Found Sounds

Playlist Travis - “This one track is really nice” - Pointillistic Piano. Incredible restraint and I take pleasure in the gently unfolding the melody. It grooves really hard all the while. I do keep expecting more but this is enough if nothing else arrives. But it does arrive. Each fold unfurling. And by the end… Continue reading Seshjawn Notes 3/20/23

Playlist Bart - 2 sides of one song. Pretty piano, I already love it. But I do not recognize it. That’s all there is too, just a sweet little piano ditty. The second version is The Lumineers - “Patience” a video and it sounds the same as the 1st, but underwater. And I’m like: “So… Continue reading Seshjawn Notes 3/6/23

Playlist Dan - Hector Lavoe - “Periodico De Ayer” - Initially this tune sounded sort of simple and then the Brass work and Disco Strings sections really transfixed me. Unusual dissonances, unusual because I don’t really expect them in these places, and the way the sections are blending together really made it more of unique.… Continue reading Seshjawn Notes 2/20/23

In Music, Dominant (7th) chords are usually transition chords, they want to move and be active. In the Blues, and in Life, we exist in transition. A sequence of Dominant chords suggest possibilities, you need to be willing to exist with a sense of sacrifice, and loss, because wherever you are, it can change. I… Continue reading Sounds in Transition

Playlist Bart - Don Ellis - “K.C. Blues” Live - 2023 the year of Don Ellis! I believe Bart and I have played 3 tunes with Don Ellis featured on them this year. Though this track has the added focus on 2 underrated horn men John Klemmer and Frank Strozier both sounding vicious. Klemmer diverges… Continue reading Seshjawn Notes 2/6/23