Learn Tony Levin - 2002 Pieces Of The Sun

Pieces of the Sun is Tony Levin's tertiary solo record. It is an ofttimes jazzy, progressive rock, instrumental record. It features the Tony Levin Band, which includes Levin on bass guitars, stick together with cello, Jerry Marotta on drums, Larry Fast playing synthesisers together with Jesse Gress on guitars. The California Guitar Trio accompanies the quartet on the opening track, "Apollo." In add-on to his percussion duties, Marotta plays acoustic guitar, Omnichord together with saxophone on the record. The alone vocal performances are a spoken discussion on "Tequila" together with the called "dog one," "dog two" together with "dog three!" on "Dog One," which is a novel recording of an unreleased Peter Gabriel composition, which Levin, Marotta together with Fast had played on.

Track listing

1. "Apollo" (Tony Levin) - 6:49
2. "Geronimo" (Levin, Larry Fast, Jesse Gress, Jerry Marotta) - 3:11
3. "Aquafin" (Levin) - 5:13
4. "Dog One" (Peter Gabriel) - 5:15
5. "Tequila" (Levin, Chuck Rio) - 5:20
6. "Pieces of the Sun" (Levin, Marotta) - 7:20
7. "Phobos" (Fast) - 7:08
8. "Ooze" (Levin) - 4:16
9. "Blue Nude Reclining" (Levin, Fast, Gress, Marotta) - 3:08
10. "The Fifth Man" (Levin) - 5:47
11. "Ever the Dominicus Will Rise" (Levin) - 9:08
12. "Silhouette" (Levin) - 4:37

Personnel

Musicians

• Tony Levin - Chapman Stick (tracks 1, 2, 4, 7, 9-11), Music Man StingRay Bass (tracks 1, 5, 6), cello (tracks 6, 8, 11), NS Electric Upright Bass (track 2), electric fretless bass (tracks 3, 9, 12), acoustic bass guitar (track 1), electric guitar (track 8), Omnichord (track 3), vocals (tracks 4, 5)
• Larry Fast - synthesizers on all tracks except runway 8, vocals (track 5)
• Jesse Gress - electrical guitar (tracks 3, 5, 9, 11, 12), electrical guitars (tracks 1, 2, 4, 6, 7, 10), acoustic guitars (track 3), backwards guitar (track 8), vocals (tracks 4, 5)
• Jerry Marotta - drums on all tracks except runway 8, percussion (tracks 5, 6), tenor saxophone (tracks 5, 9), acoustic guitars (track 3), Omnichord (track 3), Taos drum (track 8), vocals (track 4, 5)
• California Guitar Trio - acoustic guitars on "Apollo"