Michael Leonhart / Jswiss - Solitude Condition:New Days before Christmas

Days before Christmas

Academy Award winning director Ang Lee (LIFE OF PI) renders Rick Moody's acclaimed novel of upper-middle-class American malaise as a trenchant

While still a teenager in the 1970s he toured with drummer Tony Williams and saxophonist Joe Henderson

"The Lonely Dead Of Midnight" is dominated by an acoustic guitar

Michael Leonhart / Jswiss - Solitude Condition:New Days before ChristmasInspired by chapters from The Alchemist author Paulo Coelho's lesser known book, Manuscript Found In Accra, "Solitude" extols the benefits of time spent with oneself. With rapid fire bars over a stripped down raw instrumental, driven by live drums and upright bass, emcee's JSWISS and Dizzy SenZe trade verses over composer Michael Leonhart's gritty production. This early effort from Michael Leonhart & JSWISS as a duo is what led to their full length