A selection of Word Out originals recorded live in Japan (September 2016) in trio format at Nardis (Kashiwa) and Salt Peanuts (Tokyo). Featuring Ryoichi Zakota on bass and Ryo Noritake on drums. Special guests Akiko Horii (percussion) and Hiroshi Fukutomi (guitar) appear on Ikigai and Fuji respectively. Mastered in France by Benjamin Garson (January-March 2021).

Live in Japan

Song For Us (Live in Japan, 2021)

Space Oddity (David Bowie, arr. by Jim Funnell)
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Jim Funnell - piano
Oliver Degabriele - double bass
Thibault Perriard - drums

Recorded, mixed, and mastered by Charles Frossard at Studio MESA (Soignolles-en-Brie, France) in 2008.

Space Oddity (Word Out, 2009)

They tell you “Look over here, look over there!”, concealing the real wreckage: inevitable currency destruction and with it, people’s livelihoods. Greed is at its apogee, and the greenback is toast... so hoard real money while you can, or get ready for some Bitcorn Soup!

David Fiuczynski - electric guitar
Dominique Muzeau - electric bass
Franck Vaillant - drums
Akiko Horii - djembe
Ravy Magnifique - tabla
Jim Funnell - microtonal keyboards and microKORG synth

Music by Jim Funnell
Recorded in Paris and Boston from August 2021 to March 2022. Mixed and mastered by Javier Escudero in April 2022 at Estudios Cubex (Spain). Artwork by Marie-Elisabeth Rubin (France).

Bitcorn Soup

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Bitcorn Soup (feat. David Fiuczynski, 2022)

Be the light,
And you will merge
With all light.

"Tree of Light" is one of the last compositions I completed in 2020 (hence the silver Christmas tree in this video: https://youtu.be/mEfmaoWAQ0U) and the very last one Akiko and I filmed and recorded from our apartment in Sunnyside (Queens, NY) before moving to Reykjavík (Iceland) for a few months. Two of our friends, namely Dominique Muzeau and Thibault Perriard, joined us remotely from the Île-de-France (Paris Region) in this transition, contributing amazing bass and drum parts from their homes and lifting our spirits in the process. I'm sure their playing on this track will lift yours too!

music by Jim Funnell

Akiko Horii - percussion
Thibault Perriard - drums
Dominique Muzeau - bass
Jim Funnell - piano

Recorded in Paris and New York in November/December 2020.
Mixed by Dominique Muzeau in January 2021.

Sheet music for this tune is available from the following websites:
🎼 Sheet Music Plus: https://www.sheetmusicplus.com/title/tree-of-light-digital-sheet-music/22552717
🎼 Sheet Music Direct: https://www.sheetmusicdirect.com/en-US/se/ID_No/1365578/Product.aspx

Tree of Light

music by Jim Funnell
Oliver Degabriele - double bass
Thibault Perriard - drums
Jim Funnell - piano
Charles Frossard - recording, mixing and mastering engineer

Ian's Bonsai (Word Out, 2009)

What Is This (Detuned) Thing? (Jim Funnell)
©2008, 2018 Jim Funnell/Funnelljazz (SACEM/ASCAP)
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What Is This [Detuned] Thing? (2013)

This tune began as an assignment for a class I took on the topic of George Russell's "Lydian Chromatic Concept of Tonal Organization" (LCCTO). The idea was to use a harmonic sequence that would oscillate back and forth between F Lydian/D Dorian, and every other Lydian chord/mode (or their relative Dorian tonic station) available on the circle of fifths. As such, the composition is a literal exploration of the Lydian sound throughout the whole spectrum of what is commonly known as "12-tone equal temperament" in music. Hence its title: "Full Circle."

Music by Jim Funnell
Recorded, mixed and mastered by Max Jesion at Bopcity (Le Pré-Saint-Gervais, France)
Photo of the Hudson River by Jim Funnell
Cover design by Akiko Horii

Nino Wenger - alto saxophone
Jim Funnell - piano

New Dream

Full Circle

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"Ikigai," a Japanese word often translated as "sense of purpose" or "reason for living," is a place at the crossroads of passion, mission, vocation, and profession. A blissful, centered, balanced condition; a state of harmony in which a person can live their life to the fullest, thus truly making a difference within and around them. The numerous tonal shifts (a series of major key modulations) in the tune are based on several multi-tonic systems (Coltrane changes): a four-tonic system in the A section, two three-tonic systems in the B section, and three two-tonic systems in the C section. These can be interpreted as a musical depiction of the agitation, angst, and excitement that are surely to be felt as one searches for and strives to reach one's "ikigai"...

