Ben Lamar Gay: Open Arms to Open Us

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Ben LaMar Gay – cornet,voice,organ,balafon,synths,
temple blocks,programming, manipulations,percussion,citara,
bass synth,triangle,pandeiro,beatbox,kick drum,things

Tommaso Moretti – drums,xylophone,percussion, thangs

Macie Stewart – voice

Sima Cunningham – voice

Matthew Davis – tuba,trombone

Angela,Leia,Mina – a mother raises her daughters up to
the mic (ooh Ahh AHH Ooh),voices

Johanna Brock- violin,viola,light

Tomeka Reid – cello,voice,luz

Rob Frye – flute,percussion,ears,tings and tungs

Ayanna Woods- voice, electric bass,light,FreshNuss!

Adam Zanolini – soprano saxophone,oboe and swang

Xoco,Hannah,Francesca,Angela,Adam,Benjamin – Love Choir

Dorothée Munyaneza – voice

Onye Ozuzu – voice, Igbo alphabet

Rain – pouring

A.Martinez – poem

Gira Dahnee – Florida version

Angel Bat Dawid – Louisville recollections

Leia, Angela,Xoco,Alyssa,Mina,Benjamin- facts
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All songs composed by Ben LaMar Gay; except “Nyuzura”
composed by Dorothée Munyaneza & Ben LaMar Gay, and
“I Once Carried A Blossom” composed by A.Martinez &
Ben LaMar Gay.

Recorded March – June 2021 at International Anthem
Studios, Chicago.

Produced by: Ben LaMar Gay & Dave Vettraino.
Engineered & Mixed by: Dave Vettraino.
Mastered by: Dave Cooley.

Art by: Aya nah Moor.
Portrait by: Alejandro Ayala.
Layout & Insert Design by: Craig Hansen.

Weight	230 g
Genre	Jazz
Style	Contemporary Jazz
Condition	Mint (M)
Format	Vinyl