Letters of Transit, by Dean Olsher

Letters of Transit

by Dean Olsher

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1.	Letters of Transit 03:24	buy track
2.	Forget I Was Ever Here 04:07	buy track
3.	The Perilous Night 04:20	buy track
4.	Solace (Scott Joplin) 04:18	buy track
5.	Parfois 03:34	buy track
6.	Manhattan (Richard Rodgers) 03:31	buy track
7.	Hymn 03:30	buy track
8.	Mentre l'erbetta (Giovanni Battista Pergolesi) 03:47	buy track
9.	Lullaby 04:54	buy track

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Letters of transit, hidden in Sam’s piano, drive the plot of Casablanca. Anyone bearing such a letter could board a plane to Lisbon and evade the Nazis. Eighty years later, Americans were driven to flee political danger by once again escaping to Portugal.

In the 1930s and 40s, those who lacked the means to escape fascism pursued an “inner emigration.” Dean Olsher’s own inner emigration has been to devote himself deeply to what he loves most about America, which is its music. Like himself, it is hybrid in nature; that’s what makes us as Americans interesting, and also vulnerable. "Letters of Transit is about musical pluralism and how it reflects the America I want to live in."

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released March 29, 2024

Dean Olsher: accordion
Meg Okura: violin
David Bertrand: bass clarinet
Rez Abbasi: guitar
George Farmer: bass (1-3, 5, 9)
Jerome Harris: bass (4, 6, 8)
Willie Martinez: drums, percussion (2-3, 5, 9)
Satoshi Takeishi: percussion (4, 6, 8)
Rachelle Garniez: vocal (2)
Suzzy Roche: vocal (7)

Words and music by Dean Olsher
Produced by Will Holshouser
Engineered and mixed by Scott Lehrer
Mastered by Joe Brent
Artwork by Erica Pannen

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Dean Olsher New York, New York

I'm a street musician and composer whose works have been performed by chamber groups, broadcast outlets, and the annual TED Conference. My performance of Erik Satie’s music, on accordion, was featured on This American Life. I make my living as a music therapist. Email is dean@deanolsher.com ... more

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