Cortlandt (album)

Cortlandt is an album by Sean Malone, released in 1996.

Track listing (original release)

1. Controversy (4:16)
2. Splinter (3:21)
3. Fisher's Gambit (5:17)
4. Hand Full of Earth (6:20)
5. Giant Steps (2:55) (John Coltrane)
6. At Taliesin (4:09)
7. Big Sky Wanting (6:00)
8. The Big Idea (6:15)
9. Sinfonia (Hidden Track) (33:06) a.k.a. Three-Part Invention in D minor
   • Contains approximately 30 minutes of silence, then Bach's Sinfonia number 4 in D minor

Track listing (re-release)

1. Controversy (4:16)
2. Splinter (3:21)
3. Fisher's Gambit (5:17)
4. Hand Full of Earth (6:20)
5. Sinfonia a.k.a. Three-Part Invention in D minor
6. Giant Steps (2:55) (John Coltrane)
7. At Taliesin (4:09)
8. Big Sky Wanting (6:00)
9. The Big Idea (6:15)
10. Unquity Road (3:42) (Pat Metheny)
    • Originally released as a bonus track on the Japanese version of the self-titled Gordian Knot album.

Artwork by Tim Spear (website)

Cortlandt was recorded in Tampa and Taos.

Personnel

• Sean Malone - bass guitar, chapman stick, keyboards
• Trey Gunn - warr guitar
• Reeves Gabrels - guitars
• Bob Brunin - guitars
• Geoff Caputo - guitars
• Glenn Snelwar - mandolins
• Sean Reinert - drums, percussion

Trivia

• "Fisher's Gambit" is reworked and renamed "Fischer's Gambit" on Gordian Knot's second album Emergent.