Passages by Mont Chris Hubbard

This CD is the second release in my series of piano improvisations, Permutations of 88. It contains nine tracks:

    1. Beachcomber/Aroostook Flyer ("Christina's World"*)
    2. Furniture City Special
    3. Glacier Discovery
    4. Blue Water ("IKB 191"*)
    5. Chicago Night Express ("Nighthawks"*)
    6. Orange Blossom Special
    7. California Zephyr
    8. Coast Starlight
    9. 20th Century Limited
The tracks were titled after they were recorded. I heard hints of trains in the music, and decided to use names of U.S. passenger trains for the titles — nine different trains, from all across the country.

Listen to three full tracks from this CD (you can stream sections of others here)

Beachcomber/Aroostook Flyer ("Christina's World")

Blue Water ("IKB 191")

Coast Starlight

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This music was recorded in 2008 by Bryan Daste at The Magic Closet, in Portland, Oregon — Tracks 1, 4, 5, 6, and 7 on June 11th; track 8 on August 12th; and tracks 2, 3, and 9 on September 1st. It was mastered by Erik Ames at SuperDigital, also in Portland, and duplicated there too.

All artwork by Justin Potts.

Thanks to Eli Despres, Kristina Wilson, and Diane Phaff.

All music copyright 2008 Mont Christopher Hubbard.

* Why do tracks 1, 4, and 5 have alternate titles? They were inspired by three paintings — Christina's World, by Andrew Wyeth; IKB 191, by Yves Klein; and Nighthawks, by Edward Hopper. Besides the fact that they were recorded in a different session from Palettes, there simply wasn't space on that CD for these three tracks. When I decided to include them on Passages, I renamed them to match the thematic titles of the other pieces.