Month: February 2016

Original Songs Here are notes on the songs we're playing, in chronological order of when each song emerged. Windows (1994) A fast, syncopated song in minor tonality that is floating, surfing and gymnastic. Originally recorded in Boston with the Qwaynetet for an unreleased album as Latin Jazz. Now Salsified with added montunos. Stomping Ground (1996) An anthem written during my first visit to San Francicso. Cascades between Latin Jazz and Swing, now Salsified with added montunos. Sixteen K Is A Lot Of Kim (1999) A Second Line romp, as commentary on the ascii file length of an intimate, transatlantic email. Written while on tour in Prague with the funk band Raw Deluxe. Presque Tire Sale in God's Country (1999) A Salsified ballad dedicated to the union of two dear friends. Originally recorded…

A Musical Journey Songs should speak for themselves. Yet, I would like to speak to the journey on which these songs have themselves been. I picked this material because I'm fond of it. Yet, it never quite found a place in the repertoire of my working ensembles. Some of it has been around as long as I've been composing! A first attempt to revisit it during 2008-10 was imagined as a setting to feature my clarinet playing, and writing for voice. Carl and Alicia are alumni from that project, whose instrumentation was a similar format of woodwind trio, rhythm section and vocalist, including flute, clarinet and bassoon. That project dissolved organically, but last summer the perfect storm occurred which motivated tonight's reimagining: meeting Glenda playing English Horn, acquiring a Bass…