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Finger Lakes Sunrise

A 10 Song CD

India's Music, Classic, Modern and Timeless - combined with Western Melodic Ways, create the Finger Lakes Sunrise.
Starting off slow and meditative and finishing busy, refreshing and uplifting are ten songs in ten different keys.
Almost an hour of music.
This CD was made entirely at Saxon Recording studios in Rochester, N. Y. under the direction of Dave Anderson.

    Petit Oiseau Means Little Bird in French
    Omera A friend and "womans" name. A song dedication ... (in Pakistan)
    Blue Lotus   A "fun" Yoga Studio in Rochester where the cover photo was taken with Jen Meigs.
    Raaz - Raaz Means Secret, Secret in the Hindu language. The vocal mantra in English means "A

shared secret, is no secret".
    OK Budig World famous Yogi in Santa Monica California. A song dedication to Kathryn Budig.
    Bollywood In Inida the equivalent to Holwood in the USA.
    Nathraja Means Lord of the Dance in Hindu.
    Finger Lakes Sunrise 300 miles due west of New York City. Eleven lakes in upstate New York.

Isla de Dios Means Island of God in Spanish.
Iyengar India's famous Icon of Yoga. Song dedciation to this 90 year old man who still does 1/2 hour hand stands. The mantra means "Lord God Iyengar, Lord of Dance, I respect you and you respect me."

Special Thanks To:
Finger Lakes Sunrises
Dave Anderson from Saxon Recording for every note that went on this disc as owner, engineer, mixer and friend.

Makhan Singh, Thali of Inida (at left)
Jen Meigs. Yoga Instructor
Omera, Victor, Kazeem, Aman, Ricky, Jayesh, Ragu, Oliver, Liz Caprini, Reza
Instruments:
Silver Flute, "Wizard of Clay" Clay Flute, Jembe, Cajon, Tablas, Tocas, Gong, Cymbals, Gourd, Tambourine, Marracas, Wood Blocks, Alexis Keyboards, including Bass, Strings, Sitar, Tanpura and all EFX and Vocals.

If you hear any songs you like, maybe suggest to your favorite artist or band that they try out a song that suits their style. All songs c & p Thomas Gravino ASCAP. Except where noted, (*).

Twenty Years

A 9 song CD 7 original songs

Primarily Adult Contemporary,

Vocal duet, light jazz, movie music, pop ballads, a jam band song, a sports town song, and a rock & roll classic.

This CD was made entirely at Saxon Recording studios in Rochester, N. Yunder the direction of Dave Anderson.

Originally to start production in Wood Stock, N.Y. at the Levon Helms Studio, original Drummer and singer with The Band who was a headliner at the 1969 event. His million dollar studio a modern barn also holds around 120 people on small tight knit chairs, where he also performs with a full horn band most Saturday nights. Tickets are a lofty 200$ each but you should try to go once, just for the experience of it all. He is a legend in Woodstock with his pictures up in bagel shops, restaurants etc…

I went down one night for a concert, on the advice of Danny D. from Abilene’s Lounge and really liked the sound that studio manager Justin got live, and met him after the show. We shared some stories and he liked my first two tunes on the new CD and we set a date to get started on the recordings. I was pretty excited and Justin mentioned that Levon might even have time to drum for me, if I had enough funds. The date came and I got cancelled cause they were on the road at The Beacon in NYC. We set a new date and that got cancelled too and another date a month later got cancelled the day before I was to go in-I even booked a room in near by Terry town. That was all I could take, so much for the little guy from upstate.

So plan “B” was to find someone locally with a load of talent and the right gear to help out a Solo artist to multi track a lot of instruments. Frank DeBlase mentioned Saxon Recording and what a find Dave Anderson was. You should check him & his studio out if you’re in the market. He has some of the best microphones in the country and uses tube amps and digital formats as well. Dave has a fantastic ear for music, produces, mixes, and plays guitar and bass as well in his own “garage band’, and on one song of mine, called ‘Zero to Sixty’.
Twenty Years Its a song about Mom, her unconditional love for people, a hard worker, a cook, a baker and a beautiful gentle soul, I hope to see again… Her husband (my dad) passed on a long time ago in his 40’s and she never ever dated again. When they said, “till death do us part”, back then they meant it. Thanks for everything, Emma… Vaya Con Dios.

