Bart – Some gorgeous flugelhorn and piano. Sergei Nakariakov & Maria Meerovitch: “Lensky’s Aria” from Eugene Onegin. Either Bart has played the Flugelhorn player before at a Sesh or I’ve caught him at some point on my own, regardless he plays the instrument perfectly and emotively. I did not recognize the piece and also deemed that it wasn’t a piece originally meant for this instrument configuration. And yes, it’s from Tchaikovsky’s Opera. Now I really want to hear it in its original form and understand what has been captured here. So beautiful. My tune tonight is going to be very different…
Travis – Words over blankets of guitar. It has a nice mix of distortion and something that sounds a little like a Jeff Buckley (I’ve been having lots of moments with that guy recently, watching the new documentary) song layered in between. The guitars often sound like snippets of other songs all blended together, but I think its all being played by the musicians and it has a strangely kaleidoscopic sound that drives me away from listening to the music. Some of the progressions and just the sounds themselves feel borrowed and collaged. If it were borrowed it would lead to seamless transitions, here they are messy so I think they are just drawing on similar language.
Lift To Experience – “Just As Was Told”. Travis mentions that he likes them despite the religious/Biblical elements and ridicules the cover. It’s very Master P, and I agree on both accounts.
Dan – Link Wray – “Crowbar” – Bart thinks this is a joke, or AI. I do not deceive. Travis knows the deal after I reveal that it is Link Wray. I discovered this collection of 3 albums Wray recorded in a shack recording studio in the 70’s, they are all nasty and great. So no joke, yeah kind of a silly song, but I love the visceral sound and the freshness in a pretty simple song.. I was expecting music like “Rumble” but these recordings sweat and swear! It was a good score and became an unexpected favorite!
I must say the World is freaking me out right now. America most of all. I don’t feel comfortable speaking of politics on social media. Music and the Seshjawns keep me sane. There are only 3 times that I have felt afraid to be outside of my house in America and I have lived in some fucked up places! Aside from now, I felt unsafe after 9/11 and the entirety of the pandemic. And I know that being a white male has provided me safety in my life, but that privilege doesn’t extend to my daughter, my lover, my friends, family, the students I serve and the mentors I study. They represent the diversity of what a beautiful place this country can be. I blame the current regime of failures who are destroying what it means to me to be an American. We can overcome this horror together, we must strengthen our ties.
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