''A Bag of Shells'' is an album of music written for film by

Jamie Saft Jamie Saft is an American keyboardist and multi-instrumentalist and composer. He was born in New York City and raised a Conservative Judaism, Conservative Jew, and studied at Tufts University and the New England Conservatory, New England Conserva ...

which was released on the

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label in 2010. It features the music that Saft wrote and recorded for the documentaries '' Murderball'' (2005) and '' God Grew Tired of Us'' (2006), ''Dear Talula'' (2007) and ''Brooklyn Exile'' (2007).

Reception

In his review for

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, Thom Jurek notes that:

Track listing

''All compositions by Jamie Saft'' # "Murderball" – 1:22 # "My Biggest Fear" – 4:27 # "Circle C" – 1:50 # "Morning Music" – 7:30 # "Social Security" – 0:50 # "Joe's Rush" – 2:22 # "Ninann" – 1:15 # "Right Again" – 5:16 # "Piano for the Masses" – 1:10 # "Parliament" – 3:26 # "Keith Goes Home" – 4:03 # "Job Corps" – 1:27 # "Dezert Blues" – 4:25 # "Hyphen's Air" – 2:57 # "Hermans" – 4:52 # "Brooklyn Exile (Theme)" – 2:32 *Tracks 1, 6, 11 & 14 from ''Murderball'' (2005), tracks 5, 10 & 12 from ''God Grew Tired of Us'' (2006), tracks 2–4, 7–9, 13 & 15 from ''Dear Talula'' (2007) and track 16 from ''Brooklyn Exile'' (2007).

Personnel

– piano (tracks 3, 9, 13, 15 & 16),

Fender Rhodes The Rhodes piano (also known as the Fender Rhodes piano) is an electric piano invented by Harold Rhodes, which became popular in the 1970s. Like a conventional piano, the Rhodes generates sound with keys and hammers, but instead of strings, t ...

(tracks 4, 6 & 8),

Mellotron The Mellotron is an electro-mechanical musical instrument developed in Birmingham, England, in 1963. It is played by pressing its keys, each of which causes a length of magnetic tape to contact a Capstan (tape recorder), capstan, which pulls i ...

(tracks 6 & 9),

organ Organ and organs may refer to: Biology * Organ (biology), a group of tissues organized to serve a common function * Organ system, a collection of organs that function together to carry out specific functions within the body. Musical instruments ...

(tracks 6, 10 & 13),

Wurlitzer The Rudolph Wurlitzer Company, usually referred to as simply Wurlitzer, is an American company started in Cincinnati in 1853 by German immigrant (Franz) Rudolph Wurlitzer. The company initially imported stringed, woodwind and brass instruments ...

(track 11), synthesizer (tracks 2 & 11), guitar (tracks 1, 2, 4, 7, 8, 11 & 13), bass guitar (tracks 1, 2, 4, 6–8, 10 & 13), drums (track 8), percussion (tracks 2, 4, 7 & 14), programming (track 14) *

Bill McHenry Bill McHenry (born 1972) is an American jazz saxophonist and composer. He is the leader of the Bill McHenry Quartet and has released over a dozen albums under his own name, in addition to collaborating on many more. Early life McHenry was born ...

–

tenor saxophone The tenor saxophone is a medium-sized member of the saxophone family, a group of instruments invented by Adolphe Sax in the 1840s. The tenor and the alto are the two most commonly used saxophones. The tenor is pitched in the key of B (whi ...

(track 15) *

Erik Friedlander Erik Friedlander is an American cellist and composer based in New York City. A veteran of New York City's experimental downtown scene, Friedlander has worked in many contexts, but is perhaps best known for his frequent collaborations with sax ...

– cello (track 6) * Yacouba Sissoko – kora (track 10) *Shanir Ezra Blumenkranz – oud (tracks 5 & 10) *Vin Cin – bass (track 16) *

Bobby Previte Bobby Previte (born July 16, 1951 in Niagara Falls, New York) is a drummer, composer, and bandleader. He earned a degree in economics from the University at Buffalo, where he also studied percussion. He moved to New York City in 1979 and began ...

(tracks 4 & 13), Dmitriy Shnaydman (track 1 & 16) – drums *

Cyro Baptista Cyro Baptista (born December 23, 1950) is a Brazilian-born percussionist in jazz and world music. He creates many of the percussion instruments he plays. Career Born in São Paulo, Brazil, Baptista arrived in the U.S. in 1980 with a scholarship ...

– percussion (tracks 5 & 10)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Bag of Shells Tzadik Records soundtracks Jamie Saft albums 2010 soundtrack albums Film scores Soundtrack compilation albums