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SAMPLE MP3s:

1. Love, Love, Love [9:17] (Horvitz) - live @ Goodfoot (2009). Board mix by Brian Bottigliero, Live mics / mix by Reed Wallsmith.
2. Broken Windmills [4:15] (Cunningham) - for PDX Pop Now! compilation (2009). Engineered by Ji Tanzer and Reed Wallsmith, mixed by Gus Elg of Sky Onion Studios.
3. S.T.I.L.L. [3:07] (Wallsmith) - from Homing Patterns (2008)
4. Awesome Hawk [6:03] (Wallsmith) - from Homing Patterns (2008)

(to watch Blue Cranes videos click HERE)

ALBUMS:

Observatories (2010)

STREET DATE: SEPT. 14

1. Grandpa's Hands (R. Wallsmith)
2. Love, Love, Love (Wayne Horvitz)
3. Ritchie Bros. (R. Wallsmith)
4. Maddie Mae (was a good girl) (J. Cunningham)
5. Broken Windmills (J. Cunningham)
6. These Are My People (J. Tanzer)
7. Yellow Ochre (R. Wallsmith)
8. Here is You, Here is Me (R. Wallsmith)

Reed Wallsmith - alto sax
Sly Pig - tenor sax
Rebecca Sanborn - keyboards, piano
Keith Brush - acoustic bass
Ji Tanzer - drums

featuring:
Timothy Young, guitar (2,4,5,7)
Kyleen King, viola (3,4,7)
Anna Fritz, cello (3,4,7)
Marilee Hord, violin (3,4,7)
Mary Sue Tobin, alto sax (4)
Chad Hensel, bass clarinet (4)

family percussion section (8):
Alan Singley, Chris Hudson, Danny East, Frank Wall, Jenny Conlee-Drizos, Ji Tanzer, Joey Scala, Matt Berkvam, Patrick Finley, Rebecca Gates, Rebecca Sanborn, Reed Wallsmith, Sandy Church, Sandy Wallsmith, Sly Pig, Steve Drizos, Talbott Guthrie.

choir (8): Chris Hudson, Daniel Flessas, Ji Tanzer, Rebecca Gates, Rebecca Sanborn, Sam Howard, Sly Pig, Reed Wallsmith,

and... Max Wallsmith - vocal interludes

Recorded and mixed by Jason Powers @ Type Foundry Studios.
Mastered by Timothy Stollenwerk
Design by Dylan McConnell

Homing Patterns (2008)

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Available in Portland at:
Sanborn's Restaurant
Tender Loving Empire
Music Millenium
Everyday Music

1. S.T.I.L.L. (R. Wallsmith)
2. Awesome Hawk (R. Wallsmith)
3. Seven Swans (Sufjan Stevens)
4. Crane (R. Wallsmith)
5. Dirty Bourbon (J. Cunningham)
6. X (R. Wallsmith)
7. Beware the Pneumatic Nailer
8. Early Morning (R. Wallsmith)
9. Inner Dialogue (R. Wallsmith)
10. Washington Park - Eastbound (Cunningham / Wallsmith)
11. Crane - Reprise (R. Wallsmith)

Reed Wallsmith - alto sax
Sly Pig - tenor sax
Rebecca Sanborn - keyboards, piano
Keith Brush - acoustic bass
Ji Tanzer - drums
w/ guest, Ila Cantor - guitar
and Max Wallsmith - vocals (track 7)

Recorded by Jason Powers
Mixed by Gus Elg
Mastered by Timothy Stollenwerk
Design by Dylan McConnell

Lift Music! Flown Music! (2007)

Listen / buy online here:
Integers Only (musician run!)

Available in Portland at:
Sanborn's Restaurant
Tender Loving Empire
Music Millenium
Everyday Music

1. Returning to Portland (R. Wallsmith)
2. Aluvión / Song for Audrey (R. Wallsmith)
3. Polaris (C. Westmoreland)
4. Cristo de Palacagüina (C. Mejia Godoy)
5. Coming Up Roses (E. Smith)
6. Dear Howard (R. Wallsmith, words: N. Alvarado-Greenwood)
7. Greenwood (R. Wallsmith)
8. Thirty Ought Six Circus (R. Wallsmith)

Reed Wallsmith -alto sax, keys, vocals, production; Rebecca Sanborn - keys, piano, vocals; Keith Brush - acoustic bass / electric upright; Ji Tanzer - drums; Adam Hurst: - cello; Nico Alvarado-Greenwood - poetry; Sadie Wallsmith - vocals; Billy Ashmun - vocals)

Cover design: Austin Sellers
Photography: Erica Lord

Reviews

Blue Cranes Demo (2004)

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(live at Tugboat, April and June 2004. Reed Wallsmith - alto sax, Johannes Haage -guitar on 3 & 4, Keith Brush - bass, Ji Tanzer - drums)

OTHER PROJECTS

The Reed Wallsmiths EP (2003)

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1. Returning to Portland
2. .30-06 Circus
3. Greenwood
4. A Nicaragua (w/ Donnie Machado, loops)
5. Cristo de Palacagüina
6. Song for Audrey (w/ Jane, viola; Michael Papillo, bass

(R. Wallsmith - sax, piano, keys, drums, vocals, compositions except #5 written by Carlos Mejia Godoy.)
recorded on 4-track. ©2003 Reed Wallsmith.

Long Walk (R. Wallsmith)

(February 2007. Reed Wallsmith - alto sax, accordion, piano, sound editing)

Song for Charlie (R. Wallsmith)

(February 2007. Reed Wallsmith - alto sax)

Carnival Rain (R. Wallsmith)

(2005 - pdx. Billy Ashmun - vocals, Reed Wallmsith - sound design, alto sax)

Needle in the Hay (E. Smith)

(2004 - pdx. Reed Wallsmith - alto sax, keys, drums, sound design)