An instrumental arrangement of the great Joni Mitchell song.

Acoustic guitar, Electric guitar, Resonator guitar, Bass, backing vocals, arrangement - Jack Gillen

(The image is a painting by Birgit Huttemann-Holz called 'Up North' if anyone was wondering!)

River (Guitar cover) - Joni Mitchell

The first track from "AZIZA," a new album from a group of the same name – a collective ensemble brought together by legendary bassist Dave Holland (Miles Davis, Charles Lloyd, Kenny Barron, Kenny Wheeler, Roy Haynes, Pat Metheny, Herbie Hancock), saxophonist Chris Potter (Dave Holland Quintet, Herbie Hancock, Steely Dan, Pat Metheny), guitarist Lionel Loueke (Terence Blanchard, Herbie Hancock) and drummer extraordinaire Eric Harland (Terence Blanchard, Charles Lloyd, SF Jazz Collective, Dave Holland Prism).

The group’s name comes from the mythology of Dahomey, the African kingdom that would become Loueke’s homeland of Benin. Aziza is the god of inspiration, a small, elusive woodland creature that lends its magic to artists and hunters in the woods. It’s an apt name for a quartet that so deftly blends the spiritual and the earthy, the organic and the mystical.

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Aziza Final Mixes

"Aziza Dance" (Comp. Lionel Loueke) by Dave Holland / Chris Potter / Lionel Loueke / Eric Harland

*CREDITS*

WRITER(S): David Tither
VOCALS: David Tither
GUITAR: David Tither
BASS: David Tither
DRUMS: Curtis Culley
ENGINEER: David Tither
MIXING ENGINEER: David Tither
MASTERING ENGINEER: David Tither
PRODUCER: David Tither
RECORDED AT: Copper Brown Records, London, ENGLAND
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℗ 2017 Copper Brown Records

'BURN MY FUEL' Written by David Tither

Triptych (3 Accidents After Francis Bacon)

I love this song by Passenger. I love the simplicity of the words; that hold so much meaning and work with the music so perfectly.

For me this song is about our inability to enjoy the moment when its there and understanding its value only once it has gone. 

We wanted our cover to be really stripped and simple to reflect the thoughtful nature of the piece and I respond so well to Guy Jackson's piano style so I knew it would work nicely. We dressed it at the end with a bit of orchestra.

I didn't  want the cover to be rehearsed and polished, I wanted it to be real and to capture a moment. In essence not to "let it go".

ENJOY X


River (Guitar cover) - Joni Mitchell

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