Nature's Dream, by Bill Taylor

Nature's Dream

by Bill Taylor

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With a runtime of over 72 minutes and 20 tracks, this is an album packed with a variety of ensembles, music styles and moods.

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1.	Stan Getz Dream 04:46	lyrics	buy track
You are the love of my life [Music’s] [You are] the love of my life You are the love of my life yes you are/ I was asleep in my bed, This song got into my head Stan Getz said I’ll teach you how to make jazz./ Another song in D, My Dad returning to me Those cats were playing with reality
2.	Margie Rice, violin; Bill Taylor piano - Ode to Ludwig 04:09	info	buy track
3.	Seattle Cascade/Shutters Corners 04:13	info	buy track
4.	Bill Taylor; Paul McCandless, George Husaruk, Margie Rice, Violin; Yanahay Hooper, Upright Bass. - Sueño Con Bosque Nublado 06:57	info	buy track
5.	Bill Taylor, piano; George Husaruk, flute - Duwamish 03:21	info	buy track
6.	Paul McCandless, Soprano Sax, Bass Clarinet; Bill Taylor, Piano. - Spanish Stairs 05:14	info	buy track
7.	Jaye Alison Moscariello, vocals; Paul McCandlessx; George Husaruk, Bill Taylor; Yanahay Hooper, - Nature's Dream 05:11	lyrics	buy track
This is our planet, the one that we all share Let us remember that all life breathes the air Our world is sacred, its future in our trust And it continues after bodies turn to dust Shall we continue to think we own the beasts? Or know the truth that all of us share the feast? Grow for each other and for the creatures too Plant life and fungi nourish the whole zoo Lessons we’ve learned from species that have passed Transform our ways or we may not last Take time to learn what ancestors teach us Honor the spirit residing in that which feeds us Act for the future of seven generations And together we can share in this dance of life Act for the future of seven generations Act for the welfare of seven generations
8.	24 by 8 #1: Dawn With Dancers 01:36	info	buy track
9.	24 by 8 #2: Yoga Morning 01:00	info	buy track
10.	24 by 8 #3: Kip Chase 00:57	info	buy track
11.	24 x 8 #4: Straussful Afternoon 01:15	info	buy track
12.	24 x 8 #5: Traffic Jamming 01:37	info	buy track
13.	24 by 8 #6: Evening Repose 01:50	info	buy track
14.	24 by 8 #7: Midnight Malarkey 01:33	info	buy track
15.	24 by 8 #8: Morning Of 01:28	info	buy track
16.	Jaye Alison Moscariello; Bill Taylor; George Husaruk; Paul McCandless; Yanahay Hooper. - Every Time We Meet 05:11	lyrics	buy track
Lately people are observing such a change in me The reason is that I am happy as can be For the joy you have brought me has taught me to see The beauty and the happiness this world now holds for me… There’s a light in my eye and I’m no longer shy My happiness seems most complete. Even when it’s not spring I hear birds start to sing Every time we meet There’s a warmth to my smile and I feel so worthwhile And everything bitter is sweet January or June all the world is in tune Every time we meet You can readily see the effect that you have upon me And my thorough detection tells me it’s your affection Darling I love you so and I’m lucky I know To walk with you down life’s street. Just the mere thought of you makes me look forward to Every time we meet.
17.	Bill Taylor; George Husaruk; Paul McCandless; Yanahay Hooper. - Billy Strayhorn Dream 05:21	info	buy track
18.	October 8-9 04:32	info	buy track
19.	Jaye Alison Moscariello, Bill Taylor - Who's Driving The Bus? 01:16	lyrics	buy track
Am I cause in my life or just obeying orders? Listening to Gaia or stuck in human quarters? Who is driving this bus? Standing and feeling the beauty of the Earth Life pushing out on the knife of human greed We live for life, it’s time to grow up Live as the whales, take what is given Oceans now are dying, greed exceeding hunger Land around us frying, power killing spying Life gives us all we ever need Standing and feeling the beauty of the Earth Life pushing out on the knife of human greed We live for life, it’s time to grow up Live wise as whales, take what is given I am here for all life, healthy, dying, growing What we take we honor, keep the cycles flowing Let the love enfold us
20.	George Husaruk, Bill Taylor - I Left the City for This 10:29	info	buy track

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This album is dedicated to all those dreaming of and working for a better world, and all beings in this great dance of life. After my father died, I began dreaming music, a lot of it in the key of D and chord progressions containing the predictable D-A-D. Nature’s Dream was one of the first (in this recording I transposed it to the key of A which works better for the vocalist). At first most of the pieces were for piano but later I received some orchestral music, which will appear in a future album. Generally I wake up and remember a few bars or just a theme, work out what I remember at the piano and come back to fill out the piece months or years later. Five of the pieces came from such dreams. Three other pieces and the suite 24 by 8 on this album appear on my first CD “Of This Earth”; here there are more instruments: solos become duets or two piano pieces and my Mom’s 1946 song now has bass clarinet, flute, and bass along with the piano and vocals found on Of This Earth. Since 2011 when that album was recorded, we moved to a more populated rural area and playing with a church band I have enjoyed working with a group as well as solo, and playing music from a wide range of times and places. To my earlier classical, jazz, show tunes, and earth-centered experimental jazz influences is some more contemporary music with spiritual messages. I thank all those great composers and songwriters, from Bach to Tracy Chapman, Debussy to Eric Sondheim, Beethoven to Paul Winter, so many not mentioned. I am grateful for all those who have encouraged me musically: my father Arnold Taylor, mother Priscilla Taylor, sisters Lucy, Charlotte, Hannah, brother Tom - all musical themselves, Harriet Shirvan, Jerry Gray, Ken Benshoof, Cornish School, Paul McCandless, George Husaruk, Yanahay Hooper, Michael Oberg, many others at Ukiah United Methodist Church, Margie Rice, Kenny Evans (who made recording and editing a delight) and most of all my wife and best friend Jaye Alison Moscariello. This is by no means a complete list; if you are not on it please know you are part of this as well. To music!
Bill Taylor, Redwood Valley, November, 2018.

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released November 29, 2018

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Bill Taylor Sandisfield, Massachusetts

Bill Taylor studied classical piano with his father, Arnold P. Taylor, with Harriet Shirvan in Boston, jazz with Jerry Gray, composition at Cornish School and briefly with Ken Benshoof. He has accompanoed ballet classes, played in Sea Agua in 1982, the Soul Purpose Band from 2012 to 2020, and as church accompanist from 2004 to 2024. His environmental and farming work inform his music. ... more

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