Mutt Slang II
Trolls (for Lyle)
Goya Wonweh (Duality)
Requiem (3 Funerals #4: Hope)
3 Funerals #3: Mili
Joy
The Unbreakable Veil
Lace
Hesitation (to the Polka Queens of Shikoku Island)
Listen
Funerals#1: Tommy
The Groove
Prepare to Stop (6:30 AM)
Water Creatures
3 Funerals #2: Roberto
Breach (for Jamey)
Ima

Alain Mallet, piano

Though based in multiple musical realms, pianist Alain Mallet's ambitious Mutt Slang projects coalesce into a world that exudes 'exotic' yet ultimately feels familiar, the roots of its various components meeting somewhere deep within. Sharing the musical landscape with young musicians from Palestine, Brazil, Italy, Israel, Japan, Bulgaria, Panama, Ireland, Puerto Rico and the US, the complexity of their backgrounds - musically, ethnically, and otherwise, permeates the session, suffusing Mallet's compositions with an undeniable energy and life. "Mutt Slang is very much the result of this convergence of all the musics I love, of digging to get to their shared soul and rebuild something fresh, in order to discover where I belong and give others a chance to do the same." (Alain Mallet)