The Sun in Splendor is the love child of free jazz, newgrass, grunge rock, and Broadway musicals. The sole reason for creating The Sun in Splendor was the individual's attempt to realize (if only for a few moments) the full expressive potential of Spirit and is thus meant to be received however it is received! The Sun in Splendor is a tumultuously happy marriage of songwriting and improvisation. As with all successful marriages, comprise is the key. At times, the song must sacrifice itself for the spirit of the moment. At other times, the spirit of the moment is subsumed by the power of song! The Sun in Splendor was recorded in a basement in the mountains away from society, cities, scenes, circles, the music business, strip malls, skyscrapers, booking agents, and all that other crap. From this basement's window you can see pine forests in the distance with perfectly blue skies overhead. This window faces a quiet street with a little tree, home to a little family of squirrels who occasionally make not so quiet little squirrel conversation right in the middle of a perfectly good take of music. Damn those cute little bastards! The Sun in Splendor contains seven songs: five composed by Mr. Purtill, and two covers. "You Undo Me" is a sublime tune written by Shaina Taub. Mr. Purtill's version is based on Benjamin Scheuer's arrangement. The second cover song is Mr. Purtill's arrangement of the bluegrass classic "Six Months Ain't Long" by Bill Monroe. This arrangement may offend the conservatively-minded appreciators of bluegrass music so traditionalists beware! Lastly, The Sun in Splendor's cover design was done by the lovely Yulia Van Doren and the music was mastered by Toby Mountain at Northeastern Digital. Much additional love and gratitude goes out to the Purtill and Van Doren families, Elam Blackman at Constant Clip Records, Pablo Valero at Ayva Records, Montuno Publishing, and those squirrels outside the basement window for the intermittent entertainment.