"MazzMuse: The Band" CD is coming out December 15, 2014!
CD Release Party is December 19 at Black Bear Bar in Williamsburg

You are listening to pieces of:
Life Afloat
No Time Soon
Saddle Up Stories
Middle of Might

MazzMuse: The Band is:
Mazz Swift
Alex Nolan
Dan Paccione
LaFrae Sci

Produced by Vernon Reid
Engineered by Alan Camlet at HoboRico
Mixed and Mastered by Kevin KO Odom
Art by Amy Gail

MazzMuse: The Band Sampler

Sooooo, a couple things have happened recently. I got my hands on a lovely little violin built in the 18th century that I'm hoping to buy if the stars align properly (anyone feel like investing in an instrument and letting me be its steward indefinitely?). It has been such a joy to play on this instrument that it is too hard to express in words, so I'll leave that for another day.

So that happened. And then this performance opportunity came along with Arts for Art's Evolving Music series and I decided to take the opportunity to unveil a new work - my 16 Hits or Misses for Cello and Violin, Vol 2 - The Free Series. That'll go down on Jan 5 and Tomeka Reid will be the cellist on that (!!!! Y'all who know her know how exciting that is and yall that don't...betta find out!)

So then I started improvising at home to get the creative juices flowing. The attached recording is the very first thing I improvised. I think I was feeling rather 20th-century classical that day, and THAT coalesced with my general feeling of insanity of late, to create what came out here. I have since incorporated a few of these themes in the Hits or Misses project but I found the improv itself interesting and tonight it struck me that you all might find it interesting too. 

Be warned. It is weird. And in it you can hear me fishing for the right pitch and/or phrase at times. It ain't perfect. But there's something there. I like it. I'll stand by it. I hope you do too. Share please if you do.

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