Here’s an amazing Lennie Tristano contrafact from the album “Lee Konitz with Warne Marsh”, based roughly on “Almost like being in love”. It’s one of those lovely tunes that starts on the subdominant — always good in my book — and is one of the nicest collections of mezzo forte quavers ever put together. Enjoy!
a nice addition to saturday mornings, teaching jazz electric/upright bass at @jguildhall
pleased to say I will be doing some recording this year with the support of @helpmusicians.
happy new year to one of 2022’s new pals @davidferriskeys who @willarnoldforster match-made me with to take over @jazzattheoxford. it’s been lovely to work with someone so calm and on top of everything, somehow makes running a night not a total ordeal. ❤️
very last thing in london this year was a little play with @jonnymansfield @alex_wilson_alex @myelemanzanza. as my usual writing process (🤓) I took along a mushed together half-idea I was already sick of and came away thinking there’s probably a tune in there somewhere. very lucky to know so many people who are good at making nothing sound like something 🍻.
here’s a bit from some #newmusic at @karimsabermusic’s beautiful @mapstudiocafe gig with @alex_wilson_alex @matt.cook10 @jack._.thomas. first time seeing the changes of karim’s tune ‘blossom’ so trying to create a bit of rhythmic stuff. also it’s just fun to occasionally zoom in on a video of a gig and think about technique things on a saturday morning 👍. #bass #jazz #doublebass #newmusic
thanks @loveforsalelondon for taking lovely photos last week at @jazzattheoxford, here’s me probably thinking about @samnorrissax’s very nice writing.
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