We Begin

We Begin
Studio album by Mark Isham & Art Lande
Released	1987
Recorded	January 1987
Studios	Rainbow Studio Oslo, Norway
Genres	New-age, jazz fusion
Length	41:51
Labels	ECM ECM 1338
Producer	Manfred Eicher
Mark Isham chronology
Film Music (1985) We Begin (1987) Castalia (1988)
Art Lande chronology
As Time Goes By (1986) We Begin (1987) Hardball (1987)

We Begin is a collaborative album by American jazz trumpeter Mark Isham and jazz pianist Art Lande recorded in January 1987 and released on ECM later that year.

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Track listing

All tracks are written by Art Lande, except as noted.

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"The Melancholy of Departure"	Isham	6:32
2.	"Ceremony in Starlight"	Isham	7:34
3.	"We Begin"		6:19
4.	"Lord Ananea"		2:42
5.	"Surface and Symbol"	Isham Lande	10:45
6.	"Sweet Circle"		4:09
7.	"Fanfare"		3:26

Notes

• “The Melancholy of Departure” takes its title from a 1916 work by Italian metaphysical painter Giorgio de Chirico.

Personnel

• Mark Isham – trumpet, flugelhorn, piccolo trumpet, synthesizer, percussion
• Art Lande – piano, synthesizer, percussion