Smythe - piano
• Matt Moran - vibraphone
• Russell Greenberg - vibraphone and percussion

Recorded in Mount Vernon, New York, on June 3rd, 2019

TRACKS:

• CD 1
• 01. Mutual Aid Music I
• 02. Mutual Aid Music II
• 03. Mutual Aid Music III
• 04. Mutual Aid Music IV

• CD 2
• 01. Mutual Aid Music I-I
• 02. Mutual Aid Music II-I
• 03. Mutual Aid Music III-I
• 04. Mutual Aid Music IV-I