Perceptual (album)

Perceptual
Studio album by Brian Blade
Released	April 11, 2000
Recorded	September 1999
Length	53:51
Label	Blue Note
Producer	Brian Blade Jon Cowherd
Brian Blade chronology
Brian Blade Fellowship (1998) Perceptual (2000) Season of Changes (2008)

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Perceptual is the second studio album by Brian Blade Fellowship, released in 2000, on the Blue Note label.

Track listing

All tracks composed by Brian Blade; except where indicated

1. "Perceptual" (Jon Cowherd) – 6:28
2. "Evinrude-Fifty (Trembling)" – 7:56
3. "Reconciliation" (Cowherd) – 6:44
4. "Crooked Creek" (Cowherd) – 9:10
5. "Patron Saint of Girls" – 2:40
6. "The Sunday Boys (Improvisation)" (Cowherd, Myron Walden) – 1:06
7. "Variations of A Bloodline" – 9:09
8. "Steadfast" – 8:21
9. "Trembling" – 2:17

Personnel

Brian Blade Fellowship

• Brian Blade – acoustic guitar, drums, vocals, producer, liner notes, art director
• Melvin Butler – tenor and soprano saxophone
• Jon Cowherd – producer, piano, pump organ, Fender Rhodes
• Dave Easley – pedal steel guitar
• Daniel Lanois – acoustic guitar, guitar, pedal steel guitar
• Joni Mitchell – vocals ("Steadfast")
• Kurt Rosenwinkel – acoustic guitar and electric guitar
• Christopher Thomas – bass, backing vocal
• Myron Walden – bass clarinet, alto saxophone

Production

• Greg Calbi – Mastering Advisor
• Edward Curtis – Photography
• Mantis Evar – Product Manager
• Deborah Feingold – Photography
• Joe Ferla – Engineer, Mixing
• Anthony Gorman – Assistant Engineer
• Mark Howard – Engineer
• Gordon Jee – Director
• Andrea Yankovsky – Assistant Engineer