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Do You Think That I Do Not Know

from Round Tripper by Lisa Parrott

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Composed by Nicki Parrott and Lisa Parrott. Inspired by a Henry Lawson poem.
A haunting ballad features Lisa’s signature baritone saxophone playing and Nadje on flugelhorn.

On this track my bari was recorded by John Coltrane’s personal ribbon mic from the 1960’s and that's the only mic we needed for this track.
My baritone sound has never been better captured!

lyrics

They say that I never have written of love,
as a writer of songs should do.
They say that I never could touch the strings
with a touch that is firm and true.

They say I know nothing of women and men
in the fields where love's roses grow.
I must write, they say, with a halting pen,
do you think that I do not know?

By the arbour lights on the western farms,
you remember the question put.
While you held him warm in your quivering arms
and you trembled from head to foot.

The electric shock from his fingertips
and the murmuring answer low.
The soft, shy yielding of warm red lips,
do you think that I do not know?

He lives in the marriage that might have been,
do you think that I do not know?

credits

from Round Tripper, released February 24, 2015
Lisa Parrott - baritone saxophone
Nadje Noordhuis - flugelhorn
Carl Dewhurst - guitar
Chris Lightcap - double bass
Matt Wilson - drums

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Lisa Parrott Brooklyn, New York

“she has developed that most prized of qualities – an original voice on her instrument.”
Sydney Morning Herald

Australian born and NYC based Lisa Parrott, received 4 stars in Downbeat for 'Round Tripper'.
In 2016, she won the DownBeat Critics Poll ‘Rising Star’ for baritone saxophone.

Lisa has played on over 30 albums and her biggest musical influences are Bernie McGann and Ornette Coleman. ... more

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