"Dedicated to the memory and spirit of our cousin, Scott McKinley, 1957-1998."

• released Summer 2000
• Wild Orchard WORS 0300

An eclectic array of impressive instrumentals, featuring piano and guitar — with an acoustic ensemble of reeds, violin, double bass and drums. Richly textured songs span chamber-jazz, new age, old English folk, Afro-Cuban rhythms, and light rock.

Listeners call the music of Scott's Red Star "gorgeous and breathtaking" with "wonderful textures," "playful, melodic and very moving," "a sonic delicatessen...with more flavors than Baskin Robbins," "bittersweet and beautiful," and "superbly engineered."

• Peter Noonan (piano)
• Patrick Noonan (guitars, electric bass)
• Chris Noonan (drums)
• Paul Lieberman (flute, alto flute, piccolo, tenor sax, recorder)
• Scott Lee (acoustic bass)
• Jonathan Levi (violin)
• Sean O'Rourke (percussion)

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Mastered at Glenn Schick Mastering, Atlanta

Additional recording at:

• Skyline Productions, Warren NJ (Paul Wickliffe, engineer)
• PAR Audio, Springfield, IL (Brian Curtis, engineer)

Cover & liner art by Scott McKinley
Photo of Peter Noonan by Rob Westrich, Westrich Photography, St. Louis
Photo of Patrick Noonan by Eric Ellis, Swing Studio, Atlanta
Design by Mary Vachon, Atlanta

Peter played Yamaha pianos on this recording. Patrick played guitars by Godin, Paul Reed Smith, and LoPrinzi.

Peter thanks Megan Schicker, Rick Skinner, Karen Gower and "Captain Dan" Corbin (his longtime piano technician), and expresses his grateful appreciation of his piano teacher, the late Veron Buckley.

Patrick thanks Jo, Paul & Will Noonan, Nina Vansuch, John Houshmand, the musicians of Laurasia & the East River Consort, Charlene Owen, Mason "Otissimo" Tenaglia, Dr. Keisler & Dr. Wu, and the Goizueta community.

We both thank all the musicians who helped us with this recording; our terrific engineer, Scott Patton; Geno Montgomery & Matt Goldberg at Exocet; Mom & Dad, brother Tom Noonan, and the McKinley family; Stephanie Levi & Zaida Lieberman; England Piano Rentals; Harry Cardwell, our piano tuner; and the folks at the Emory University Performing Arts Center.