Cortlandt (album)

Cortlandt is a jazz fusion album by American musician Sean Malone. It was released in 1996.^[1]

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) (Sean Reinert, Trey Gunn & Sean Malone)
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

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 (J.S.Bach)
6. Giant Steps (2:55) (John Coltrane)
7. At Taliesin (4:09)
8. Big Sky Wanting (6:00) (Sean Reinert, Trey Gunn & Sean Malone)
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.

All songs composed by Sean Malone, except 5,6,8,10.

Artwork by Tim Spear (website)

Cortlandt was recorded in Tampa and Taos.

• Sean Malone - bass guitar (1,2,4,6,8,910), chapman stick (3,5,7,8,9), loops (7,9), programming (1,2,3,4,6,8)
• Trey Gunn - warr guitar (8)
• Reeves Gabrels - guitars (7)
• Bob Bunin - guitars (1,4,6,9)
• Geoff Caputo - guitars (2), vocals (9)
• Glenn Snelwar - mandolins (?)
• Sean Reinert - drums (1,2,3,4,6,10), percussion & programming (8)
• Adam Levy - guitar (10)
• Dave Wehner - vocals (9)
• John Wesley - vocals (9)
• Kathi Randall - vocals (9)
• Mike Dornberger - vocals (9)
• Rick Dill - vocals (9)
• Ricky Wilcox - vocals (9)

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