Playlist Travis - Chanting with some Mingus-ee sounding piano. And I mean Mingus playing piano, not compositionally. Pretty wondrous mixture I wasn’t ever expecting. Mingus—ee then/now Radiohead sounding. The timing may be slightly shifting, or drifting, its hard to tell with the stratification of the two parts. It’s also sustained the vibe longer than I… Continue reading Seshjawn Notes 6/1/25
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Seshjawn Notes 5/18/25
Playlist Nawi - Modern Flamenco from Parent Talent Show night… Nawi introduces this that way. Apparently his kid’s school has a serious parent talent show and a parent, an Iranian woman, nailed a Flamenco dance to this song. Nawi became obsessed with the song and brought it to a Sesh. Isn't that always the story?… Continue reading Seshjawn Notes 5/18/25
Seshjawn Notes 5/5/25
Playlist Travis - Travis starts by dropping a Funky danceable groove, slightly Latin tinged. I’d say its coming from a dance perspective, DJ type of thing, but one that acts like a band. I think the complexity of the vocal parts reveals that. Pretty wild transition to something dreamy and pretty in the middle. The… Continue reading Seshjawn Notes 5/5/25
Seshjawn Notes 4/20/25 – Resurrection Weed Edition
Playlist Travis - Beautiful guitars. Maybe leading to somewhere darker and nastier? They aren’t shying from some dissonance, so it could erupt into something heavy. Though maybe they just passed the opportunity in the song to do that? They keep adding more and more layers. Do we think three times through and then reveal? Yes,… Continue reading Seshjawn Notes 4/20/25 – Resurrection Weed Edition
Seshjawn Notes 3/30/25
Playlist Matt - J.S Bach - "Passacaglia in C Minor BWV 582” {arr. for piano by E. d’Albert) - Really gentle and the melodies unfold perfect. It’s from 1713 and I wonder if it was intended for piano. “Silbermann showed Johann Sebastian Bach one of his early instruments in the 1730s, but Bach did not… Continue reading Seshjawn Notes 3/30/25