FIREWATER

Firewater is often used to describe a strong locally made alcoholic beverage, a rancid brew consumed by the prospectors and sold to Native Americans during the gold rush in the 1800's. After reading 'Bury My Heart At Wounded Knee' by Dee Brown, a heartbreaking account of the extermination of the Native American I decided to hint at Indian chant as a kind of homage. It opens with a 'chant' leading into a gentle section (the Cherokee were called 'the beautiful people' before they were wiped of the face of the earth). In the following section the distant horn represents the spirit that can never be crushed. The 'chant' returns before a vaguely 'optimistic' finale - Jim Rattigan.
Jim Rattigan has performed all over the world both as a jazz soloist and as a band member of various groups. These include the Michael Brecker Quindectet, the Charlie Haden/Carla Bley Liberation Music Orchestra, the McToy Tyner Big Band, Django Bates' Delightful Precipice, the Creative Jazz Orchestra with Kenny

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