Took a shot and risked a recording....

[Bassmagnus]

In October '24 I booked a studio and some great musicians for a recording of some songs.
Drums, Hammond organ/Rhodes, Trumpet and me on my '63P.
We had never played together as a group and I had only played with the drummer before (had actually not even met the horn player ever!)
No rehearsal, only sketches (melody and chords, I wanted them to jam and have fun) and only live takes.
We only had 2 days so I didn't really know if it would work, or how many songs we would end up with if any at all.
It turned out great and we ended up with 6 songs that I've mixed and will release one by one over the first 6 months of '25.
Some are first takes and no song went over 3 takes.
The first one is already out and is a jazzy, funky-ish song heavily inspired by Miles Davis, hence the title....
Have a listen if you'd like, there's even a bass solo in the end, and feel free to comment!

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[bholder]

jazzy. for some reason, makes me wanna wear a funky hat and dance. and I can't dance.

 

[Bassmagnus]

jazzy. for some reason, makes me wanna wear a funky hat and dance. and I can't dance.

Haha, love it!
Do it, but don’t forget to film and share it!

 

[FilterFunk]

jazzy. for some reason, makes me wanna wear a funky hat and dance. and I can't dance.

That's how you know it's working!

 

[FilterFunk]

Very cool!

Is the Rhodes being played through an envelope filter?

 

[Bassmagnus]

Very cool!

Is the Rhodes being played through an envelope filter?

Yes, he had some toys he played through. Don’t know exactly what envelope though to be honest.
Thanks for having a listen

 

[JRA]

excellent!

checks all the boxes for "way cool"
- tune.
- arrangement.
- playing.
- production.

nice vibe!

 

[Bassmagnus]

excellent!

checks all the boxes for "way cool"
- tune.
- arrangement.
- playing.
- production.

nice vibe!

Wow, thanks a lot!

 

[mikecd1]

Nice grooves and a relaxing flow, I dig it! Nice job and of course I enjoy that the bass is up front and center in the mix

 

[ole Jason]

Sounds great man

 

[BadMonk]

Sounded pretty tight...I like it!

 

[Geogio]

I dig horns, played Cornet years ago and recently started working up my embochure, the horn is out getting refurbished... I started getting pretty stoked about it 6 months ago and finally committed.

 

[Altitude]

Fantastic.

I’ve recorded albums where we spent 5 weeks on drum tracks and didn’t get quality as good as what you have there.

Fun combination of tunes. I had to go check my Real Book to see if Freedom Jazz Dance solos over AABA; been a minute since I played it. It does not!

Also your cover art gives legit 50s/60s Blue Note. Which I am sure was the plan.

Love it.

 

[meisi]

Admire the attitude - and you made music too!

Thanks for sharing.

 

[Slade N]

loved it!

 

[Bulltrout]

Awesome tune. Love it.

 

[PaulS]

That was really good, congrats

 

[CFIrwin]

That’s a cool sounding track. The pocket’s great and I really like the production. It sounds so much like the early 2000’s Erik Truffaz quartet, with the filtered Rhodes and heavily delayed trumpet. Worth checking out his album Walk of the Giant Turtle if you’re not familiar.

 

[faulknersj]

This is killer…great playing aand your 63’ P sounds amazeballs

 

[DJ Bebop]

“Dat’s der sh!t man!”