Matthew Putman and Michael Sarian found a home in a makeshift studio, using a borrowed 20-year-old keyboard, a good microphone, and in cramped apartment acoustics, to improvise throughout the pandemic. What they called their “weekly pilgrimages” gave them a sense of much-needed sanity, grounding their friendship and keeping them afloat, as Sarian describes, “much like a lifeboat.” The resultant project was an exploration of cadences, rhythms, and full of searching and synchronicity. This album, A Lifeboat (Part II) follows the duo’s first release, and explores many of the same themes, balancing Putman’s velvety keyboard with Sarian’s character-driven trumpet and flugelhorn. This follows their 2020 project (Improvisations Volumes I & II). Both the CD & LP editions feature poetry by 577's Daniel Carter, and will be available April 7, 2023.

Michael Sarian & Matthew Putman ::
A Lifeboat (Part II)

Michael Sarian: Trumpet/Flugelhorn
Matthew Putman: Keyboard

Recorded in Brooklyn
Release: April 7, 2023
Total 12" vinyl time - 39:00
Catalogue number 5856-2

Cover photo by Michael Sarian
Graphic design by Mark Smith

Vinyl: Beautifully designed limited edition color vinyl LP with printed inner sleeve
Download code included

TRACKS:

SIDE ONE

1 - Aboard 4:50
2 - Rough Waters 3:02
3 - Adrift 1:28
4 - Broken Compass 3:14
5 - Lost 1:51
6 - Bearings 1:11
7 - Hope or Despair? 2:21
8 - Will We Make it? 1:54

SIDE TWO 

1 - A Clearing 2:03
2 - Ashore 2:25
3 - On Dry Ground 6:13
4 - Solid Footing 9:05
5 - Forward 1:33

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goes to the musicians

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