We Begin
title: "We Begin" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["mark-isham-albums", "art-lande-albums", "1987-collaborative-albums", "albums-produced-by-manfred-eicher", "ecm-records-albums"] topic_path: "arts/music" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/We_Begin" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | We Begin |
| type | Album |
| artist | Mark Isham & Art Lande |
| cover | We_Begin.jpg |
| released | 1987 |
| recorded | January 1987 |
| studio | Rainbow Studio |
| Oslo, Norway | |
| genre | New-age, jazz fusion |
| length | 41:51 |
| label | ECM |
| ECM 1338 | |
| producer | Manfred Eicher |
| chronology | Mark Isham |
| prev_title | Film Music |
| prev_year | 1985 |
| next_title | Castalia |
| next_year | 1988 |
| misc | {{Extra chronology |
| artist | Art Lande |
| type | Album |
| prev_title | As Time Goes By |
| prev_year | 1986 |
| title | We Begin |
| year | 1987 |
| next_title | Hardball |
| next_year | 1987 |
| :: |
| name = We Begin | type = Album | artist = Mark Isham & Art Lande | cover = We_Begin.jpg|border=yes | alt = | released = 1987 | recorded = January 1987 | venue = | studio = Rainbow Studio Oslo, Norway | genre = New-age, jazz fusion | length = 41:51 | label = ECM ECM 1338 | producer = Manfred Eicher | chronology = Mark Isham | prev_title = Film Music | prev_year = 1985 | next_title = Castalia | next_year = 1988 | misc = {{Extra chronology | artist = Art Lande | type = Album | prev_title = As Time Goes By | prev_year = 1986 | title = We Begin | year = 1987 | next_title = Hardball | next_year = 1987 We Begin is a collaborative album by American jazz trumpeter Mark Isham and jazz pianist Art Lande recorded in January 1987 and released on ECM later that year.{{Music ratings | rev1 = AllMusic | rev1Score =
Track listing
| all_writing = Art Lande, except as noted. | title1 = The Melancholy of Departure | length1 = 6:32 | writer1 = Isham | title2 = Ceremony in Starlight | length2 = 7:34 | writer2 = Isham | title3 = We Begin | length3 = 6:19 | title4 = Lord Ananea | length4 = 2:42 | title5 = Surface and Symbol | length5 = 10:45 | writer5 = | title6 = Sweet Circle | length6 = 4:09 | title7 = Fanfare | length7 = 3:26
Notes
- “The Melancholy of Departure” takes its title from a 1916 work by Italian metaphysical painter Giorgio de Chirico.
Personnel
- Mark Isham – trumpet, fluegelhorn, piccolo trumpet, synthesizer, percussion
- Art Lande – piano, synthesizer, percussion
References
References
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