Alex Pertout LUSAMBO

Alex Pertout's debut album Lusambo on Nailuj Music (The Planet / MGM) features twelve original compositions and a remarkable guest list that includes drummers Virgil Donati and Derek Pellici, trumpeter Bobby Venier, flautist John Barrett, saxophonist Lachlan Davidson, pianist Colin Hopkins, guitarist Mario Genovese, bassist Michael Matthews, vocalists Linda George, Penny Dyer and Lindsay Field, his mother, soprano Cecilia Pertout Navarro as well as his brother Andrian Pertout on synthesizer.

[1] Lusambo

[2] Manaus

[3] Tomorrow Is Here

[4] Aurora

[5] As The Years Go By

[6] One For Cal

[7] Recuerdos De Los Andes

[8] Good Things To Come

[9] Boyce's Flight

[10] Everything To Me
{11} Giorni D'Inverno
[12] Home Again

ALEX PERTOUT: congas, bongos, timbales, cajon, berimbau,
percussion, piano, marimba, vibes, glockenspiel, synthesizers

COLIN HOPKINS: piano, fender rhodes, trumpet, organ

JOHN BARRETT: flute, alto flute and bass flute

BOB VENIER: flugelhorn, trumpet

MARIO GENOVESE: acoustic, electric guitars

LACHLAN DAVIDSON: soprano saxophone

CECILIA PERTOUT NAVARRO: soprano

ANDRIAN PERTOUT: string synthesizer

DEREK PELLICCI: drums

VIRGIL DONATI: drums

LINDA GEORGE: lead and background vocals

PENELOPE DYER: background vocals

LINDSAY FIELD: background vocals

ALEJANDRO VARGAS: zampoñas

MICHAEL MATTHEWS: bass

Composed and Arranged by Alex Pertout

‘Home Again’ composed by Alex Pertout and Mario Genovese

Recorded and Mixed at: Metropolis Audio, Melbourne, Australia

Engineered by: Ross Cockle, Cameron Craig, Leanne Vallence, Doug Roberts and Michael Wickow

Mixed by: Ross Cockle

Tracks 3,5,9,11 Recorded and Mixed at: Alex Pertout Studio

Engineered by: Alex Pertout

Mixed by: Alex Pertout and Andrian Pertout

Mastered by: Don Bartley at Studios 301, Sydney, Australia

Front cover photograph by Gina Palamara and Vince Monea

Artwork by Nilusha Dassenaike

Design by Luke Fraser/Ahr+

Previously released (1993) Larrikin Entertainment

PRODUCED BY ALEX PERTOUT