Pieces of the Sun

Infobox Album | Name = Pieces of the Sun
Type = Album
Artist = Tony Levin


Released = 2002
Recorded = Applehead Studios, Woodstock, New York
Genre = Progressive rock
Length =
Label = Narada Productions
Producer = Tony Levin
Reviews =
*Allmusic Rating|4|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:ef8gtq3zpu48 link]
Last album = "Waters of Eden"
(2000)
This album = "Pieces of the Sun"
(2002)
Next album = "Double Espresso"
(2002) |

"Pieces of the Sun" is Tony Levin's third solo record. It is an often jazzy, progressive rock, instrumental record. It features the Tony Levin Band, which includes Levin on bass guitars, stick and cello, Jerry Marotta on drums, Larry Fast playing synthesisers and Jesse Gress on guitars. The California Guitar Trio accompanies the quartet on the opening track, "Apollo." In addition to his percussion duties, Marotta plays acoustic guitar, Omnichord and saxophone on the record. The only vocal performances are a spoken word on "Tequila" and the called "dog one," "dog two" and "dog three!" on "Dog One," which is a new recording of an unreleased Peter Gabriel composition, which Levin, Marotta and Fast had played on.

Track listing

# "Apollo" (Levin) - 6:49
# "Geronimo" (Levin, Larry Fast, Jesse Gress, Jerry Marotta) - 3:11
# "Aquafin" (Levin) - 5:13
# "Dog One" (Peter Gabriel) - 5:15
# "Tequila" (Levin, Chuck Rio) - 5:20
# "Pieces of the Sun" (Levin/Jerry Marotta) - 7:20
# "Phobos" (Larry Fast) - 7:08
# "Ooze" (Levin) - 4:16
# "Blue Nude Reclining" (Levin, Larry Fast, Jesse Gress, Jerry Marotta) - 3:08
# "The Fifth Man" (Levin) - 5:47
# "Ever the Sun Will Rise" (Levin) - 9:08
# "Silhouette" (Levin) - 4:37

Personnel

Musicians

* Tony Levin - bass guitars, electric upright bass, stick, cello
* Larry Fast - synthesizer
* Jesse Gress - guitars
* Jerry Marotta - drums, percussion, acoustic guitar, saxophone, Omnichord
* Bert Lams - acoustic guitar
* Hideyo Moriya - acoustic guitar
* Paul Richards - acoustic guitar
* Randy James - Steel Guitar

Production

* Tony Levin - Producer
* Robert Frazza - Engineer
* Doug Stringer - Premix and overdub engineer
* Kevin Killen - Mixing engineer
* Trevor Sadler - Mastering