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 (1999) Season of Changes (2008)

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Perceptual is an album by Brian Blade Fellowship.

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

Personnel

• Brian Blade – Acoustic Guitar, Drums, Vocals, Producer, Liner Notes, Art Direction
• Melvin Butler – Tenor and Soprano, Saxophone
• Jon Cowherd – Producer, Piano, Pump Organ, Fender Rhodes
• Dave Easley – Pedal Steel
• Daniel Lanois – Acoustic Guitar, Guitar, Pedal Steel
• Joni Mitchell – Vocals on "Steadfast"
• Kurt Rosenwinkel – Acoustic and Electric Guitar
• Christopher Thomas – Bass, Background Vocals
• 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