The New Day Bends Light

Erica Seguine | Shon Baker Orchestra

Each composition on this album is an inner world we invite you to immerse yourself in: some joyous, some into areas considered “taboo” in the real world or psychological places you may actively avoid, while others invite youto take perspective, to make meaning out of murkiness, and, hopefully, to find some messy form of healing.

take this moment...
with strength
the new day bends light
shaping it to calm
in shadows
we shall not succumb

Artist: Erica Seguine | Shon Baker Orchestra

Tracks 1, 3, and 6 composed by Erica Seguine (MusicSegue Publishing, ASCAP)
Track 5 composed by Nurit Hirsh (Y & D Music, ASCAP, ACUM), arranged by Erica Seguine Tracks 2, 4, and 7 composed by Shon Baker (ASCAP)
Words to “New Day Bends Light” (Track 7) by Shon Baker

Personnel:
Erica Seguine - composer, arranger (1, 3, 5, 6), conductor
Shon Baker - composer (2, 4, 7), alto saxophone, soprano saxophone (tracks 1, 3, 5, 6)

Ben Kono- alto saxophone, flute, clarinet
Remy Le Boeuf- alto saxophone, flute, alto flute, piccolo, clarinet (tracks 1-5, 7)
Peter Hess- tenor saxophone, flute, clarinet
Quinsin Nachoff- tenor saxophone, flute, clarinet
Andrew Hadro- baritone saxophone, bass clarinet, flute
John Lowery- tenor saxophone, flute, clarinet (track 7)

Nathan Eklund- trumpet, flugelhorn
John Lake- trumpet, flugelhorn
Jonathan Saraga- trumpet, flugelhorn
Adam Horowitz- trumpet, flugelhorn

Scott Reeves- trombone, alto flugelhorn
Nick Grinder- trombone
Kalia Vandever- trombone
Becca Patterson- bass trombone, tuba

Meg Okura- violin, electric violin (tracks 1, 3-6)
Tammy Scheffer- voice (tracks 2, 5-7)
Eric Burns- guitar
Carmen Staaf- piano
Evan Gregor- bass
Paolo Cantarella- drums

Recorded at Oktaven Audio, Mount Vernon, NY August 28-29, 2019
Producer: Darcy James Argue
Executive Producers: Alan Cabelly and Michael Steinman
Assistant Producers: Brian Krock, Tracy Yang
Recording Engineer: Brian Montgomery
Engineering Assistants: Edwin Huet and Charles Mueller
Session Photography: Tracy Yang
Mixing by Brian Montgomery
Mastered by Randy Merrill at Sterling Sound
Album Jacket Photography: Phil Engsberg
Album Layout: Tiffany Casey