It’s a Free Country
Pedersen/Kerr Duo
Released 2013
It’s a Free Country is bridge between country music and free improvisation, both to the listeners and performer, providing a vehicle for expression and connection not always otherwise available independently in these styles. It’s a Free Country exemplifies this approach – ranging from beautiful arranged melodies, to interjections of extended techniques, to raucous free playing, often treading the line between deadly serious and humourous.
Craig Pedersen, trumpet
Joel Kerr, bass
Recorded by Craig Pedersen
Mixed and mastered by Matt Ouimet
Except Crazy, recorded and mixed by Matt Ouimet, and mastered by Philip Shaw Bova at Bovasound
Cover art by Dave Cooper
Back cover design by Jamie Breiwick
Joel Kerr 