"Follow the Leader" is my musical tribute to one of the greatest musical Jazz artists of all time.

Don Ellis was one of the most prolific Jazz writers in his day. He wrote many of his compositions in odd time signatures, while always exploring new sonic territory, including electrifying his quarter tone trumpet and running it through various effects including a Ring Modulator and Echoplex delay unit.

This is my humble attempt to pay honor to an amazing trumpet player, an ultra creative composer, and my all time favorite big band leader.

Though he ran out of time, Don was always ahead of his time.

I hope those who are familiar with his music will find this piece a nod to the genius of Don Ellis, as I follow the leader.

Follow The Leader

Demo track for The Beanstalk, a VR experience produced by Grant Hansen. See more at: http://www.beanstalkvr.com/

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World and loungy electronica merge in this gently rolling track that features Beth Bahia Cohen on Turkish yayli tambour and middle-eastern fiddle and Ashima Scripp on cello.

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Part of Music for Percussion, Piano and Strings, composed for Urbanity Dance, for performance on June 2nd and June 3rd at the Tsai Center, Boston, MA.

Prelude

It starts, with an epiphany... A realization of power, ability. Practice, with great power comes great responsibility, better not mess this up... Looking down from the rooftops at the streets below, filled with potential danger, someone has a job to do... And with great power, comes great adversary...

Step by step, pushing to the limits, becoming a god. But out of nowhere, another would stand in the way.

Rise Vigilante, over come defeat. Stand as a wall between the good, and the evil. Rise, vigilante...

With great power, comes greater enemies. Rise to them. Face them. Defeat them.

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Mystery

James Newman is an Audio Illustrator,Composer,Sound Designer,Producer and founder of New Man Studios.

My musical catalog can be found here:
https://jamesnewman.bandcamp.com/

My video/audio multimedia productions can be found here:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCiLOVt3ToLJRXlqx0Zjy5QQ

Follow The Leader

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