Chicago Way Its a song about Chicago and my first venture there for a monumental birthday with Mary Beth, what a fantastic city it is. Its 3 million laid back mid westerners in a city that has everything, including the Miracle Mile, sports everywhere and a dining Mecca!

A little side story on our visit there was to see an Ian Anderson concert, acoustically, in a small venue in the north side of Chicago, without his full band, Jethro Tull. It was a really great show and he did a few Christmas tunes as it was in November of ’04. He even had a guest show up for a little interview live on stage, the woman who is famous for making plaster casts of the male anatomy, most notable, Jimmy Hendrix’s’ and they had some fun with all of that. After the performance we decided to wait for an autograph in the freezing rain with only about 12 other people who were crazy enough to do such a thing on a foul night. After about an hour the band members came out one by one to the bus and Ian was still inside. Another hour passed, and Ian comes running out, with the theater manager shouting, there’s a fire in the building and we should get the hell off the property as the sirens were sounding and the alarms were going off and we could see smoke coming out of the building. They both jump in a car and start to pull away from the scene. They get about a half a block away, put on the brakes, drive in reverse to the small little crowd left and said, meet me around the corner and I’ll sign some autographs’. I got my black flute case signed, luckily, with a silver marker, and we were off to our warm hotel room. Alana Miller sings this duet with me, a really fine singer form NYC who now lives and plays music in Western NY with the Band “The Blue Avengers”. She has her own new CD out just this year and you can find her at www.blueavenge

Zero to Sixty Dedicated to the Harley Davidson. When you’ve got to get away from it all and you ride motorcycle this is what you do. The sound of this particular Harley who’s rumbling and revving you hear was custom built by Tom McGowan. A 2000 Dyna Wide Glide with Hi Performance S & S custom parts top to bottom. It is slightly chopped, dark red and black with spoke wheels. It was my pleasure to have ridden this beast one time. Dave Anderson cranks out the Bass, Guitar solo and the industrial percussions. Daves Studio at www.SaxonRecording.com.
Boston Blues A forever New Yorker comes clean. I had the most fortunate pleasure of living and playing music in the Boston area from 1974 to 1976 the crazy Bi-Centennial years. I also taught a class in Circular Breathing for wind instruments at the Berklee School of music with master Sax guy Joe Viola and drummer Joe Hunt. I was there with a group called Soft Water from Rochester NY which included the talented Steve Lyons (Piacentini), The Dukes, Beale Street Band and various forms of the Smokin Joe’s bands. This song was started way back then and finished up when I visited the area again in 2005. I made mention of “Henry David’s Pond” meaning Henry David Thoreau. It is a beautiful park setting with walking trails around it, a beach with swimming allowed and the old homestead of the Author. Another fantastic site of many was the Green Monster on game day! I made a lot of references to the area cause its a great place. Salem, the wild beaches of Cape Cod, the Islands, and little Italy. This is one New Yorker who loves Boston too.
Hotel California Is an iconic song by The Eagles. It is arranged as an instrumental with the solid silver open hole, French style Flute taking the lead. Mary Beth helps with the background vocals. Ryan Carey backs us up on Flamenco Guitar.(*)
My Favorite Things A song made popular in the Mary Poppins movie and arranged into a heavy Jazz song by John Coltrane. John’s 29 minute version, one whole side of an album, appeared on Blue Note records around 40 years ago. I used a 1972 Selmer Tenor Sax on an untouched second take, with no manipulations of any kind. Thanks to brother Glenn for turning me on to jazz at an early age, a fine trumpet player back in the day.(*)
Someday Dedicated to Dennis Monroe. The untimely and sudden passing of a Rochester Icon, a fine human being, fellow musician and teacher, Dennis will be missed by many people. Our chance first meeting was on stage at J B Quimby’s restaurant, jamming impromptu with the band, Twice Guitars. It was a truly inspiring night, trading solos on fiddle and flute. Thanks Dennis, peace and love.
Afterlife (The Storms and Sun over Alagaesia) Movie Music. Originally written and finished with the book “Eragon” in mind. A trilogy, now a full-length feature, action-fantasy movie, written by the teen-age word genius Christopher Paolini. I read the book before any one thought of making a movie out of it, five years ago and finished developing this theme song with the fantastic images Chris had envisioned. A masterful young writer and storyteller in the vein of, “The Lord of the Rings”. About a half a year after I read the book I presented a rough draft of the song to Christopher and in response he said he liked the music but that he had just inked a deal & sold all the rights to the book and movie to Fox Feature Films and that anything further was completely out of his control. I liked the song so much that I finished it anyway and produced the hell out of it, using over 24 tracks of various sounds that Dave Anderson co-produced with me. The Alesis series Keyboards were a main stay in this recording, a former ”M X R” engineers company, out in California now. See more about the Author & Movie at www.alagaesia.com You will hear among the many layers of music some Flute work reminiscing of Ian Anderson or the late great master Rashan Roland Kirk (who played the Pythod Room in Rochester, NY) and whom Ian says was an early inspiration for him as well.
I Don’t Wanna Dream Anymore A light Jazz instrumental tune I wrote the melody for while in Paris, France with my former wife, Susannah Ploskonka a masterful artist of oil paintings, water colors and quilts.

