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1 - David Miller Presents... 1 - David Miller Presents...
David Miller is a jazz/avant garde trumpet player as well as the jazz impresario of Bear's Place.
2 - Don't Look Back (sample) 2 - Don't Look Back (sample)
A seminal example of Ben's compositional style, and an example of the group's avant meets accessible sound.
3 - Crook 3 - Crook
This is the full song, not only a sample. The 'crook' refers primarily to the piece's 7/4 meter, and the feeling of dropping a quarter note from two bars of 4/4. This piece has sort of a contemporary jazz and pop feel.
4 - Minstrels (sample) 4 - Minstrels (sample)
This piece was spontaneously composed live on the air at WFHB on November 23, 2003.
5 - Passacaglia (sample) 5 - Passacaglia (sample)
This is one of the most physically demanding tunes for the featured baritone soloist, as it requires almost continuous playing for nine and a half minutes, often controlled and dynamically restrained like a classical work.
6 - Ring Shout (sample) 6 - Ring Shout (sample)
A ring shout was an African-American ritual in which participants gathered in a circle, stomped their feet, danced, and sang. Our 'ring shout' also embraces a European or Eastern European folkish feel, the blues, noise, and dissonance.
7 - If I knew (sample) 7 - If I knew (sample)
If I Knew is a quasi-classical piece that occupies a very unselfconscious ground somewhere between jazz and classical, which Ben is so good at.
8 - The Old Man (sample) 8 - The Old Man (sample)
The Old Man and Mr. Smith by Sir Peter Ustinov is a witty and highly enjoyable fable about God (The Old Man) and Satan (Mr. Smith) visiting earth for inspection.
9 - Mr. Smith (sample) 9 - Mr. Smith (sample)
The Old Man and Mr. Smith by Sir Peter Ustinov is a witty and highly enjoyable fable about God (The Old Man) and Satan (Mr. Smith) visiting earth for inspection.
10 - Newton's Nightmare (aka Falling Up) (sample) 10 - Newton's Nightmare (aka Falling Up) (sample)
Imagine if Isaac Newton woke up in a cold sweat from a nightmare in which the laws of gravity were reversed.
11 - La Cosa Latina (sample) 11 - La Cosa Latina (sample)
The name of this piece is unknown to us (please contact us if you know). We also call it 'The Latin Thing'.
12 - Key of J.B. (sample) 12 - Key of J.B. (sample)
Cash's dedication to the hardest working man in show business, James Brown.
13 - Creation (sample) 13 - Creation (sample)
Thinking of a name for this improvisation, themes arose related to life and existence.
