Michael Sarian, Matthew Putman - A Lifeboat (Part I) (2021) [Hi-Res]

In the first lockdown, Matthew Putman (on keyboard) and Michael Sarian (on trumpet and flugelhorn) began to meet up (with precautions) for semi-regular sessions in Sarian’s makeshift home studio. The conditions were less-than-ideal—a borrowed 20-year-old keyboard, an inadequate microphone, and cramped NYC apartment acoustics—but they continued their “weekly pilgrimages, searching for [their] cadences, rhythms and melodies through the Fall.” The sessions gave them much-needed sanity, grounding their friendship and keeping them afloat, as Sarian describes, “much like a lifeboat,” making a project that is exploratory and open-minded, full of searching and synchronicity.

Michael Sarian: Trumpet/Flugelhorn
Matthew Putman: Keyboard

Tracklist:
1.01 - Michael Sarian - Feet in the Water (1:37)
1.02 - Michael Sarian - Caught in the Undertow (6:05)
1.03 - Michael Sarian - High Tides (1:20)
1.04 - Michael Sarian - Stranded (6:11)
1.05 - Michael Sarian - Glimmer of Hope (2:57)
1.06 - Michael Sarian - In The Distance (5:50)
1.07 - Michael Sarian - A Lifeboat (5:27)
1.08 - Michael Sarian - Learning How to Swim (Part I) (2:54)
1.09 - Michael Sarian - Learning How to Swim (Part II) (3:43)
1.10 - Michael Sarian - Panic (4:21)
1.11 - Michael Sarian - Is This How It Ends? (1:45)
1.12 - Michael Sarian - Coming Up (3:02)
1.13 - Michael Sarian - Air (3:43)