STRANGER FRIENDS, by Dean Thiessen

STRANGER FRIENDS

by Dean Thiessen

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Will Chernoff "a thrilling combination of compositional finesse and expert collaborators" - Chris Fraser

Brian Fraser Delighted be hear this! Congrats on the release. Hoping we can get the Good Samaritan Suite in the can and on the screen this summer. Thanks for your patient collaboration with us on that. Blessings from all of us here at Brentwood.

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A beautiful bi-fold with liner notes & art work depicting the serenity of my home town Sylvan Lake, AB

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1.	Stranger Friends 06:21		buy track
2.	Chrysanthemum 04:59		buy track
3.	Doing Better 05:18		buy track
4.	Blame It On The Gloomy 06:28		buy track
5.	Camping Song 03:19		buy track
6.	Goose Race 05:59		buy track
7.	Harmless 06:57		buy track
8.	The Big Good 06:14	info	buy track
9.	Saving Song 06:35		buy track

about

Stranger Friend is to celebrate the friendships have have given me so much music and to music that has given me so many friendships

Chrysanthemum is inspired by the John Steinbeck short story of the same name.

Doing Better is a song that celebrates a positive change in feelings or circumstances no matter how small the tide moves.

Blame It On The Gloomy is a day where you can blame everything on the gloom around you with no question

The story of Camping Song is two fold. It is both the chaotic memories of hiking with friends and the frustrating love one feels when returning to their childhood home town.

The title Goose Race came after the music was written and seemed like a perfectly vague and confusing title to make this tune just a little weirder.

Harmless has always felt like the correct title for this song but I’ve never really known why.

An overwhelmingly positive person, day, mistake, or event is The Big Good.

Saving Song has been exactly that, for me.

Dean E. Thiessen

Special thanks to my incredible friends who played so expertly and who helped me navigate the rehearsing and recording of an album in the midst of a very challenging year. Thank you to my mentors and colleagues who lent me their ears as this music came together and to my family for their encouragement and love. A special thanks to my wife Cindy for always believing in me.

credits

released April 2, 2021

Dean Thiessen . piano & compositions
Thad Bailey - Mai . trumpet
Wynston Minckler . bass
Ben Parker . drums
Gavin Grochowski . tenor saxophone on The Big Good

Recorded at 12th Street Sound by Anthony Cenerini
Mixed and Mastered by Brad Turner
Album design by Stephanie Townsend and Cindy Dai-Thiessen

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Dean Thiessen Vancouver, British Columbia

STRANGER FRIENDS album out now!

Dean Thiessen is a Vancouver based jazz pianist and composer.

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