Andy Summers - Peggy's Blue Skylight (2000)

BOOGIE STOP SHUFFLE
Andy Summers: Guitar
Dave Carpenter: Bass
Joel Taylor: Drums
Randy Brecker: Trumpet

TONIGHT AT NOON
Andy Summers: Guitar
Dave Carpenter: Bass
Joel Taylor: Drums
Nick Ariondo: Accordian
Hank Roberts: Cello

REINCARNATION OF A LOVEBIRD
Andy Summers: Guitar
Dave Carpenter: Bass
Joel Taylor: Drums
John Novello: Hammond B-3 Organ
Geetha Bennett: Vocal, Veena & Tamboura
Hank Roberts: Cello

OPUS THREE
Andy Summers: Guitar
Dave Carpenter: Bass
Joel Taylor: Drums
John Novello: Hammond B-3 Organ
Rob Thomas: Violin

CUMBIA JAZZ FUSION
Andy Summers: Guitar
Dave Carpenter: Bass
Joel Taylor: Drums
Hank Roberts: Cello
Michito Sanchez: Percussion

REMEMBER ROCKEFELLER AT ATTICA
Andy Summers: Guitar
Dave Carpenter: Bass
Joel Taylor: Drums
Alison Wedding: Vocal
John Novello: Hammond B-3 Organ
Michito Sanchez: Percussion
Brian Kilgore: Percussion
Rob Thomas: Violin
Curtis Fowlkes: Trombone
Hank Roberts: Cello

PEGGY'S BLUE SKYLIGHT
Andy Summers: Guitar
Dave Carpenter: Bass
Joel Taylor: Drums
Michito Sanchez: Percussion
Nick Ariondo: Accordian

WEIRD NIGHTMARE
Deborah Harry: Vocal
Andy Summers: Guitar
Dave Carpenter: Bass
Joel Taylor: Drums
John Novello: Hammond B-3 Organ
Hank Roberts: Cello

GOODBYE PORK PIE HAT/ WHERE CAN A MAN FIND PEACE?
Q-Tip: Vocal
Andy Summers: Guitar
Dave Carpenter: Bass
Joel Taylor: Drums
John Novello: Hammond B-3 Organ
Hank Roberts: Cello

FREE CELL BLOCK F
Andy Summers: Guitar
Dave Carpenter: Bass
Joel Taylor: Drums
The Jazz Passengers:
-- Roy Nathanson: Alto Saxophone
-- Curtis Fowlkes: Trombone
-- Bill Ware: Vibraphone
-- Rob Thomas: Violin

SELF PORTRAIT IN THREE COLOURS
Andy Summers: Guitar
Dave Carpenter: Bass
Joel Taylor: Drums
Hank Roberts: Cello

MYSELF WHEN I AM REAL
Andy Summers: Guitar
Kronos Quartet:
-- David Harrington: Violin
-- John Sheba: Violin
-- Hank Dutt: Viola
-- Jennifer Culp: Cello

PEGGY'S BLUE SKYLIGHT is a tribute to the music of Charles Mingus.

After successfully trying his hand at interpreting the compositions of Thelonious Monk with GREEN CHIMNEYS, ex-Police guitarist Andy Summers stretches his musical experimentation even further with PEGGY'S BLUE SKYLIGHT, a collection of Charles Mingus' works. Whereas Monk was quirky and introverted, Mingus was often brash and expansive. Summers, given his unusually creative musical background, does a grand job of interpreting these heady pieces in his own idiosyncratic fashion.
Right off the bat, Summers makes a bold reading of "Boogie Stop Shuffle" as a lazy reggae lope. Always having been one to create mesmerizing atmospheres out of which he forges creative slants on his musical subjects, Summers' esoteric settings for "Reincarnation Of a Lovebird," "Goodbye Porkpie Hat/Where Can a Man Find Peace?" and "Myself When I Am Real" are ample proof of the guitarist's inspiration. Other more conventional readings in this rich experiment include "Cumbia Jazz Fusion," with its deep samba groove, and Deborah Harry's sultry version of "Weird Nightmare."
2007 digitally remastered and expanded edition of this album from The Police guitarist featuring three previously unreleased bonus tracks: 'East Coastin', 'Fables Of Faubus' and 'Noddin' Your Head Blues'.. Originally released in 2000, Peggy's Blue Skylight is Andy Summer's tribute album to Jazz pioneer and legend Charles Mingus. It features The Police guitarist with an all-star cast including, among others, Deborah Harry, Q Tip, The Kronos Quartet, Rob Thomas, Randy Brecker and The Jazz Passengers, all paying tribute to one of the world's greatest 20th century Jazz composers. Rare.
Recorded at Fool For Love Studio, Venice Beach, California; Megatrax, Los Angeles, California; Right Track, New York, New York; Skywalker Ranch Studios, San Francisco, California in 2000.

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