Eder, Brendan -ensemble-
Presents Edward Blankman's Cape Cod Cottage
Cape Cod. 1973. Welcome to the world of Edward Blankman, a retired dentist who wrote elegant, minimalist jazz in obscurity circa 1970. At least that's the story. In truth, 'Edward Blankman's Cape Cod Cottage' is the 2021 concept album from Echo Park composer Brendan Eder. A tender, wistful follow up to 2020's 'To Mix With Time', the 'Cape Cod Cottage' sound evokes the spirit of Erik Satie, Miles Davis with Gil Evans, and Stevie Wonder, balanced with the accessibility of 1960s lounge-exotica. Eder created Blankman's story to channel his own grief, with bittersweet tenderness. Read the liner notes (or watch the mini-doc), and you'll be transported to the quiet shores of Cape Cod in the early '70s, where a lonely retiree mourns his late wife, Natalie, with walks in nature and evenings at his Wurlitzer.