Artist: JEFF BLACK
Album: SLEEPY TOWN
Release Date: 2007
Label: Lotos Nile Music
UPC: 859700988909

Jeff Black Dream Piano

Recorded By Jeff Black
Mixed By Jeff Black
Mastered By Jim Demain
Photography Michael Wilson
Design Jeff Back
Jeff Black plays Epiphone Masterbilt Banjos, Paige capos, Morley Pedals, Impact Picks, Palomino Blackwing and Blackwing 602 pencils.


All lyrics and music written by Jeff Black
© 2007 Jeff Black | Lotos Nile Music BMI
All Rights Reserved

SAN DIEGO WOMAN

Lullabies

Berceuse; French for lullaby, or, cradle song. Originating in England in the late 1300s had but a single purpose: To lull a child to sleep. We soothe our children with them. We soothe ourselves by humming a familiar tune when the stress of the day becomes overwhelming. As we grow older our lullabies are often songs that take us out of ourselves and let our souls rest. Music is this, from birth. Jeff Black, singer/songwriter, has released a set of lullabies (titled: Sleepy Town) he wrote for his two young children. Available as a digital download from Amazon.com (in their MP3 downloads section) and other on-line venues, these nine tunes, composed and performed on piano sans vocals, are touching remembrances of how sweet the face of your baby is when he's slipping into the calmness of sleep. I'm afraid the lullaby has become a lost art in our IPod, MP3 driven world. The refrain of a simple melody negates the electronic world and distills the pleasure of things uncomplicated to its essence: Us, alone together, and at peace. Download these and play them gently for the young ones - but don't leave yourself out. Jeff's tunes will take you on a journey well intended for relaxation and sleep. He has four other albums that are treasures for those of us looking for artists that (indeed) have the rare talent of matching words and music as the natural partners they are. I have a few CDs that I call my comfort music; ones that I use to bring me back down to earth and provide a cocoon of relief and calm, Jeff has just added another with this marvelous issue of great lullabies. With Valentine's Day coming this would be a great time to gift yourself and your friends and spread the word on Jeff Black's music.

Robert Tussey January 2009

Sleepy Town - "This is a collection of piano dreams I recorded with a single microphone on my old Steinway upright a few years ago when the babies were small. On quiet days I went about calling up some pictures in my mind to set a melody to and to have something from home to play when the little ones were trying to go to sleep. We made some copies for family and friends and since the songs came in so easy, we decided to send them out the same way. Just simple songs to dream by. I hope you like them and share them with those you know - who want to go. I know from experience that they prove out." xo Jeff

SAN DIEGO WOMAN

Lullabies

Berceuse; French for lullaby, or, cradle song. Originating in England in the late 1300s had but a single purpose: To lull a child to sleep. We soothe our children with them. We soothe ourselves by humming a familiar tune when the stress of the day becomes overwhelming. As we grow older our lullabies are often songs that take us out of ourselves and let our souls rest. Music is this, from birth. Jeff Black, singer/songwriter, has released a set of lullabies (titled: Sleepy Town) he wrote for his two young children. Available as a digital download from Amazon.com (in their MP3 downloads section) and other on-line venues, these nine tunes, composed and performed on piano sans vocals, are touching remembrances of how sweet the face of your baby is when he's slipping into the calmness of sleep. I'm afraid the lullaby has become a lost art in our IPod, MP3 driven world. The refrain of a simple melody negates the electronic world and distills the pleasure of things uncomplicated to its essence: Us, alone together, and at peace. Download these and play them gently for the young ones - but don't leave yourself out. Jeff's tunes will take you on a journey well intended for relaxation and sleep. He has four other albums that are treasures for those of us looking for artists that (indeed) have the rare talent of matching words and music as the natural partners they are. I have a few CDs that I call my comfort music; ones that I use to bring me back down to earth and provide a cocoon of relief and calm, Jeff has just added another with this marvelous issue of great lullabies. With Valentine's Day coming this would be a great time to gift yourself and your friends and spread the word on Jeff Black's music.

Robert Tussey January 2009