Music by Jim Funnell
Recorded, mixed and mastered by Max Jesion at Bopcity (Le Pré-Saint-Gervais, France)
Photo of the Hudson River by Jim Funnell
Cover design by Akiko Horii

Jim Funnell - piano, melodica
Chris Jennings - double bass
Akiko Horii - percussion

Ikigai

Music by Jim Funnell
Recorded, mixed and mastered by Max Jesion at Bopcity (Le Pré-Saint-Gervais, France)
Photo of the Hudson River by Jim Funnell
Cover design by Akiko Horii

Jim Funnell - piano
Chris Jennings - double bass
Jeff Boudreaux - drums

Echoes of Cyan

An unusual blues with a funky New Orleans groove, Greenpoint Graffiti feels like walking through the gritty, sunstruck, streets of Queens and Brooklyn. A stroll Jim used to take monthly to visit his landlord’s cab business. There, he would spend all of his hard-earned cash on rent! That, too, is part of living the dream...

Music by Jim Funnell
Recorded, mixed and mastered by Max Jesion at Bopcity (Le Pré-Saint-Gervais, France)
Photo of the Hudson River by Jim Funnell
Cover design by Akiko Horii

Jim Funnell - piano
Chris Jennings - double bass
Jeff Boudreaux - drums
Akiko Horii - percussion

Greenpoint Graffiti

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Pioneers

Music by Jim Funnell
Recorded, mixed and mastered by Max Jesion at Bopcity (Le Pré-Saint-Gervais, France)
Photo of the Hudson River by Jim Funnell
Cover design by Akiko Horii

Jim Funnell - piano, keyboards
Chris Jennings - double bass
Akiko Horii - percussion

This playful, corky composition is a musical depiction of the large-scale patterns known as “crop circles,” sometimes mysteriously created in fields by flattening cereal crops... Surely, the phenomenon will boggle your mind and the tune make your ears crackle!

Music by Jim Funnell
Recorded, mixed and mastered by Max Jesion at Bopcity (Le Pré-Saint-Gervais, France)
Photo of the Hudson River by Jim Funnell
Cover design by Akiko Horii

Jim Funnell - piano
Chris Jennings - double bass
Jeff Boudreaux - drums

Crop Circle Crackle

House of Granate

Music by Jim Funnell
Recorded, mixed and mastered by Max Jesion at Bopcity (Le Pré-Saint-Gervais, France) except violin (recorded in Brooklyn, New York)
Photo of the Hudson River by Jim Funnell
Cover design by Akiko Horii

Tomoko Omura - violin
Jim Funnell - piano, keyboard
Chris Jennings - double bass
Akiko Horii - percussion

Asteroid B612

Music by John Bacchus Dykes
Recorded, mixed and mastered by Max Jesion at Bopcity (Le Pré-Saint-Gervais, France)
Photo of the Hudson River by Jim Funnell
Cover design by Akiko Horii

Jim Funnell - piano

Nicaea

Such a Sweet Dawdle (Jim Funnell)
©2015 Jim Funnell (SACEM)
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Jim Funnell - piano
Oliver Degabriele - double bass
Thibault Perriard - drums

Recorded by Nicolas Charlier (Videlles, France) in April 2013.
Mixed and mastered by Charles Frossard at Studio MESA (Soignolles-en-Brie, France) in July and November 2014.

Such a Sweet Dawdle (Spirit of the Sn@il, 2015)

Giant Steps (John Coltrane, arr. by Jim Funnell)
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Jim Funnell - piano
Oliver Degabriele - double bass
Thibault Perriard - drums

Recorded, mixed, and mastered by Charles Frossard at Studio MESA (Soignolles-en-Brie, France) in 2008.

