9-11-01 (THE FIRST FOUR DAYS)
1 Mayor of New York
2 Out of the Shadows MP3
3 Re-mix / President of USA
4 Lament
5 Flight 11 MP3
6 Aspects of the Heart
7 Dark Tuesday MP3
8 Wednesday's Reflection
9 The End of Innocence MP3
10 A Meditation
11 Mystery of Iniquity
12 Prayer for Peace
New Release
Saints and sages of all religions,
I humbly bow to you,
in hopes that a healing will take place,
in our country, for our world, and amongst our
families and friends...
and that the world community will rise together
to fight against terrorism,
and to heal the world of hunger and fear...J.A.C. 2001
9-11-01
(the first 4 days)
9-11-2001 (the first 4 days)
In the middle of August 200l, I was preparing to record a new album, installing a recently
acquired keyboard along with a digital recording setup. Then, I surrounded myself with some outboard gear, a good microphone and my acoustic instruments. At the time of visualizing my stage, all I knew was that a new project would come out of this innovative way of creating.What it was
or why I would be creating it was not clear.After settting up the equipment, I made myself perfectly
ready to record.Then, I went on vacation for a week, arriving back late on the Thursday before
"Dark Tuesday." Having rested and settled back in, on Monday night, September l0th,
I recorded my first rhythm track.
On Tuesday morning the phone rang. It was my dear friend, Pamela. She was quite worried
and almost in tears. "Turn on the TV," she said. "The United States has been attacked." At
first, I didn't get it. I was in great disbelief that this tragedy could have happened: The World
Trade Center collapsing in front of my face on the television, the Pentagon on fire, in total four
planes having crashed. I usually have a big agenda on Tuesdays; however, I decided to only take
care of the basics that day, and started recording. While tracking, I had the idea of recording
conversations from the TV. By this time I had tracked about 30 minutes of music and was
unstoppable.The various sound bytes had become a part of the composition. I just kept going
and going and going and listening and listening and listening and recording and recording and
recording. By the start of the fourth day I had completed the basic tracks for over two hours
of music. Finally, it hit me why I was doing this! As the reality unfolded on the TV screen and
we found out who the terrorists were, I decided to incorporate elements of middle eastern
music into my composition, together with a need to express the sense of devestation and horror
that was taking place.
My hope is that this music could help bring about some healing to the listener.
Jessie Allen Cooper
11-11-01
J.A.C. '01
Special Thanks
Lucia Capacchione, Pamela Stephan, Marsha Gamel, Rick Krizman, Salvatore Gulette,
David Harper, Melanie Kareem, Marcia Stafsky, Regina Barton, Julianna White, my family,
neighbors and friends for their love and support....
To our ancestors that have fought for peace, and justice...
to all of those that have given their lives for freedom and the pursuit of happiness...
Credits
Produced, arranged, soundscapes, mixed, and directed by Jessie Allen Cooper
Digital sound engineering by Steve Katz
Sound Designer, Pro Tools, KYMA , Soundscapes, and mastered with sonic WORKX
at One-O-Eight Music & Sound,Venice,Ca by Douglas Masla
Re-mix / President of USA by Rick Krizman
Keyboards, soprano saxophone, and harmonium: Jesse Allen Cooper
Bass guitar: Howard Hansen
Middle Eastern percussion instruments: Jamie Papish
Middle Eastern melodic instruments: Antoine I. Harb
Spoken words: Jackie "Sawtooth" Franklin
Spoken words: Diane Vaughn
Female Vocals: Serpentine
Synth Bass on "Aspects of the Heart": Steve Katz
Album cover design: Paul Tanck
Painting of Jessie on inside panel: Michael Alatza
Night sounds from "Heaven Sent": the late Jan Brodin
Publicity: Francesca Nemko
Computer support: Cris Danes and Mark Helliger
Production support: Brian S. Hanish9-11-01
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