Tommy Gravino “Party Of One”

A collection of 8 songs written and arranged by Tommy Gravino and 2 cover songs to which Tommy has applied his own unique arrangements. “Down In Nashville” is an international award winning, pop/country song written after a visit to the music city in Tennessee. “Wheel Of Fortune” another award winning, pop/rock song selected from over 3000 entries, was written for submission to a major motion picture entitled “Checkout”. “Modern Gypsies” is instrumental, with a Latin feel and features world-renowned flamenco guitarist, Jack Edward Smith, soloing through the pulsating rhythmical song. All of the music highlights Tommy on vocals, keyboards, flute, saxophones and bass. Tommy gets a little help from talented friends on bass, guitar and drums to present a pop/jazz album that is very enjoyable in all settings. Musicians include Ethan Porter, Frank DeBlase, Nate Coffey, Dan Vitale, Mark Terranova and Matt Guarnere.

Track Listing:
    Monroe Avenue
    Wheel Of Fortune       MP3 Exerpt
    Japanese Garden
    On The Waves
    She Doesn't Love Me
    My World Is Empty Without You
    Meet Me In France
     Down In Nashville       MP3 Exerpt
    Modern Gypsies
    Our Day Will Come

Price: $13.50 (includes NYS sales tax and U.S. shipping)

Also available at:   Record Archive - East Avenue and Mt. Hope
                                  Borders Books and Music - Hylan Drive

Tom Gravino “The Flute’s Dream”

Available on CD or Cassette -A full hour of relaxing New Age Music. A collection of 4 instrumental songs written, arranged and performed by Tommy Gravino… Rhythmic mysteries of the jungle, the haunting romance of Native America, the echoing songs of Mother Earth herself: from these come the flute’s dream. At times peaceful, symphonic, new age, tribal or atmospheric, the flutes, piano, strings, gongs, drums and cymbals (to mention only a few) combine to blossom in the ear and linger in the soul. Musicians include Native American Indian– Seneca Tribe – Mike Plouffe and Doc Gunderson.

Track Listing:
    Why Can't I Say No?
    Seneca Sundance
    The Flute's Dream         MP3 Exerpt
    Save My Children: The Trilogy

Price: $11.50 (includes NYS sales tax and U.S. shipping) for CD $10.00 for cassette

Holleywood Al “Mixin’ It Up”

A collection of 12 songs performed by Rochester New York’s premiere party band, “Holleywood Al & The Mix”. This CD features 5 songs written and arranged by Tommy Gravino. He plays his infamous saxophone on many of the selections as well as flute, keyboards and vocals. Produced and Arranged by Tommy Gravino. An upbeat, pop album perfect for party time!!!

Track Listing:
    That's The Way
    Turn Of The Century
    Swing It
    Please Don't Ask Me
    Solid Ground
    I'll Be Around
    Save My Children
    Lighthouse Keeper         MP3 Exerpt
    Comin' Home
    Land of 1000 Corpses
    Hey There Mama
    Infinite Journey         MP3 Exerpt

Price: $11.00 (includes NYS sales tax and U.S. shipping)

Finger Lakes Sunrise A 10 Song CD

Tommy Gravino “Party Of One”

Tom Gravino “The Flute’s Dream”

Holleywood Al “Mixin’ It Up”

Finger Lakes Sunrise

A 10 Song CD