Jeff Platz - guitar; Ben Wright - bass; Dave Wayne - drums. Recorded live by Steve Schmidt @ the 6th Annual Roost Creative Music Series in Albuquerque, NM, on Aug. 10, 2014. "Oak Toad" is an extended experimental free-improv / modern jazz piece. But it's really quite interesting... with solo / duo / trio sections. My first 'conceptual' piece.

Jeff Platz Trio w/Ben Wright & Dave Wayne "Oak Toad"

the studio version! by the original version of the band w/keyboardist Robert Muller and Ross Hamlin on bass (i play the drums & wrote the composition). A quirky composed section followed by a nice stretched-out jam in 6 featuring Robert's utterly gorgeous rhodes solo.

O Ye Of Little Faith, We Salute You (Mushi Trio 1.0)

Another studio version with the original Mushi playahs. More a series of riffs than an actual tune, I may re-work this someday. A melody does pop out at the end, though. I love 7/4!!! My favorite time signature!

Heavy Heavy Lotion (Mushi Trio 1.0)

The latest composition i've managed to complete & convince the guys to play. Here, you hear Mushi 2.0, with Ross Hamlin on guitar and Scott Jarrett on electric bass (5-string variant). I'm still on the drums. Steve Schmidt recorded us live @ SFUAD. The title is inspired by an imagined reunion of some sort, where one may bump into someone who, many years later, is still up to their old shenanigans.

Still Tipsy After All These Years (Mushi Trio 2.0)

Dig the tremendous Tenor Saxophone solo by Andrew Lamb on my original composition. I named this tune "Dinclusin" after a Haitian Loa:  "Dinclusin can be recognized by his habit of pocketing everything given to him." I purloined the Haitian rhythms upon which this song is based from pianist Bobby Avey, so I figured the name was appropriate... http://www2.webster.edu/~corbetre/haiti/voodoo/biglist.htm 

Dinclusin by Ornetc. with Andrew Lamb

From Zimbabwe Nkenya's 2005 album - this is a Dan Pearlman composition that's made its way into the Ornetc. book.

Ornience

So - after the Ornetc. gigs at Skylight, the place turns into a bona fide dance club. We generally save our most 'extreme' material for the end and thus the people pining to dance early & often generally get a good snootful of free jazz. Since this piece always starts off with a drum solo, I attempted (not very successfully) some sort of compromise...

Ornette Disko Fantasy: T&T - Lonely Woman

all original composition by me (DW) played expertly by the Mushi Trio which then consisted of Robert Muller (Rhodes), Ross Hamlin (bass) and Dave Wayne (drums). Recording by David Cragin in Santa Fe, NM.

I'm Taking All Of Your Action Figures

Matt Deason - bass; Robert Muller - keyboards; Ross Hamlin - guitar; Elliot Ryan - percussion; Dave Wayne - drums. Recorded Nov. 2008 by Ullas Fowler & Dahvin Bugas at this little (now defunct) studio next door to the GiG Performance Space. This is some improvised-but-grooving material with a strong early 70s fusion thing going on. 

Some Sort of Groove (Roomy Radar)

From our last performance in May 2010 - this version of the band included Justin Bransford (bass), Andy Gabrys & Ross Hamlin (guitars), Christian Pincock & Paul Bossert (trombones) and me on drums. This was the best version of this particular tune! A tough one to play... Andy has the first guitar solo & it is quite wonderful. Then Ross comes in with a completely different guitar solo - one that doesn't really have any notes, which is what this song needed! Huge thanks to Robert Muller, who mixed this mess into a frothy fury.

Everything Moves (The Things That Are Heard)

Self-taught (mostly) hobbyist drummer & composer. Mostly interested in jazz, jazz-rock and complicated high-energy music.

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