Brendan Eder Ensemble - Cape Cod Cottage (feat. Edward Blankman) (2021) Hi-Res

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Title: Cape Cod Cottage
Year Of Release: 2021
Label: Jazz Dad Records
Genre: Jazz, Cool Jazz, Easy Listening, Contemporary Jazz
Quality: 320 / FLAC (tracks) / FLAC (tracks) 24bit-44.1kHz
Total Time: 44:19
Total Size: 106 / 205 / 427 Mb
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Tracklist:

01. Tuesday at the Pond (2:16)
02. Cape Cod Cottage (2:07)
03. Sunlight Through the Leaves (3:08)
04. Where Else (1:51)
05. New Dreams (1:18)
06. Up (1:44)
07. Discovery at the Beach (2:28)
08. Three (2:33)
09. Theme (2:23)
10. Snowing (0:45)
11. Retirement (1:25)
12. Your Bliss (1:42)
13. Overgrown Garden (2:05)
14. Heat (1:23)
15. Natalie (2:35)
16. Greeting Visual (3:12)
17. Miss Her (2:12)
18. Lullaby (0:37)
19. West Coast (2:13)
20. Memories (2:38)
21. Waltz (1:10)
22. Four (2:34)

Welcome to the world of Edward Blankman, a retired dentist who wrote elegant, minimalist jazz in obscurity circa 1970.

At least that’s the story. In truth, Edward Blankman’s Cape Cod Cottage is the 2021 concept album from Echo Park composer Brendan Eder.
A tender, wistful follow up to 2020’s To Mix With Time, the Cape Cod Cottage sound evokes the spirit of Erik Satie, Miles Davis with Gil Evans, and Stevie Wonder, balanced with the accessibility of 1960s lounge-exotica.

Eder created Blankman’s story to channel his own grief, with bittersweet tenderness. Read the liner notes (or watch the mini-doc), and you’ll be transported to the quiet shores of Cape Cod, where a lonely retiree mourns his late wife, Natalie, with walks in nature and evenings at his Wurlitzer.

The story is brought to life with a meticulously crafted package sporting classic liner notes, faux 1970s photographs documenting Edward with the musicians (taken during the actual session), a make-believe jazz label, and a commissioned oil painting of Edward’s cottage.