Word Out EPK

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

House Of Granate (Live in Japan, 2021)

Ikigai (Live in Japan, 2021)

Song For Us (Live in Japan, 2021)

Swedish Clogs (Live in Japan, 2021)

A Jamaican-inspired psychedelic ode to what 20th-century philosopher Alan Watts coined the "element of irreducible rascality." It's in you, it's in me, it's in all of us, whether we like it/accept it or not. Like a pinch of salt in a stew, it brings out our humanness. And as Carl Jung would certainly warn us, particularly in this day and age: watch the repressed seed of a philanthropist's shadow self... It may grow into the most noxious of weeds!

Produced, composed, and arranged by Jim Funnell
Saxophone counterline written by Nino Wenger
Mixed and mastered by Umberto Echo in Munich, Germany.

Nino Wenger - alto saxophone
Dominique Muzeau - electric bass
Nate Wong - drums
Akiko Horii - percussion
Jim Funnell - piano, keys, midi instruments
Umberto Echo - dub effects

Lesser Vice (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
Asaf Sirkis - drums
Akiko Horii - djembe
Ravy Magnifique - tabla
Jim Funnell - microtonal keyboards and microKORG synth

Music by Jim Funnell
Recorded in Paris, Boston, and London 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 (alternate take feat. David Fiuczynski and Asaf Sirkis, 2022)

What Is This (Detuned) Thing? (Jim Funnell)
©2008, 2018 Jim Funnell/Funnelljazz (SACEM/ASCAP)
http://funnelljazz.eu/what-is-this-detuned-thing/

What Is This [Detuned] Thing? (2013)

🇫🇷 “Les vérités qui étaient autrefois accessibles à tous les hommes sont devenues de plus en plus cachées et difficiles à atteindre. ... Il est partout question, sous des symboles divers, de quelque chose qui a été perdu. ... Mais ce qui est ainsi caché redeviendra visible à la fin de ce cycle, qui sera en même temps le commencement d’un cycle nouveau.” René Guénon, La Crise du monde moderne (Châpitre 1 : L’âge sombre)

🇬🇧 "Truths that were once accessible to all have become concealed and difficult to reach. ... Indeed, something has been lost and is hinted at in symbolic form everywhere. ... But what is thus hidden will come back into sight at the end of the current cycle, which will coincide with the beginning of a new one." René Guénon, The Crisis of the Modern World (Chapter 1: The Dark Age)

Music by Jim Funnell
Recorded in Paris, Boston, and New York in 2023 (drums recorded by Max Jesion at Bopcity) | https://www.studiobopcity.fr/
Mixed and mastered by Javier Escudero in 2023 at Estudios Cubex (Spain/NYC) | https://www.javierescudero.com/producer
Video editing by Laure Lang | https://lenvie2lor.wixsite.com/laurelang
Cover art by Akiko Horii

Tomoko Omura - violin | http://www.tomokoomura.com/
Akiko Horii - percussion | https://www.afuriko.com/akiko-horii/
Gaspard Gabriel - bass | https://gaspardgabriel.com/
Franck Vaillant - drums | https://www.franckvaillant.com/
Jim Funnell - keyboards | https://funnelljazz.eu/

Aquarius Funk

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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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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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

Tree of Light

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

Such a Sweet Dawdle (Jim Funnell)
©2015 Jim Funnell (SACEM)
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.

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

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)

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)

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.