This is a contemporary jazz piece in my new project titled "Fables". This song is based on the Turkish fairy tale "The Wizard Dervish". This piece has the following musicians: soprano sax & alto sax by Manuel Trabucco, drums by Soykan Akkaya, bass by Doga Ay and Percussion (Cajon, Maracas, Ghungroo Bells, Shaker, Triangle and the Woodblocks) by Larry Salzman.

The Wizard Dervish

This project, “Fables” consists of contemporary jazz compositions. Each song is based off a fable from around the world. Old Dragonbeard comes from the Chinese Fairy Book (published 1921), which is a collections of Chinese fairy tales.  This features Manuel Trabucco on Tenor Sax and bass solo by Doğa Ay. 

Fables

Old Dragon-Beard

The Lion's Whisker is an Ethiopian folktale about a woman who wants to
gain the love of her stepson, who is angry and distant. A village shaman
tells her to have the boys love he can make a magic potion but he needs
a lion's whisker. The woman agrees to get the whisker and spends
months getting a lion to trust her. Once she returns with the whisker the
shaman explains that there is no magic potion. The true magic is
patience and trust. If she can use the same patience she had with the
lion with her stepson she will succeed.

 This song features Manuel Trabucco on the soprano sax and base solo by Patricio Pietrek on the
Warwick thumb bass.

The Lion's Whisker

The tale of Momotaro, also known as the Peach Boy, is from Okayama Prefecture in Japan. It's about a boy born in a giant peach who embarks on a journey to defeat ogres that terrorizes his village. This piece features Manuel Trabucco on tenor sax, Ric Fierabracci on fretless bass and vocals by Kazmi.

Momotaro

“There is nothing permanent except change.” – Heraclitus.

The music industry (like many things) has changed greatly since I bought my first 45 record (Green Eyed Lady) at my hometown record shop in 1970. It would be very easy to lament over these changes (and I have.) However, with change comes new opportunities, and thanks to websites/apps like Soundcloud we musicians and composers have the opportunity to to be heard as never before. So thank you Soundcloud and thank you for visiting my page. - Jim Combs

Bio
* Born 1959
* From Southern New Jersey, USA
* Instruments: Guitar (jazz & classical), Bass, Piano, Voice 
* Influential LPs/music (not all and in no specific order): Mahavishnu Orchestra - Birds of Fire, Miles Davis - Nefertiti & Sketches of Spain, Larry Coryell – Spaces, Weather Report - Heavy Weather, Pat Martino – Consciousness, Return to Forever  - Romantic Warrior,  Chick Corea - The Leprechaun, Jeff Beck - Blow By Blow,  Frank Zappa - Zoot Allures, Santana & McLaughlin - Love Devotion Surrender, ELP – Trilogy, Genesis - Wind and Wuthering, Yes - Close to the Edge, David Sancious - The Bridge, Be Bop Deluxe - Sunburst Finish, Ambrosia - Somewhere I've Never Traveled, Journey – Journey,  Rite of Spring & Petrushka – Stravinsky, Don Quixote - Richard Strauss, La Mer - Claude Debussy, Pavane pour une infante défunte & Daphnis et Chloé – Ravel, Music for Strings, Percussion, and Celesta - Bartok ,  Andrew Lloyd Webber - Jesus Christ Superstar, Jerry Goldsmith - MacArthur, The Omen, Planet Of The Apes (1968), Isao Tomita - Snowflakes Are Dancing & The Bermuda Triangle.

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