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December Session

by Jimi Jazz

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1.
Naima Metronomic 09:48
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2.
Dolphin Dance 09:47
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3.
Processional 08:52
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4.
Space Oddity (take 3) 05:11
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Space Oddity (take 2) 05:13
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I am deeply honored to be able to play and create with these gifted artists.

I recorded our rehearsal this month at my house, and these are the results. Despite some electronics problems and limited track count I enjoyed the playback enormously, and felt compelled to share it here. Below are my notes if you care to look behind the curtain at all.

John Coltrane’s Naima is one of my all time favorites. Here we’re giving it a fresh beat cribbed from Stereo Lab. Oh man, Noah’s blowing is tight! Sorry about the piano tuning there - Dustin makes it sing though right? I need to go for something heavier in the bass solo on the A’s out - that second A needs some exposition. That wasn’t in the arrangement we played before - I was telling Noah to come in at the bridge. This type of recording really helps get your ideas together.

Herbie Hancock’s Dolphin Dance was our warm up. Such a vital part of the cannon. It’s an incredible song, an exploration of the history - it provides pathways, sometimes only a few bars long, right into the past. At the same time the harmonic momentum points to the future and provides a springboard for infinite illumination.

Dave Holland’s Processional is a song I’ve been playing for many many years, and gives us an opportunity to work on a more challenging odd time signature (5/4). This is take one and has a troubling bar of six in the middle of the bass solo. Eeek! Subsequent takes had intermittent noise on a critical microphone though the playing was great, several corrections were made and we enhanced with a rhythmic figure on the piano for the second pass through the head melody.

Finally, I’ve included takes two and three of David Bowie’s Space Oddity, a standard these days. They both have their charms. I was considering an edit, but it might be tricky on a jam like this, especially with all of James’ sweet open cymbal work. Take one was a bit too sleepy, and had way too much of the noise on the microphone.

I did think take three was a bit better so put it first. We swiped this chart from another cat - and listening back makes me want to do my own. We purposely did not have the saxophone play where the sax solo is in the original version, and now I miss it. I want to move the jazz soloing earlier in the form, perhaps elongating a couple seams or

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released December 13, 2016

Noah Bernsein - Alto Saxophone
Dustin Lanker - Piano
Jim Prescott - String Bass
James West - Trap Drums

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