Giant Steps (Word Out, 2009)

Igneous Alloy (Jim Funnell)
©2015 Jim Funnell (SACEM)

Jim Funnell - piano
Oliver Degabriele - double bass
Thibault Perriard - drums

Recorded by Nicolas Charlier (Videlles, France) in April 2013.
Mixed and mastered by Charles Frossard at Studio MESA (Soignolles-en-Brie, France) in July and November 2014.

Spirit of the Snail

Igneous Alloy

Igneous Alloy (Spirit of the Sn@il, 2015)

Stonehenge (collective improvisation)
©2015 Jim Funnell (SACEM) - www.funnelljazz.eu

Isabelle Olivier - harp
Jim Funnell - piano
Oliver Degabriele - double bass
Thibault Perriard - drums

Recorded by Nicolas Charlier (Videlles, France) in April 2013.
Mixed and mastered by Charles Frossard at Studio MESA (Soignolles-en-Brie, France) in July and November 2014.

Stonehenge (Spirit of the Sn@il, 2015)

Song for Us (Jim Funnell)
©2015 Jim Funnell (SACEM)
Sheet music available at www.funnelljazz.eu/word-out-repertoire

Jim Funnell - piano
Oliver Degabriele - double bass
Thibault Perriard - drums

Recorded by Nicolas Charlier (Videlles, France) in April 2013.
Mixed and mastered by Charles Frossard at Studio MESA (Soignolles-en-Brie, France) in July and November 2014.

Song for Us (Spirit of the Sn@il, 2015)

Spirit of the Snail (Jim Funnell)
©2015 Jim Funnell (SACEM)
Sheet music available at www.funnelljazz.eu/word-out-repertoire

Jim Funnell - piano
Oliver Degabriele - double bass
Thibault Perriard - drums

Recorded by Nicolas Charlier (Videlles, France) in April 2013.
Mixed and mastered by Charles Frossard at Studio MESA (Soignolles-en-Brie, France) in July and November 2014.

Spirit of the Snail (Spirit of the Sn@il, 2015)

La morena y el papel (Thibault Perriard, Jim Funnell)
©2015 Thibauld Perriard, Jim Funnell (SACEM)
Sheet music available at www.funnelljazz.eu/word-out-repertoire

Jim Funnell - piano
Oliver Degabriele - double bass
Thibault Perriard - drums

Recorded by Nicolas Charlier (Videlles, France) in April 2013.
Mixed and mastered by Charles Frossard at Studio MESA (Soignolles-en-Brie, France) in July and November 2014.


Spirit of the Sn@il

La morena y el papel (Spirit of the Sn@il, 2015)

music by Steve Rochinski and Jim Funnell
Oliver Degabriele - double bass
Thibault Perriard - drums
Jim Funnell - piano
Charles Frossard - recording, mixing and mastering engineer

Swedish Clogs (Word Out, 2009)

Scale Sir (Jim Funnell)
©2015 Jim Funnell (SACEM)
Sheet music available at www.funnelljazz.eu/word-out-repertoire

Jim Funnell - piano
Oliver Degabriele - double bass
Thibault Perriard - drums

Recorded by Nicolas Charlier (Videlles, France) in April 2013.
Mixed and mastered by Charles Frossard at Studio MESA (Soignolles-en-Brie, France) in July and November 2014.

Scale Sir (Spirit of the Sn@il, 2015)

Still Untitled (Jim Funnell)
©2008 Jim Funnell (SACEM) - www.funnelljazz.eu

Jim Funnell - piano
Takashi Sugawa - double bass
Zach Mangan - drums

Still Untitled (The New Old School, 2007)

Beans on Toast (Jim Funnell)
©2008 Jim Funnell (SACEM) - www.funnelljazz.eu

Jim Funnell - piano
Oliver Degabriele - double bass
Thibault Perriard - drums

Recorded, mixed, and mastered by Charles Frossard at Studio MESA (Soignolles-en-Brie, France) in 2008.

Beans on Toast (Word Out, 2009)

She's Out of My Life (Tom Bahler, arr. by Jim Funnell)

Philippe Lopes de Sa - soprano saxophone
Jim Funnell - piano

Recorded by Julien Reyboz (Paris, France) in October and November 2016.
Mastered by Pierre Wandewaeter at Studio Lakanal (Montpellier, France).

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