 Notary04
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Date: September 20, 2006 @ 2:26 PM
Really solid bop jam session. I don't get a rigid structure here, but rather just an awesome amorphous sorta give-and-take between talented jazzers. The piano lines are the crowning glory of this piece...sections like the eye of the storm at 2:00 and the piano breaks around 3:30 to closing are quite beautiful, and just ooze urban nostalgia. Some of the effects you pull on that guitar make me jump! Seriously, it sounds more like a set of breath and moan samples than somebody fooling around on the guitar sometimes.
This couldn't have been easy  Serious polyphony! 
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 MonnieB
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Date: October 3, 2006 @ 4:47 AM
Mmmmmmmm... This sounds like a a jam out on the beach, letting what fills you come out clearly, if not chaotically... It's been a good while since I heard your music... It's so blue and peaceful... Wonderful work for a Wonderful life...
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 Rodrica
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Date: November 13, 2006 @ 9:23 AM
I love the randomness and free style - a very cool jam  Excellent piano/guitar interaction. I like the change to the quieter, more mellow passage and the way it gathers pace then jumps back in again. Very nice work indeed! 
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bmccosar
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Date: February 10, 2007 @ 9:34 PM
Actually, the word bebop sort of spooked me, because I associate that with gratuitous wanking and jigsaw type melodies. Charlie Parker innovated, then legions came along and imitated -- the legacy is that the art of the jazz ballad and the clever turn of musical phrase was once an endangered species.
BUT, this tune is definitely not a pretender. I'd classify it more as post-bop or West Coast style jazz, the era when cooler heads prevailed and 200 bpm wasn't considered a slow tune. See, sometimes I'm dense, and I should have caught that you said bebop INSPIRED.
I also like that you have chosen to use a grittier guitar sound. Man, I hate weak guitar. I know a lot of folks like Jim Hall, but for me, he murdered his guitar tone -- what did he have the tone knob turned to, anyway, minus 2? Give me the bright sound of Grant Green anyday.
So in short, tasteful and well done.
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 freddemillio
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Date: June 16, 2007 @ 5:13 AM
It wanders in a way that resonates a lot with my brain waves. I sync with the jam very easily. I ride the waves and changes very comfortably. Their unpredictability is in-phase with my musical tastes.
Nice production: you set-up a wonderful illusion. You communicate the space of the room and the mood of the musicians.
   
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