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Tue Jan 31
12:58 AM
Sat Dec 24
11:34 PM
Poontet!
Bryan Smith, Joe Doria, Gregg Belisle-Chi
recorded live @ The Seamonster by Jason Gray, 12/11/11
photo by Chad McCullough
Mon Nov 14
11:58 AM
A Fume And A Prayer
For the next six weeks, in what he’s calling his “6x6 series,” my buddy Judd Wasserman is releasing six albums of original material. Judd’s first release is entitled, A Fume And A Prayer, and I’m happy to have played on it! You can check the tracks out at juddwasserman.bandcamp.com.
Sat Sep 24
2:40 PM
Sail Away
Recently, a good friend and teacher of mine left the rainy NW for just a little more sun.
Denney Goodhew is known to Seattle long-timers as a peerless musician—one of his nicknames is Denney Goodnotes. People newer to the region didn’t really have the opportunity to hear him, due to dwindling venues, as well as what appeared to be a diminishing appetite for live performance. Those that knew Denney from their time at Cornish College of the Arts found him to be an incredible teacher.
I’m presenting a few of Denney’s songs, with the hope that those who haven’t previously been able to can now have a taste of his compositional and musical talents.
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The Stranger—performed by Michael Schiefel, a former student of Denney’s. I believe this song is utilizing a completely made-up language.
Trust In Me—performed by Julie Wolf (lyrics are also Denney’s—Hans Teuber plays sax on this track).
[unknown title]—performed by the Reputations (taken from a recording of one of the Reps’ Scarlet Tree performances). I don’t know who wrote this, however it showcases Denney soloing in an R&B context.
Stridge—part of a collection of material for film, performed by Denney.
Sax Duet—Taken from the ECM album, First Ave, both parts performed by Denney (echo by Manfred).
The Stranger
Trust In Me
[unknown title]
Stridge
Sax Duet
Sun Jul 10
3:22 PM
Language of the Moment
...one step closer to recording an album of my newest tunes. This song, this Prayer for Japan was recorded recently in a demo session. Great players playing greatly have given me good ideas for what to do next with this and other songs that were recorded then.
Please enjoy this rough draft of a song and look to the future (if there is indeed one), when I will have something more complete to offer.
(thank you, Marc Fendel, Eric Verlinde, Gregg Belisle-Chi, Chris Symer and Jason Gray.)