The Deane's List personnel: Kevin Deane, Robert (Miggs)Porter, and Antonio (Lakesho) Lake

The Deane's List (VR-0008) 

The Sun (explicit)

I had the joy of vocally improvising with DJ Val "Inc." Jeanty's Ensemble on June 7, 2014 at the Banff International Workshop in Jazz and Creative Music's final faculty concert.  This was a collective improvisation featuring internationally renowned electronica musician, Val Jeanty.  She was accompanied by fellow Matt Brewer-bass and Marcus Gilmore-drums, and Val's workshop participants: vocalists, Dawn Norfleet (in far LEFT MONITOR, entering with the laughing sound), Kristin Fung (center) Jasmine Wilson (far right), and vibraphonist Ben Zucker.  Also, it seems like I'm mixed the loudest. The big treat at the end is that the vocalists also try their hand as DJs on the MPCs.  I'm the last one attempting to chop up the Biggie Smalls sample, "Ask your friends", at about 6:30.  I may be "scratching" somewhere else toward the end, but the most I remember during this incredible experience was that  I was the last novice DJ hitting before returning to the safety of vocal mic. None of this was rehearsed or planned AT ALL!!!!!!! HOPE YOU DIG!!!

Val Jeanty Ensemble - Free Improvisation Live from Banff 2014

"Do the Math" (D. Norfleet) from a live performance at Plummer Park as part of the West Hollywood Winter Sounds Concert Series in January 2016.  Dawn Norfleet - Fute; Kevin Deane - Synthesizer, Greg Manning - Keyboards; Sekou Bunch - Bass; Marvin "Smitty" Smith - drums. (c. 2016, Dawn Norfleet/Uptown West Music - ASCAP),  *Music Nerds please note: the "A" section is in 21/8!  Happy grooving!  Photo credit: Tom Pease.

Do the Math!

Written, Produced, Arranged and Mixed by Dawn Norfleet.  Thank you for visiting!  With "Something So Ordinary," I aimed to capture the feel of summer childhood, when my imagination had the freedom to run rampant, with the music soundtrack provided by the greats of the 1970's.  Imagine Herbie Hancock, Stevie Wonder and Steely Dan discussing revolution with Octavia Butler, at a Starbucks.  Or that person you silently pass by at Trader Joe's might be the one who could change your life forever-- if you could only dare to speak.   The song is written with the bittersweetness of contemporary living, where the struggle to do something as ordinary as finding love is a revolutionary act.  Music Geeks: try to guess why the subtitle of the song is "7-11."

The song can be purchased at CDBaby.com/dawnnorfleet!!

Personnel:  Dawn Norfleet: Lead & Backing Vocals.  Keyboards Andy Milne.  Bass: Muzz Skillings.  Drums: Tony Lewis.  Percussion: Munyungo Jackson.  Additional Vocals: Michael Norfleet.  Engineers: (Brooklyn) John Adams.   (Los Angeles) Mike Parlettt; Marcus Williams; Dawn Norfleet.

Something So Ordinary/"7-11"

Flutist, Vocalist, Composer and Child of God.

Do the Math!

Dawn Norfleet Music

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