With this season's NBA playoffs being more wild and unpredictable than ever, there has been a lot of action but more importantly, a lot of lessons.  In this episode, Blueprint and Illogic, break down five big lessons that artists could learn from the NBA playoffs.

313: What Artists Can Learn From the NBA Playoffs

Squaring Circles is the lead single from No Name's Tenori-On showcase; Light Squared Circles.

Additional Trumpets by Edward Williams III
Lead Trumpet and Tenori-On by No Name The Great Nameless


Squaring Circles

Prescriptions for Self-Medication - LP Coming 12-21-2012

Opening for Closure

From the Prescriptions for Self-Medication LP. Coming as soon as I get my life together.

Check My Pee

C12H22O11 (Sugar)
Perfomed by The James SLAUGHTER! Sextet 
(Written by Keenan J. Slaughter)

Drums: Malcolm Dixon
Synth Bass: Curly Fingers
Electric Piano: Muhammad Payam Chakroun
Calliope Organ: Mr. Yankee 
Pocket Trumpet: Lightskin Trevor 
Saxophones: SLAUGHTER! 

Produced by SLAUGHTER! For Selfish Pedestrians LLC
Recorded and Mixed by Longfoot St. Black @ Circle Sound Perimeter, Atlanta GA on March 16th 2020 
Mastered by Landr
Art Design: Creme Brûlée

C12H22O11 (Sugar) by The James SLAUGHTER! Sextet

Dreamz (Deep Dope House Mix) by The James SLAUGHTER! Sextet 
Produced & Arranged by SLAUGHTER! For Selfish Pedestrians LLC

musicians:
Programming, saxophone, vocals: SLAUGHTER!
Trumpet: Noname the Great Nameless
Double Bass: Curly Fingers Davis 

Recorded and Mixed by Longfoot St. Black @ Circle Sound Perimeter, Atlanta GA 
Mastered by Landr 
Art Design: Creme Brûlée & Hebru Brantley

Dreamz (Deep Dope House Mix)by The James SLAUGHTER! Sextet

Musician Credits:
All Blues 
Performed by The James SLAUGHTER! Sextet 
(Written by Miles Davis)

Drums: Uvumilivu Wa Hesabu
Double Bass: Curly Fangaz
Piano: Exodus Infamous 
Clarinet, claps: Cannonball Jamaal 
Columbian Pixie Flute, claps: Jermaine 3X+1 
Saxophone, claps: SLAUGHTER! 
Beats, claps: Malachi Preston Carmichael M

Produced & Arranged by SLAUGHTER! For Selfish Pedestrians LLC
Recorded and Mixed by Longfoot St. Black @ Circle Sound Perimeter, Atlanta GA 
Mastered by Landr 
Art Design: Creme Brûlée

All Blues by The James SLAUGHTER! Sextet

Musician Credits:
Montana ~ Performed by The James SLAUGHTER! Sextet
Written by George Cables. Canonized by Bobby Hutcherson. 

Congas & Percussion: Manuel Pablo CacaFuego-Chiliad 
Bass: Curl E. Fing(ers)
Electric Piano: Golden GodFree
Organ: Cleophyus “Exodus” Infamous
Vibes & Percussion: Fleek Trilliam
Mayan Sun Flute: Jermaine 3X+1 
Saxophone & Percussion: SLGHTR! 

Produced & Arranged by SLGHTR! For Selfish Pedestrians LLC
Recorded and Mixed by Longfoot St. Black @ Circle Sound Perimeter, Atlanta GA 
Mastered by Landr 
Art Design: Creme Brûlée 

Liner Notes:

There’s a lighthouse on the coast of Montara, CA that shines a beacon to lead weary ships coming in to dock on the piers of the San Francisco Bay. Maybe that old bastion of light was what Mr. George Cables had in mind when he wrote the tune that shares its name with that Californian hamlet. The distinct and classic breezy melody that is the driving force of ‘Montara’ shines dazzlingly like the light of that old sentinel lighthouse.  It’s a tune that’s persisted through the decades because of it’s simplistic beauty and elegant nonchalance. It might even be said that since its initial inception on Bobby Hutcherson’s aptly titled ’75 album ‘Montara’, the song has risen to the coveted status of Jazz Standard.  Covered by many and arranged by many of the best, it’s The James SLAUGHTER! Sextet’s turn. 

When bandleader and de facto producer SLGHTR! Is asked why the tune was chosen: “It’s a beautiful thing, ya dig? I wanted us to be a part of it and the math added up.”  The reticent journey-man musician is typically indubitable about the musical direction of the group’s latest offering.  The rhythm of SLGHTR!’s arrangement is steady and pulsing, lead by longtime JSS bassist and collaborator “Curly Fingers” Davis and a phalanx of percussionists including none other than the legend Manuel Pablo CacaFuego-Chiliad.  The bandleader is supported on the frontline by enigmatic flautist Jermaine 3X+1 and vibraphonist and sometime drummer Fleek Trilliam, who declined to be interviewed this piece.  One of SLGHTR’s great talents is assembling the appropriate personnel for specific situations and he doesn’t come up short here. 

So far as I can tell, The James SLAUGHTER! Sextet doesn’t seem to be inclined to stay to one particular agenda but rather ride the whims of their erstwhile leader and captain, Mr. SLGHTR!.  I’m down to ride the train as long as the concept remains compelling and the swing is steady.  Who doesn’t love a nice train ride?  I’m just glad that this music is as hip as it needs to be during a most un-hip era. 

~T.S. McIntire

Montara by The James SLAUGHTER! Sextet

Selfish Pedestrians LLC

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