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BRADLEY PARKER-SPARROW SHUT EYE (the composer's variations) featuring Joanie Pallatto & Bobby Lewis with excerpts from "Shut Eye" - a John Covert Film Pianist/composer Bradley Parker-Sparrow explores a new theme for a film by director John Covert, "Shut Eye." The music is cinematic in scope, following the sinister moods of characters within the film, featuring vocalist Joanie Pallatto, the flugelhorn of Bobby Lewis, vocalist April Aloisio, john E. Magnan, bass and Alejo Poveda, drums. Meshing the concert grand piano with keyboard work and samples, Sparrow presents his dramatic, thematic statements, including a departure with his lead vocal rap "Crack is Cheaper Than Coke," where he intones "Bad Music is better than Good Music." Much of Pallatto's work features wordless vocals, portraying the moods and characters imagined onscreen, including a breathy duet with Lewis on the sexy track, "Wet." Covert's collaboration with composer/pianist Sparrow spans the last ten years with 5 feature films. The Covert/Sparrow partnership in many ways mirrors the team of Hitchcock/Herrmann - both artists blend the art of image and sound. The director says of the film: "A Shut-Eye is what magicians call one of their own who gets so good that he begins to believe in his own magic and forget that it's just a trick." SOUTHPORT RECORDS "REAL JAZZ MADE IN CHICAGO" Bradley Parker-Sparrow - acoustic piano, keyboards, vocals, ocarina, percussion and digital music creation Joanie Pallatto - vocals, flutes, recorder, ocarina, percussion, keyboards and digital music creation Bobby Lewis - flugelhorn Aparil Aloisio - soprano vocals john E. Magnan - electric bass Alejo Poveda - drums Magic - barking