Serenity Knolls

Serenity Knolls
Studio album by Bill Brovold & Jamie Saft
Released	2017
Recorded	March 31, 2017
Studio	Potterville International Sound, Kingston, NY
Genre	Jazz
Length	76:28
Label	RareNoise RNR076
Producer	Jamie Saft
Jamie Saft chronology
Strength & Power (2016) Serenity Knolls (2017) Loneliness Road (2017)

Serenity Knolls is an album by guitarists Bill Brovold and Jamie Saft released on the RareNoise label in 2017.^[1]

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
All About Jazz	[2]

On All About Jazz, Dan Bilawsky called it "an album of front porch twang-and-strum, evoking peacefulness on the prairies and offering one American idyll after another" noting "Bill Brovold and Jamie Saft have managed to capture the heart, spirit, and sound of a country day in their duo explorations. Heartland, hearth, and home sweet home are well-represented on Serenity Knolls".^[2] Chronogram's James Keepnews wrote "Although Kingston-based Rasta polymath Jamie Saft is best known as an accomplished keyboardist and studio maven, his recorded work as a guitarist dates as far back as two decades ... His dobro and lap steel skills get a rare, ample, and ravishing workout in this new collaboration with his fellow local multi-instrumentalist, guitarist Bill Brovold. The album title references the rehab center where Jerry Garcia died, striking a fitting balance for these 12 often stark tone poems—some warm and serene, others as dark and searching as the emotions upon the loss of a loved one. Much of the darkness comes from Brovold's chimes-at-midnight, dirge-y chordal atmospheres enveloping Saft's adept, pealing slide chorales".^[3]

All compositions by Bill Brovold and Jamie Saft

1. "Sweet Grass" – 8:33
2. "Mitchimakinak" – 7:25
3. "Saddle Horn" – 4:58
4. "Wendigo" – 4:23
5. "Thermopolis" – 8:46
6. "The Great American Bison" – 6:08
7. "Bemidji" – 5:42
8. "No Horse Seen" – 5:02
9. "Splintering Wind" – 5:02
10. "Greybuli" – 6:54
11. "Serenity Knolls" – 6:35
12. "Silent Midpoint" – 7:00

• Bill Brovold – electric guitar
• Jamie Saft - dobro, lap steel guitar