Music

“Making Memories” is about the enduring quest to create good memories in life. They don’t
just happen, but we have to actively do something to ‘make’ them, as they enrich us
forever. With music, we are fortunate to experience many uniquely inspired moments with
people, audiences and musicians all over the world. Many of these experiences become
unforgettable memories that continue to shape and change us. We will cherish these
memories for the rest of our lives, as they become invaluable treasures to our heart and
soul, making us grow, and remaining with us, always.

This CD is also dedicated to the memory of both – Manfred Knoop, brilliant studio engineer,
musician, long-time friend and production collaborator – as well as my incomparable teacher
Charlie Banacos.

1. Declaration
2. Making Memories
3. Texting while Driving
4. Morning Cadence
5. The Spell
6. The Spiraling Spell
7. Rome
8. Looking Back
9. Conversations

Enja Records

Musicians:
Vana Gierig – piano (all tracks), vocal (5), hand claps (1, 4, 5), add’l percussion (2, 5)
Paquito D’Rivera – clarinet (tracks 2, 4, 5, 6, 7)
Sean Conly – bass (tracks 2, 4, 5, 6, 7), hand claps (1, 4, 5)
Matthew Parrish – bass (tracks 1, 3, 8, 9)
Marcello Pellitteri – drums (tracks, 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9), hand claps (1, 4, 5)
Gene Jackson – drums (track 4)
Vinicius Barros – percussion (tracks 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 9), hand claps (1, 4, 5)
Jane Hunt – violin (tracks 2, 4, 7)
Wolfram Koessel – cello (tracks 2, 4, 7)

Produced by Vana Gierig.
All music written and arranged by Vana Gierig.
All music published by (Vana Gierig Music, SESAC).

Recorded live at Bennett Studios.
Additional overdubs recorded at Avenue C Studios.
Mixed at Knoop Studios.
Engineered and mixed by David Kowalski.
Mastered by Gene Paul at G&J Audio.

Cover Photos by: Gildas Boclé

Avenue C Records

Vana Gierig – piano
Gene Jackson – drums
Sean Conly – bass
Vinicius Barros – percussion

(live festival performance)

Challenge Records

Vana Gierig – piano (all tracks)
Alvester Garnett – drums (all tracks)
Sean Conly – bass (all tracks)
Regina Carter – violin (track 2), vocal (2, 9, 10)
Duduka Da Fonseca – percussion (2, 9)
Vinicius Barros – pandeiro & tamborim (9)
Adriano Santos – percussion (6, 7, 10), rhythmic concept for loop (10)
Philip Hamilton – vocal (4)
Gino Sitson – vocal (10)
Mark Lambert – vocal (2, 9), shaker (10)
Susana Ribeiro – vocal (2, 9)
Christophe Schweizer – trombones (6, 7)

Produced Vana Gierig
All songs composed and arranged by Vana Gierig, except #4 (Gierig/Hamilton), #5 (Brandt/Haymes), and #8 (Gierig/Garnett/Conly)
All songs published by Vana Gierig Music (SESAC), except “That’s All”
Recorded and mixed at Knoop Studios, USA
Additional recording at Avenue C Studios, New York
Mastered by Clemenz Paskert, Capitol Sound Studio
Cover design by Ayça Köseogullari

Twinz Records/Avenue C Records

Vana Gierig – piano (all tracks)
Alvester Garnett – drums (all tracks)
Sean Conly – bass (all tracks)
Regina Carter – violin (track 2), vocal (2, 9, 10)
Duduka Da Fonseca – percussion (2, 9)
Vinicius Barros – pandeiro & tamborim (9)
Adriano Santos – percussion (6, 7, 10), rhythmic concept for loop (10)
Philip Hamilton – vocal (4)
Gino Sitson – vocal (10)
Mark Lambert – vocal (2, 9), shaker (10)
Susana Ribeiro – vocal (2, 9)
Christophe Schweizer – trombones (6, 7)

Produced Vana Gierig
All songs composed and arranged by Vana Gierig, except #4 (Gierig/Hamilton), #5 (Brandt/Haymes), and #8 (Gierig/Garnett/Conly)
All songs published by Vana Gierig Music (SESAC), except “That’s All”
Recorded and mixed at Knoop Studios, USA
Additional recording at Avenue C Studios, New York
Mastered by Clemenz Paskert, Capitol Sound Studio
Cover design by Ayça Köseogullari

Avenue C Records

Musicians:
Vana Gierig – piano (all tracks)
Marcus McLaurine – bass (all tracks)
Rocky Bryant – drums (all tracks)
Mayra Casales – percussion (1, 3, 4, 7, 10, 11)
Mohammed Ali – djimbe, talking drum (5, 8)
Manfred Knoop’s children’s choir (1, 10)
Ed Cavalcanti – dj (5)

Produced by Vana Gierig.

Recorded and mixed by Alec Head at Knoop Studios.
Mastered at Temple of Soul Studio, NYC.