Nice message and I like the vocal editing

Week #2 was great!! Over 2000 members joined this week bringing our total to 3292 members and hundreds of videos uploaded from musicians from all over the world. All ages, Skills Levels but has all come together for the pure love of this music that we are playing.......JAZZ! 

Join us at JAM OF THE WEEK:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/jamoftheweekgroup

JAM OF THE WEEK PERFORMERS:
Jorge Vistel - Madrid, Spain
Chris Hazelton - Overland Park, Kansas
Kevin Jiang - Parsippany, New Jersey
Ben Tevik - Long Beach, California
Otto Lee - Fresno, California
Taylor Zickefoose - Ellensburg, Washington
Michael Ode - Oberlin, OH
Clay Pritchard - Denton, Texas
Matt Otto - Kansas City, Missouri
Eddie Hrybyk & Elijah Jamal Balbed Philadelphia - Washington D.C.
Ben Chapoteau-Katz & Sam Neufeld - New York
Angeleisha L. Rodgers - New York
Alan Parker - Richmond, Virginia

Jam of the Week: Week #2 - Just Friends

What happens if you take 3 great jazz musicians, put them in recording studio, and throw electronic music at them?

This project was an experiment into exactly that, with my long running collaborator Kathrin deBoer on vocals, and the greatest trumpet player I've yet to hear - Quentin Collins, with Jack Stevens on bass for this one track from the EP too. 

We made some recordings where Kathrin and Quentin played at the same time, which was really interesting - I love the way you can hear Kathrin and Quentin almost talking to each other during the track, they sort of imitate and bounce off each other as they go along. They were having a lot of fun during the recordings and I think it comes through.

The fun we were having making the recordings was aided by the fact that Gearbox records (who are releasing the EP 6th Oct on vinyl, and 3rd Nov on digital) had provided Mark Ronson's recording studio for us to work in, so it was a pleasure all round.

There are 3 more tracks to come from the release, 2 ambient, and one absolute abomination where I wanted to see what would happen if I made the most f*&ked up track I could and then asked them to improvise over it - more clips and info coming soon.

If you want to catch Quentin Collins playing, he does regular gigs in London at Ronnie Scotts, amongst other places. And Kathrin deBoer has also launched a new solo project under her name, which is also touring and highly recommended.

Chronology - with Quentin Collins, Kathrin deBoer and Jack Stevens

Recorded at Studio 645 by Tim McLaughlin in Eugene and final mixing done at Gung-Ho Studios by Billy Barnet and Tim McLaughlin.  This is Eleven Eyes' first recording with Emily Jensen on vocals.   

Strumming Me Along

Inspired and in step with Black Lives Matters.  RIP George Floyd.  When we gonna see some change...?

(lyrics)

It’s time that we listen 
Bout what we’re not doin right
Compassion becoming a rarity
America needs therapy 

Dont change the message, 
there’s a reason Kaepernick took a knee
Aint bout disrespecting no flag, 
you just chose to ignore his plea
Now this is what we see

I’m tired, you tired
When we gonna see some change
You sad, I’m sad
And all we do is blame
She’s mad, he’s mad
They set some shit ablaze
I’m not saying that I know what to do
But my brother n sister hurtin’
And I’m here for you 

Black lives matter
I ain’t worried bout the blue right now
I can’t breathe, is gonna be the seed of change   
Grow into a beautiful flower
Its time we pay attention to
The lessons of the past
It’s right within our grasp

I’m tired, you tired
When we gonna see some change
You sad, I’m sad
And all we do is blame
She’s mad, he’s mad
They set some shit ablaze
I’m not saying that I know what to do
But I’m mad as hell,
 and you should be too

It’s time we  pay attention to
To what we ain’t doing right
Compassion is a rarity
America needs therapy

I’m tired, you tired
When we gonna see some change
You sad, I’m sad
And all we do is blame
She’s mad, he’s mad
They set some shit ablaze
I’m not saying that I know what to do
But you’re my brother sister, 
and I stand with you

It's Time

Eleven Eyes is one of Eugene’s most colorful musical institutions.  With an eye to the future and a nod to the past, Eleven Eyes creates an original brand of dance music.  The electronica-accented combination of a world-class horn section, powerful vocals, rip-roaring guitar, and a butt-bumpin' rhythm section fuses the gap between sounds that bring to mind 70's Fela, swampy New Orleans funk, Bassnecter, James Brown, and Augustus Pablo.  

Rocking Oregon and the western United States since 2002, Eleven Eyes shows no sign of slowing down, continually composing new music and reaching out to new audiences. Eleven Eyes brings the spirit of improvisation to every show, treating each tune as a point of departure for new explorations, which makes each show unique. Steeped in the jazz tradition, the Eyes are unafraid of taking risks and constantly flirt with uncertainty.  This brings an electric energy to every performance for the band and fans alike. 

Eugene’s healthy and vibrant music community has given the Eyes freedom to explore a myriad of genres.  Over the years the Eyes have refined their impulsiveness and focused on a fluid interaction between the groove and audience.  Eleven Eyes keeps the people on their feet, joining in the revelry with call n response shouts, conscious lyrical content, and mesmerizing improvisations, ethereal textures and subwoofer-destroying break beats, and next-level funk.


It's Time

Eleven Eyes

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