Name: The Flower of Port Williams
Brand: Dorian
SKU: 256360
Price: 18.61 USD
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The Flower of Port Williams

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Album: The Flower of Port Williams
#	Song Title		Time
1)	Marche Du Mont St. Louis - Clog De Pariseau - La Ronde Des Voyageurs	More Info...	0:05
2)	Escadrille	More Info...	0:04
3)	Marche Des Ouviers - Marche Cecilia	More Info...	0:04
4)	The Flower of Port Williams	More Info...	0:06
5)	Tha Mi Sgith - Two Skye Dances - Ho-rin-o-iri-o-ho, Nighean an Airich	More Info...	0:05
6)	The Gravenstein - Marlys Norman's Reel	More Info...	0:05
7)	Aldivalloch	More Info...	0:05
8)	My Wife Has Scolded Me - Tibby Fowler O' the Glen - The Victoria Line - Margaree Reel	More Info...	0:07
9)	Two Valse Clogs	More Info...	0:04
10)	Galope Jornoch - Galope Blandine	More Info...	0:04
11)	Flora MacDonald - Woofin' the Cat	More Info...	0:04
12)	La Rose	More Info...	0:04

Album: The Flower of Port Williams
#	Song Title		Time
1)	Marche Du Mont St. Louis - Clog De Pariseau - La Ronde Des Voyageurs	More Info...	0:05
2)	Escadrille	More Info...	0:04
3)	Marche Des Ouviers - Marche Cecilia	More Info...	0:04
4)	The Flower of Port Williams	More Info...	0:06
5)	Tha Mi Sgith - Two Skye Dances - Ho-rin-o-iri-o-ho, Nighean an Airich	More Info...	0:05
6)	The Gravenstein - Marlys Norman's Reel	More Info...	0:05
7)	Aldivalloch	More Info...	0:05
8)	My Wife Has Scolded Me - Tibby Fowler O' the Glen - The Victoria Line - Margaree Reel	More Info...	0:07
9)	Two Valse Clogs	More Info...	0:04
10)	Galope Jornoch - Galope Blandine	More Info...	0:04
11)	Flora MacDonald - Woofin' the Cat	More Info...	0:04
12)	La Rose	More Info...	0:04

Performer Notes

To call Chris Norman an Irish flute player isn't quite right -- while the wooden instrument he plays is the same kind as that favored by Irish players, and while he's a master of the Irish idiom, his career has spanned too many other traditions to allow him to be pigeonholed so easily. One constant influence in his solo work has been the music of his native Maritime Canada, and that's where the focus is on his latest solo album. The tunes come mainly from Quebec, Scotland, and Cape Breton, and Norman's approach is quite a bit jazzier this time out than it has been in the past, in particular on "The Gravenstein" (an original reel) and on a set of two Quebecois galopes, both of which are accompanied by drums and string bass. That's not necessarily a bad idea, but not everyone who has enjoyed Norman's previous solo work will be as taken with it. (Also, it's too bad the drum sound couldn't have been a bit better -- Brian Melick sounds like he's playing a box with brushes.) But the tunes are all very attractive, Norman's originals in particular, and his playing is as supple and light as ever. His best solo album is still The Man With the Wooden Flute, but The Flower of Port Williams is one for him to be proud of. ~ Rick Anderson