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The latest Quiet Life Motel album, "dance, ghost," is now available online — as well as in in a limited edition of 347 copies, individually stamped and titled.

Hector ‘Coco’ Barez, cajón
Sarah Marie Hughes, alto sax
Romeir Mendez, upright bass
David Schulman, violin & viola

World Music report called  ANHINGA  "a vivid slice of life that traverses the musical topography of the Americas."

The album was named to BEST DC JAZZ ALBUMS of 2016 (#3) by CapitolBop, and features vocals and trumpet by Go-Go legend Tillery, who spent 18 years with Chuck Brown & the Soul Searchers.

LOVESONGS for my HAT, original score for theater production inspired by the writings of Oliver Sacks, June 2017. All instruments played by David Schulman.

Quiet Life Motel: 2012 debut heard on NPR's Weekend Edition. Eddie Eatmon on bass and Felix Contreras on percussion. Cameos by Michael Ramos (Charanga Cakewalk, Patty Griffin), Marlysse Simmons (Bio Ritmo), Charlie Barnett (Chaise Lounge).

Lo-fi live album "Botany of Desire" (2016) improvised to art installation by Tina Tahir, on SoundCloud:

David also appears on percussionist and composer Tigger Benford's 2014  album "Vessel of Gratitude," 
called  "intriguing and adventurous" by Jazz Weekly.

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