“On A Starry Night”

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1. "Common Threads" (USA)
Bobby McFerrin: Vocals Lyle Mays: Keyboards Composed, Arranged and Produced by Bobby McFerrin ©1989 Prob Noblem Music (BMI) Theme from "Common Threads: Stories from the Quilt" directed by Robert Epstein & Jeffrey Friedman, A Telling Pictures/Couturie Co. Co-Production Courtesy of EMI Records, under license from EMI-Capitol Special Markets

2. "Japanese Music Box" (Itsuki No Komoriuta) (Japan)
George Winston: Piano Traditional, Arranged by George Winston ©1994 Dancing Cat Music (BMI) Produced by George Winston, Howard Johnston and Cathy Econom Engineerred by Howard Johnston Released on Forest-Dancing Cat Records and Windham Hill Records/BMG

3. "Suliram" (Indonesia)
Thea Suits-Silverman: Flute Tracy Silverman: 6 string violin, Keyboard, Percussion, including Balinese Marimba Traditional, arranged by Tracy Silverman © 1997 From The Gut Music (ASCAP)

4. "Shiny Shell Lullaby" (Pupu Hinuhinu) (Hawaii, USA)
Keola Beamer: Slack-Key Guitar Composed by Nona Beamer © 1997 Starscape Music (ASCAP)

5. "Montanhas No Ceu" (Brazil)
Flora Purim: Vocal Diana Moreira: Vocal Airto Moreira: Vocal and Percussion Jose Neto: Guitar Composed and Arranged by Diana Moreira and Chil-Factor (Krishna Booker) © 1997 Chil-Dream Music (BMI)

6. "Suantrai" (Ireland)
Nightnoise: Brian Dunning: Alto Flute, Pan Pipes Michael O'Domhnail: Guitar Triona Ni O'Domhnail: Vocal, Piano, Harmonium Composed by Aodh O'Domhnail and Nightnoise, Based on a traditional theme © 1997 Owron Music (BMI)

7. "Anjo da Guarda" (Brazil)
Airto Moreira: Vocal, Whistle Jose Neto: Guitar Composed by Airto Moreira based on a Brazilian Spiritualist Hymn © 1997 Solimar (BMI)

8. "Little One Mine" (Ghana)
Turtle Island String Quartet: Tracy Silverman: Violin Darol Anger: Violin Danny Seidenberg: Viola Mark Summer: Cello

9. "Cancion de Cuna" (Cuba)
Eliot Fisk: Guitar Composed by Grenet Arranged by Leo Bouwer Published by Max Eschig, Paris

10. "Sofdu Unga Astin Min" (Iceland)
Richard Stoltzman: Clarinet Lucy Stoltzman: Lyre, Bodrun Lyre, Violin, Vocal Peter Stoltzman: Piano Meg Stoltzman: Flute Traditional, Arranged by Tracy Silverman, © 1997 From The Gut Music (ASCAP)

11. "Kumbaya" (Congo)
Paul Hanson: Bassoon Tracy Silverman: 6 string Violin, Keyboard, Percussion Traditional, Arranged by Tracy Silverman © 1997 From The Gut Music (ASCAP)

12. "Rock-A-Bye Baby" (England)
Jim Brickman: Piano Traditional, Arranged and Produced by Jim Brickman

13. "Tumbalalaika" (Israel)
Mike Marshall: Mandolin, Guitar Kaila Flexer: Violin Traditional, Arranged by Mike Marshall and Kaila Flexer © 1997 Rotagila (BMI) / Next Village (BMI)

14. "Billy's Lullaby" (USA)
Billy Taylor: Piano (courtesy of Arkadia Records) Composed by Billy Taylor Published by Duane Music Inc. (ASCAP)

15. "Bayushky Bayu" (Russia)
Debbra Schwartz: Violin Margot Schwartz: Violin Noah Schwartz: Violin Sunita Staneslow: Harp Traditional, Arranged by Tracy Silverman © 1997 From The Gut Music (ASCAP)

16. "Brahms Lullaby" (Germany)
Mike Wollenberg: Guitar Composed by Johannes Brahms Arranged by Mike Wollenberg © 1997 Lumpacoal Music (ASCAP)

17. "Here I Am" (USA)
Tracy Silverman: 6 String Violin, Vocal, Violin, Percussion, Keyboard Thea Suits-Silverman: Flute, Vocal Louisa Silverman-vocal Composed and Arranged by Tracy Silverman © 1997 From The Gut Music (ASCAP)

Undying gratitude and boundless appreciation and respect to the artists who each put so much of themselves into this project. We are fans of every one of them. Most were friends to begin with and all of them are friends now. The hardest part of it for us was to keep from making this a 3 CD set. There are so many other great tunes and performers we hoped to include, but alas... fate, serendipity and schedules exert more influence on the project than we do, not to mention fiscal reality.

Respect and appreciation to friends at Windham Hill past and present: Steve Vining for supporting the ever-blossoming budget and for seeing it through; Christine Reed for the opportunity; Ned Hearn and Ron McCarol for their expertise; Niki Carras for doing the work of ten. Jim Kennedy, Janet Miner, Julie Chatard. Thanks.

Couldn't have done it without Tom Luekens, our vigilant recording engineer who's wife got pregnant immediately upon hearing about the project, largely recorded at Tiki Town Studio, (a tiki being a Polynesian fertility symbol) and who is now the dad of Steffenie and so finally understands the true meaning of "sleep fast."

Debt of luuuv to Scott Mathews of Tiki, who became swept up in his own fertility craze and just had a daughter as well.

To Billy Taylor, a national treasure, and to Lucy Scott and Amy Rosner from CBS.

Thanks for making us look good: Jim Anderson and Larry Swist who engineered for Billy and Dick's tracks, John Taylor and Howard Johnston, engineers for Eliot and Keola. To Tom Carr for the mastering ears.

All these helpful people: managers Bob Zachary, Al Evers, Kathy Econom, David Pringle, Barry Steinberg, Craig Miller, Kat Masters and Veronica, Verna Gillis, and Mary Pat Buerkle.

Thanks to Garrison Keillor, Jason Keillor and Kaye Gornick; Eric Carle, Motoko and Arnia Black and to David Grisman and family.

Appreciation for the time and enthusiasm of Bruce Kuhlman and George Santana, and to his brother for the inspiration and to Jas Orbrecht for the introduction.

To Karen Emerson for sharing Bobby's friendship with me and to Bobby's assistant, Kim Teevan.

To George Haddow at John Connolly & Co. and Thomastik Strings for their wonderful Dominant and Oktavgeige Strings.

To TISQ for putting up with it.

To all our friends who tired of hearing about it.

To us for getting through it still married. It's been a dreamÉ

Tracy and Thea Silverman Oakland, CA 1997

Disclaimer: This is not a world music record. There is no attempt made at authenticity. These are free-style interpretations of melodies from around the world that we fell in love with or which the artists have a close connection with. Some tunes are closer to their original traditions than others. All rights reserved. Lyrics reprinted by permission.

Lyle Mays appears courtesy of Geffen Records Billy Taylor appears courtesy of Arkadia Records Richard Stoltzman appears courtesy of RCA Classics Keola Beamer appears courtesy of Dancing Cat Records

Art Direction: Candace Upman, Mitchell Design Design: Sandy Del Rio, Mitchell Design Paintings: Jennifer Bloomfield

© 1997 Windham Records