Recorded 9/14/18

This is the accompanied version.

36 avec

This is a recording from October 1st, 2021.  So far I'm not going to go all Schumann though.  Clara hasn't started dating (?) Johannes yet.

Myself, part I

For the last ~14 months, Jeff and I have been playing jazz duets in front of my house.  We started doing this because everyone was stuck inside, and we thought that the neighborhood could use a bit of a lift.

Me and Jeff

From summer 2001 to spring 2002 I recorded 22 songs.  These are four of my favorites.  There's probably another four that I want to put up here.

This particular song was recorded on September 12th, 2001.  I don't consider myself a creative type by career or even skill, yet I speculate that particular week sparked more expression and outpouring of creative emotion than any other week in American history.  The next song "Love and Peace II" was also recorded that night.

Love and Peace

After recording ~22 songs in 2001-2003, this is the last song I ever recorded before 2014.

It's the musical heir of 'One Free Four', 'Luz', and 'Arp Project'.  The underlying vamp progression is very much the same as One Free Four, the electronic character is derived from Luz, and the individual lead melodies can trace their sensibilities to Arp Project.

When I first uploaded this to Soundcloud (ca. 2015), I was informed that this was a copyright violation.  ...But I knew it couldn't possibly be because I recorded  this in my bedroom in 2004.

However in 2021 I happened to be listening to Whistman's Wood by John Surman, and there's an uncanny resemblance between these two works.

CVC203

recorded February 14th, 2014

I've recorded many many blues improvs over the years, but rarely release any of them.  This one is more interesting because it has hints of something deeper in it...but it's still just a blues.

(10 points for the first comment that names the reference)

Trushka Blues

This is my hands down favorite of the recordings that I put together for 'winter album 2015'.  Recorded 9/11/2015.

Growing up

Piano trio with piano, clarinet and accordion.  Recorded 5/24/2015.

Sundays

Tis the season for solo jazz recordings of traditional classics.

God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen

Escuela Bilingue International in Oakland/Emeryville hosts concerts with the children twice a year.  This is an audio recording (iPhone) of the fourth graders in concert, December 2016.  The composer and conductor of this piece is the talented Miguel Martinez (https://www.linkedin.com/in/miguel-martinez-a039274a)

EBI Xmas Concert - Grado Cuarto - December 2016

Before any music session could begin at the cafe, the musicians needed to warm up and find their inner voices.

Recorded June 10th, 2016

Sundays at the Café

We Sit Down To Play

When you run a cafe at the edge of the galaxy you hear a lot of comet stories.  Most encounters with comets do not go well for the non-comet participants.  When one of these participants is your home world, the tragedy really bites, but it can make for good music.

Recorded January 30th, 2016

When the Comet Hit

The musicians found that if they played the right sequence of notes it was possible to move the cafe from its standard universal location merely by the energy present in the sound waves.  This particular application of sound resonances anticipated the development of the sonic hyperdrive by six centuries.

Recorded September 2nd, 2016.

Row Harder

What is a quintet divided by a quartet?  It has something to do with rain.

Recorded October 1st, 2016.

Five Against Four Makes Rain

It doesn't have to go down this way, but there's a non-zero probability that all interesting information in this universe will dissolve itself in a black hole in the next ten billion years.

The End Of Information

When I think about the second wave of humans to reach Europe---the ones that found the Neanderthals already there---I imagine them huddled around a fire in a cave, wondering why they ever chose to leave Africa.  This is the music they might have made in that moment.

In the Cave

Recorded 9/14/18.

The structure is Brad Mehldau.  But it's all about dancing around that.

36 sans

I'm a classically trained jazz pianist dabbling in composition and improv.  

When I record music it seems to come out as jazz, modern classical, avant garde, ambient, downtempo electronica, or some to-be-named genre in the interstitial regions.

Jon Sorenson

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