breathe (guided breathwork edition) Chad Lawson

• Chad Lawson (b. 1975):
• 1Lawson: intro (guided breathwork)00:47
• 2Lawson: irreplaceable04:31
• 3Lawson: the color of the sky03:49
• 4Lawson: to hold the stars in the palm of your hand04:16
• 5Lawson: fields of forever04:50
• 6Lawson: sama vritti (box breathing)01:04
• 7Lawson: with you04:09
• 8Lawson: for such a gaze of wonder04:27
• 9Lawson: this is what love is03:00
• 10Lawson: letting go04:40
• 11Lawson: nadi shodhana (alternate nostril breathing)01:38
• 12Lawson: the sweetest sound (solo piano)03:15
• 13Lawson: beneath the moon's embrace (solo piano)05:03
• 14Lawson: irreplaceable (solo piano)04:27
• 15Lawson: the color of the sky (solo piano)03:43
• 16Lawson: diaphragmatic (belly breathing)01:13
• 17Lawson: to hold the stars in the palm of your hand (solo piano)04:03
• 18Lawson: fields of forever (solo piano)04:48
• 19Lawson: with you (solo piano)03:57
• 20Lawson: for such a gaze of wonder (solo piano)04:13
• 21Lawson: this is what love is (solo piano)03:09
• 22Lawson: 4-7-8 (drift to sleep)01:27
• 23Lawson: irreplaceable (sleep rework)02:35
• 24Lawson: the color of the sky (sleep rework)02:56
• 25Lawson: fields of forever (sleep rework)03:41
• 26Lawson: with you (sleep rework)03:20
• 27Lawson: for such a gaze of wonder (sleep rework)02:54
• 28Lawson: the sweetest sound (sleep rework)03:18
• 29Lawson: outro (guided breathwork)00:58
• 30Lawson: letting go (orchestral)04:40
• Amy Allen, Thomas HULL, Tyler Johnson, Harry Styles:
• 31Allen, HULL, Johnson, Styles: Matilda04:34
• Total Runtime01:45:25

Info for breathe (guided breathwork edition)

This deluxe "guided breathwork" edition, Lawson expands the album with multiple alternate versions and reworks, focusing on an exploration of how breathing techniques combined with meditative music can help achieve a more relaxed state of mind.

Prolific pianist and composer Chad Lawson invites you to breathe in, calm the mind, and release what you do not need. On his luminous new album breathe, Lawson expands on the intentionality he brought to his 2020 effort You Finally Knew by delivering an exquisitely crafted and genre-transcending body of work. Partly informed by his work as creator and host of the “Calm It Down” podcast, breathe ultimately establishes Lawson as an essential voice exploring the intersection of music and wellness.

Chad Lawson

Chad Lawson
is just about the polar opposite of every other solo pianist out there. He has toured the world with Julio Iglesias, is an official Steinway performing artist, recipient of “Album of the Year” on Whisperings Solo Piano Radio and has scored several films.

Earlier, Lawson’s trio recorded two wildly-successful albums for Summit Records. Dear Dorothy; the Oz Sessions—brought music from the Wizard of Oz to the national jazz charts. The CD was featured in Starbucks, showed up in Dawson’s Creek, and the trio even toured Japan. Unforeseen, their second album, jumped to #8 on the national jazz charts, and included songs by the Police, Soundgarden, and the Beatles. However, all these successes were a blur, leading up to one night on tour in Spain with Iglesias—in yet another sold-out 10,000 seat venue. It was here that Lawson suddenly felt absolutely alone on stage and said, “It’s time to do my own thing again.”

Imagine standing in the middle of NYC, engulfed by all its energy. That same pulse stems from Lawson’s music, in a more slow-burn sorta way. That’s the kind of music Lawson writes: with listening—real listening—in mind. Listeners get the feeling they’re participating in a musical conversation. That’s because—unlike just about every other solo pianist out there—Lawson’s music has a strong organic, improvisatory element to it. Chad Lawson is sort of like George Winston, but the audience Lawson’s going for probably won’t get that reference anyway. (Lawson has always made a habit of bringing jazz to new audiences, as if you couldn’t tell by his credits.)

All Lawson’s songs, in fact, give you the chance to hear the music, and simply exhale, to breathe. His music affords the time that most of us never take in the day to rest our mind—as if to say, things can be put on pause—even for just a few moments.

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