A collection of instrumental jazz tracks I've recorded over the years including "Quiet Monday" the closing credits track from the documentary "Facing the Façade" directed by Jerald Harkness.

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Chick Style

An original track I wrote used as the closing credits track from the documentary "Facing the Façade" directed by Jerald Harkness.

Quiet Monday

This is an updated mix of my track "The Empire" from several years ago. Fixed some of the tracks that were bugging me including leveraging Addictive Drums 2 for the drum track with some hidden nods to my old college roommate who was the master of the high hat and cymbals.

The Empire de LaMont

Cover of the Duke Ellington classic slowed down with that "dinner at 4 PM on a cruise ship" funk.

Caravan (Duke Ellington Cover)

This is an instrument track that started out as something completely different originally, as a soundtrack to a basketball video but morphed into this kind of Dave Matthew's Band sound as I started adding pieces to it.

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This is another update to one I originally created about 20 years ago.  Was never fully satisfied with the original but updated the drums (it's always about the drums), cleaned up some parts, and here you go.

Vibe

This one started from humming the bassline to almost writing itself. So hopefully I didn't just subconsciously recreate someone else piece but to the best of my knowledge this is original with many, many influences, hence the title.  The 76 references a 1976 Jaco Pastorius, Albert Mangelsdorff, Alphonse Mouzon live show I watched on YouTube recently.

76 Miles to Mingus

Busy 5 piece number with an underlying loop based, hip-hop influence and room for each of the instruments to play around a bit.

One More Time Around The Loop

My 2 semesters of French played zero part in titling this instrumental jazz track recorded and mixed in a single session July 2020.  I've rarely recorded anything in 3/4 so this was an interesting departure from anything I'd recorded in the past.

La Licorne

A re-recording of my soundtrack piece from "Facing the Facade" using the jazz club instrumentation from "76 Miles to Mingus."

Quiet Monday (Club Set)

A slight tip of the hat to Branford Marsalis' "Crazy People Music" which I recall Branford stating was titled because someone had described his music and jazz as what it would sound like if you gave "crazy" people instruments and recorded them.  Also the second track of "Crazy People Music" is titled "The Dark Knight." Otherwise, probably more influenced by having recently watched "Miles Davis: The Birth of the Cool" documentary.  Stepping way outside my comfort zone on this one.

Arkham Talent Show

Another version of La Licorne, the 3/4 time jazz track I wrote and recorded July 3, 2020. This one changes out the lead instruments and attempts a more quiet club feel.

La Licorne (Acoustique)

An updated cover of John Coltrane's Naima played with a driving slap bass over a cascara drum beat and with Coltrane's sax lead replaced with electric guitar.  This version is more of what I envisioned when I covered this song 9 years ago.

Naima

Naima (2020 Coltrane Cover)

This site is just a place for me to share some thing I've either created or helped create over the years.I've been a DJ, bassist for an R&amp;B group, bassist for a gospel choir, pianist at a small church, and dabbled in production/engineering.When my oldest child showed an interest in music, it rekindled that spark in me as well.  I'll play pretty much anything that sounds good to me and am pretty thick skinned (and thick headed) so feel free to take a listen and leave a comment if you'd like.I am the ChocoGeek.
