Taped on 3/9/14 at The Living Room, this is an improvised session which plays off a reoccurring melody.  See if you can identify the flugelhorn entrance...

Seahorse School

Here's one of our first solid improvised jams multitracked on the Tascam US-2000 from 6/8/14.  There's pretty good cohesion and a nice flow between sections.  Download it to get the full sound quality!

We used 14 tracks.  Some things still need improvement but the recording is coming along.

Freeze Pop

A riff on The Wailer's tune of the same name, this was taped on 7/11/14.  The take has some interesting features, including the shimmering slap-delay melody coupled with the simmering drum energy at 3 minutes in, and a gentle cresting of intensity out of the buildup at 8:00 going into the guitar solo.

Get Up, Stand Up

Taped 4/3/15, here's a pretty sweet version of this classic Sly tune.

Sing a Simple Song

Cover of Easy Star All-Stars covering Pink Floyd.  Recorded 4/25/15.

Us and Them

Here's a good example of "what we do": a long-form, extended jam which switches through several moods.  This one is centered on the Kool & The Gang classic "Hollywood Swinging" although it's a loose interpretation.  Taped 4-25-15

Hollywood Swinging (The Odyssey)

Boom, okay stay with me peoples.  24 minutes of buttery jam sauce with Eleanor Rigby, Strawberry Fields, and Penny Lane at the very end.

Beatles Groove (Rigby+Strawberry+Penny)

A cover of the Boogaloo Joe Jones tune originally from 1970.  Soulive had their way with it more recently, inserting the bridge from James Brown's Super Bad, which we sort of do in our own way.

Right On Brotha

Taped on 6/27, Orgone cover with overdubs filling it out.

Open Season

100% Improvised Jam, taped 6/27/15.  Starring Vince Chihak as Peter Frampton!

Rockdale

100% improvised jam with a lot of variety and cool moments, taped 6/27/15.

See live video footage of the trumpet pedalboard as we performed the song here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VFT8RtavpWg

McClellan Butte

Africafunk/Brownout cover with some searing overdubs, taped on 6/27/15.

African Battle

100% Juice is an instrumental quartet playing funk, jazz, and dub.  We like to jam and improvise.

The band members are Bob Saviano on drums, Josh Matranga on bass, Vincent Chihak on guitar, and John Bescup on trumpet with effects.  Have a listen and leave us a comment if you hear something you like!

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