Rob O.
While the tracks on this recording consist of a children's album, the music is a very cool jazz album. With a lineup of KAMASI WASHINGTON, MILES MOSELY, CAMERON GRAVES, TONY AUSTIN and PATRICE QUINN on vocals what you have are essentially the musicians on Kamasi's albums, including Ryan Porter. Don't let the children's songs fool you. There is great fun, Jazz going on here! The vinyl is a beautiful colored baby blue splatter and 45RPM for superior sound!
Favorite track: ABC Song.
I want to dedicate the Spangle-Lang Lane record to my mother Maggie L. Schaffer, who introduced me to the power of creativity and also to my daughters Anaya and Anya, who are both my answered prayers. The LP is something that I would like to see impact children in a creative way, helping them to see the power of positive change through music.” - Ryan Porter
Running in parallel with the powerful wave of transformation that occurred with the advent of recording technology in the 1800s, children’s music has been a critically important part of the evolving pace of modern culture. Through the entire body of children’s music, few have truly deviated from the normal harmonic and melodic structures of past composers. This is about to change in the fall of 2017 as West Coast Get Down co-founder Ryan Porter will present Spangle-Lang Lane, a collection of music that revamps and puts a facelift on some of the world’s most beloved children’s songs. Serving as his debut album, Ryan Porter will release Spangle-Lang Lane September 22, 2017. The eight track LP will land with the quickly rising Los Angeles based jazz imprint World Galaxy on LP, CD, and digital formats.
As another chapter in the ongoing saga of releases cultivated from the legendary KSL Sessions, Spangle-Lang Lane was committed to archives in December of 2011. This was during the same window as recordings for Kamasi Washington’s The Epic (Brainfeeder), Ronald Bruner Jr.’s Triumph (World Galaxy), and Miles Mosley’s Uprising (World Galaxy). Men, women, and children of all ages can enjoy newly revised versions of the “ABC Song,” “Itsy Bitsy Spider,” “Little Boy Blue,” “Rain Rain Go Away,” “Ants Go Marching One By One,” “Row Row Row Your Boat,” “Twinkle Twinkle Little Star,” and Ryan Porter’s very own LP theme.
Features and collaborations across Spangle-Lang Lane include renowned LA based musicians Kamasi Washington (alto sax, percussion), Ronald Bruner Jr. (drums), Adam Turchin (tenor sax), Miles Mosley (bass, percussion), Cameron Graves (piano, vocals), Taylor Graves (vocals), Brandon Coleman (organ, fender rhodes, vocoder, strings), Tony Austin (drums, engineering), Patrice Quinn (vocals), Chris Gray (trumpet), James Ford (trumpet), Justin Sky (vocals), Robert Miller (drums, percussion), Noland Bryant (vocals), and the late and great Zane Musa (alto sax).
credits
released September 22, 2017
1. Spangle-Lang Lane Theme
Arrangement: Ryan Porter
Bass: Miles Mosley
Drums: Tony Austin
Piano: Cameron Graves
Tenor Sax: Kamasi Washington
Alto Sax: Zane Musa
1st Trumpet: Chris Gray
2nd Trumpet: James Ford
Trombone: Ryan Porter
Vocals: Patrice Quinn
2. ABC Song
Music by: Taylor Graves
Rap Lyrics: Justin Sky
Rapper: Justin Sky
Arrangement: Ryan Porter
Bass: Miles Mosley
Drums: Tony Austin
Piano: Cameron Graves
Tenor Sax: Kamasi Washington
Alto Sax: Zane Musa
1st Trumpet: Chris Gray
2nd Trumpet: James Ford
Trombone: Ryan Porter
Strings: Ryan Porter
Vocals: Patrice Quinn
BG Vocals: Cameron Graves, Taylor Graves, Noland Bryant
3. Itsy Bitsy Spider
Arrangement: Ryan Porter
Strings Arrangement: Brandon Coleman
Strings: Brandon Coleman
Vocoder: Brandon Coleman
Rap Lyrics: Justin Sky
Rapper: Justin Sky
Bass: Miles Mosley
Drums: Tony Austin
Piano: Cameron Graves
Tenor Sax: Adam Turchin
Trumpet: Chris Gray
Trombone: Ryan Porter
4. Little Boy Blue
Arrangement: Ryan Porter
Bass: Miles Mosley
Drums: Tony Austin
Piano: Cameron Graves
Tenor Sax: Kamasi Washington
Alto Sax: Zane Musa
1st Trumpet: Chris Gray
2nd Trumpet: James Ford
Trombone: Ryan Porter
Strings: Ryan Porter
Vocals: Patrice Quinn
5. Rain Rain Go Away
Arrangement: Ryan Porter
Bass: Miles Mosley
Drums: Tony Austin
Drums: Ronald Bruner Jr.
Piano: Cameron Graves
Organ: Brandon Coleman
Tenor Sax: Kamasi Washington
Alto Sax: Zane Musa
1st Trumpet: Chris Gray
2nd Trumpet: James Ford
Trombone: Ryan Porter
Strings: Ryan Porter
Vocals: Patrice Quinn
BG Vocals: Cameron Graves, Taylor Graves, Noland Bryant
6. Ants Go Marching One By One
Arrangement: Ryan Porter
Bass: Miles Mosley
Drums: Robert Miller
Percussion: Miles Mosley, Kamasi Washington, Robert Miller
Piano: Cameron Graves
Fender Rhodes: Brandon Coleman
Tenor Sax: Kamasi Washington
Alto Sax: Zane Musa
1st Trumpet: Chris Gray
2nd Trumpet: James Ford
Trombone: Ryan Porter
Vocals: Patrice Quinn
7. Row Row Row Your Beat
Arrangement: Ryan Porter
Bass: Miles Mosley
Drums: Tony Austin
Piano: Cameron Graves
Tenor Sax: Kamasi Washington
Alto Sax: Zane Musa
1st Trumpet: Chris Gray
2nd Trumpet: James Ford
Trombone: Ryan Porter
Strings: Ryan Porter
Vocals: Patrice Quinn
BG Vocals: Cameron Graves, Taylor Graves, Noland Bryant
8. Twinkle Twinkle Little Star
Arrangement: Ryan Porter
Bass: Miles Mosley
Drums: Tony Austin
Piano: Cameron Graves
Tenor Sax: Kamasi Washington
Alto Sax: Zane Musa
1st Trumpet: Chris Gray
2nd Trumpet: James Ford
Trombone: Ryan Porter
Strings: Ryan Porter
Vocals: Patrice Quinn
BG Vocals: Cameron Graves: Taylor Graves, Noland Bryant
I want to dedicate the Spangle-Lang Lane record to my mother Maggie L. Shaefer, who introduced me to the power of creativity, and also, to my daughters Anaya and Anya, who are both my answered prayers. - Ryan Porter
Recorded @ Kingsize Soundlabs
December 2011
Engineer: Tony Austin
Mixing & Mastering @ The Cosmic Zoo
March 2017
Engineer: Daddy Kev
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