Matt Ulery - By a Little Light

By a Little Light presents Chicago bassist/composer Matt Ulery’s profoundly rich compositions for a large ensemble on this sprawling two-disc collection filled with lush strings, winds, and vocals featuring members of the iconoclastic contemporary music ensemble Eighth Blackbird and Polish singer Grazyna Auguscik.

released June 19, 2012

Personnel

Matt Ulery, double bass & voice
Rob Clearfield / Ben Lewis, piano
James Davis, trumpet & flugel horn
Grazyna Auguscik, voice
Matthew Duval, vibraphone, marimba & glockenspiel
Michael Maccaferri, clarinets
Tim Munro, flutes
Jon Deitemyer / Michael Caskey, drums & percussion
Zach Brock, violin
Dominic Johnson, viola
Nicholas Photinos, cello

All compositions, arrangements and lyrics by Matt Ulery
Recorded and mixed by Anthony Gravino at Joyride Studio and the Drake in Chicago, IL
Mastered by Jonathan Pines at Private Studios, Champaign, IL

Produced by Matt Ulery
Package design by Jim Tuerk and Matt Ulery
Photo by Quinn Owens-Hendrickson