Soprano Sax Impro On Indonesian Scale

The first of a number of pieces from a new collaborative project between singer/songwriter Emily Keener and guitarist/composer Dan Bruce, this is Dan's take on Emily's original tune. His group, :beta collective, is performing and Emily is on vocals.

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Park St Feb 18 2025

 found this piece by Phil Woods that I kept in a file of “tunes to record.” Not sure if it was dedicated to a specific person as the title does seem to evoke that feeling. Also Phil did write songs dedicated to his mentors and peers (Bird, Johnny Hodges, Hank Jones, etc.) By chance I was in Red Rock Studios for an overdub session a few days ago and thought I would record “For You" on piano as a personal goodbye. By chance Matt Vashlishan was around to record this beautiful composition on alto evoking Phil stylistically, with appreciation to Kent (Heckman) for giving us the opportunity to put this music out in the spheres. A fragile melody with  a beautfiul descending bass line encased in a very “classical” harmonic setting (an area that Phil knew very well by the way), this is my musical dedication to the Maestro. 

For You

A study in contrasting 4ths (Ionian, Lydian)

Study In Contrasting 4ths

For this collaboration Cleveland based pianist Roger Friedman laid down a beautiful piano response on top of the first track of the Self Portraits album. If you are interested in #selfportraitcollab you can download the drum tracks for FREE on AnthonyTaddeo.bandcamp.com - Enjoy!

The original video that I made entitled "Self Portrait #1" -https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0xtL7ysHgTI

Self Portrait #1: Collaboration with piano by Roger Friedman

Slow Growth/New Growth

Composed by Sam Blakeslee

Ally Jenkins, Tomoko Akaboshi - violin
Kenny Wang - viola
Niles Gunderson - cello
Lex Korten - piano
Edward Perez - bass
Dan Pugach Drums

Recorded by Rich Lamb

Slow Growth-New Growth

Slow Growth/New Growth

Checking out a new mic with a solo improvisation on tenor sax, recorded in my basement studio on 10-30-2011. 

Solo Improvisation on 10-30-2011

Nathan-Paul on all horns
beats by hr3
on duo tracks Joey Skoch - Piano

Solo Improvisation on 10-30-2011

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