| Serenity Knolls | |
| Type: | Studio |
| Artist: | Bill Brovold & Jamie Saft |
| Cover: | Serenity Knolls.jpg |
| Released: | 2017 |
| Recorded: | March 31, 2017 |
| Studio: | Potterville International Sound, Kingston, NY |
| Genre: | Jazz |
| Length: | 76:28 |
| Label: | RareNoise RNR076 |
| Producer: | Jamie Saft |
| Chronology: | Jamie Saft |
| Prev Title: | Strength & Power |
| Prev Year: | 2016 |
| Next Title: | Loneliness Road |
| Next Year: | 2017 |
Serenity Knolls is an album by guitarists Bill Brovold and Jamie Saft released on the RareNoise label in 2017.[1]
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