Reflection on John Coltrane's "After the Rain"
Daniel Bassin, Cornette; Jonathan Vogtle, Piano
Unitarian Universalist Church of Buffalo

Coltrane - AFTER THE RAIN

Performance of Billy Strayhorn’s “The Star-Crossed Lovers” for Pride Sunday at UUCB 
Daniel Bassin - Cornette (with Huber Meg-a Mute from the bridge of the tune)
Jonathan Vogtle - Piano (and zoom recording)
Unitarian Unversalist Church of Buffalo

The Star-Crossed Lovers - Billy Strayhorn

Daniel Bassin, Cornette (with Derby Mute at the end)
Jonathan Vogtle, Piano
recorded in the Unitarian Universalist Church of Buffalo sanctuary, for our Flower Communion meditation.

Billy Strayhorn - Lotus Blossom

Sounding of Taps, recorded in 2020 in a reverberant space with iPad microphone placed at about 75’ 
Daniel Bassin, Monette Cornette

TAPS - Monette Cornette

recently stumbled-upon demo of a vocal/guitar/cello/flumpet free-improvisation quartet from five years ago:

Esin Gunduz, Voice
Zane Merritt, Guitar
T.J. Borden, Cello
Daniel Bassin, Flumpet

Recorded at the University at Buffalo, B-1 Slee. DEMO recordings before we briefly toured as this ensemble. "It's All Love"

9 - 17 - 2012 Number 3

Recently discovered DEMO recordings of a free-improvisational quartet from 2012. 

Esin Gunduz, Voice
Zane Merritt, Guitar
T.J. Borden, Cello
Daniel Bassin, Flumpet

Recorded at the University at Buffalo B-1 Slee. DEMO recordings of our first session together before a brief quartet tour.

"It's All Love" Tune-up/Warm-up DEMO 9 - 25 - 2012 Number One

recently discovered free-improv quartet demos: "It's All Love" 

Esin Gunduz, Voice
Zane Merritt, Guitar
T.J. Borden, Cello
Daniel Bassin, Flumpet

DEMO recordings of our first time together before a brief free-improv quartet tour. Recorded at the University at Buffalo, B-1 Slee

"It's All Love" DEMO 9 - 17 - 2012 Number 4

Steve Baczkowski (Soprano/Tenor/Baritone Saxophones, PVC slide didgeridoo, Chinese Bamboo Sax, assorted flutes and bells), Daniel Bassin (Bb/C Trumpets, Flumpet, Soprano Trombone), Ringo Brill (Hand Drums), Ravi Padmanabha (Drum Set).

Four musicians whirling dervishly. Freely improvised music - our second such outing as a quartet.

UNEDITED - part 2 of 4

"b/b/b/p" - Jazz@Unity 1-15-2012 PART 2

Prepared for the 10-11-20 UUCB service, recorded Fri 10-9-2020
db - CORNETTE
jv - PNO
jd - MIX

Reflection - Somewhere - Bernstein

The Unitarian Universalist Church of Buffalo's Jan. 24, 2021 service focuses on issues of mental health, and service music included selections by Robert Schumann and Thelonious Monk. Here is my performance of the service prelude, Monk's "'Round Midnight" with Jonathan Vogtle on the keys.

UUCB 01 - 24 - 21 PRELUDE - Round Midnight - DB JV

Reflection for the Unitarian Universalist Church of Buffalo's Sunday February 7th service, "Seeking Holy Ground."

02 - 07 - 21 REFLECTION - Coltrane - Naima - DB JV

Composer/Conductor/Trumpeter, with this page documenting my trumpet/improvisational activities. 
Partners in crime include: 
Steve Baczkowski (saxophones/woodwinds), Ringo Brill (hand drums, assorted percussion), Ravi Padmanabha (drum set, prayerbowls, tablas) = B/B/B/P quartet;
T.J. Borden ('cello) and Zane Merrit (guitar) = B-B-M trio, which was also expanded into a quartet with the addition of vocalist Esin Gunduz. 
Solo performances on Monette Cornette, Flumpet, and Trumpets recorded in unique Buffalo, NY acoustic spaces.

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