I heard a friend of mine's mom had passed away at about 3pm and this was done at 5pm.  He's just a kid who lost his mom way to young and so I wanted to encourage him in a way I felt he could understand.  This song is the output of that encouragement.  It's all one take.  Solo, verse, chorus...all of it.  So it was 100% from the heart.  I'm just now sharing it with others because another dear friend is going threw the loss and I wanted to encourage her too.

Ballad for a Mother by Mark Salamango

This was my old band's first gig way back in 2001.  

01 Misery Loves Company - King Moon Racer Live at Scalisi's

02 Taken Away   Through The Screen Door - King Moon Racer Live at Scalisi's

03 Forever Gone/Heaven And Hell/I Will/Brain Teaser/Time Machine - King Moon Racer Live at Scalisi's

04 Freewill/Draw The Line/Can't Remember/The Day I Tried To Live - King Moon Racer Live at Scalisi's

Me on Tenor back in '90 or '91.  Man...I knew so little of jazz back then.

02 Veird Blues

Love this tune.  In the studio in '90 or '91 back when you had one shot.  All tape.  Great memory.

04 Freedom Jazz Dance

Another track I did in the studio in '90 or '91....I had no business taking on this one.  Me on Tenor.

03 Bebop

This was a track I did back when I was in high school.  1990 or 91.  That's me on Soprano.

01 St. Thomas

I lost a good friend today.  I'm not sure how to process it, so I wrote a song.  Just a quick tribute.