Adelita- solo guitar

"Wave" (Antonio Carlos Jobim)
-Jay Mabin, acoustic bass
-Mason Hargrove, guitar

Wave- Mabin & Mason

This piece was improvised and recorded during the afternoon of May 6, 2021.  All sounds were made using an electric guitar in one take (no overdubs).  
Signal path:  Gibson Les Paul (with E-bow) >  Xotic EP booster > Klon Centaur > Beetronics Royal Jelly > MXR Echoplex > Fender '65 Twin Reverb reissue

Interstellar Interlude

Jay Mabin (harmonica), Mason Hargrove (guitar), Osama Afifi (bass)
*Recorded live at the Spanish Ballroom (Tacoma, WA), June 6, 2021*
SET 1:
0:00 intro/Summertime
7:28 Invitation
17:14 Ode to Billie Joe
25:36 All Blues
35:04 Amsterdam After Dark
43:45 500 Miles High
53:50 Maiden Voyage
1:02:20 Mercy, Mercy, Mercy
1:13:28 Get Back

2ND SET:
1:19:14 Cantaloupe Island
1:27:26 Norwegian Wood
1:32:56 Wave
1:40:01 So What
1:46:49 Cold Duck Time
1:52:53 Georgia On My Mind
2:00:00 Little Sunflower
2:09:14 Memphis Underground
2:15:30 Black Orpheus
2:24:22 Footprints
2:32:22 Blues/outro

Jay Mabin Trio @ the Spanish Ballroom 6/9/21

The complete fall/winter quarter performance by the Pierce College Jazz Ensemble, recorded to mini-disc in December of 2004.  

Track listing:
0:00 Mic set-up/concert intro
3:38 "A Little Minor Booze"
19:07 "Forgotten Dreams"
30:00 "Greasy Sack Blues"
36:25 Band introduction
46:19 "Channel One Suite"

Personnel:
Saxophones- Chris Arent, Steve DeGarmo, Kareem Kandi, Scott Duncan, Cliff Colon
Trombones- John Baggs, Richard Lopez, Peter Klinzman, Chris Attwood, Keith Gorsuch
Trumpets- Tom Mettler, Bob Coyner, Frank Minear, Dennis Haldane, Karl Running
Rhythm- Mason Hargrove (gtr), Dale Drenner (dms), Drew Gibbs (pno), Marcus Vann (bs)
Direction and arrangements by Norm Wallen

Pierce College Jazz Ensemble @ the Performance Lounge, Dec. 2004

From the sweet, soulful sounds that harken back to the greats of yesteryear, to the raw, cutting-edge sounds of his modern contemporaries, Mason Hargrove is always capable of dialing in just the right amount of “style” from his guitar. Whether sitting in the corner of a coffee-house or dodging the lights of a main concert stage, he is always the consummate professional. For pure, instrumental prowess and originality, look no further.
The headphones placed by his parents around his mother’s womb blasting Beatles music must have had a lasting impression. The Tacoma, WA native first started playing guitar after hearing the sounds of the early 90’s emanating from Seattle. Armed with a few classic rock riffs learned from his father, he enrolled in the high school jazz band and began taking private lessons. His peers and elder statesmen in the Northwest area quickly took him under their wings, exposing him to rhythm and blues, jazz, funk, hip-hop and soul music, as well as the grittiness of “real-life” gigging, alongside the formal training he received from college and musical theatre experience.
Now with almost 30 years playing experience behind him, Hargrove has developed a vocabulary and sound uniquely his own, yet still accessible to everyone. He has appeared as a sideman for many local artists, both live and in the recording studio. For the past 20 years he has been active in the role of music education as well, privately offering guitar and bass lessons, featuring custom-tailored curriculum for each individual student, ranging from young children just starting out to adults hoping to realize their musical potential.

Mason Hargrove

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