SETLIST (click to listen/download)
1) Ritual
Solos: Ryan Keberle, trombone; Sebastian Noelle, guitar
2) Phobos
Solo: Mark Small, tenor sax
3) Flux in a Box
Solos: Rob Wilkerson, alto sax; Mike Holober, piano
4) Induction Effect
Solo: André Canniere, fluegelhorn
5) Drift
Solo: Mark Small, tenor sax
6) Transit
Solo: Jacob Wick, trumpet
7) Habeas Corpus
Solo: James Hirschfeld, trombone
8) Desolation Sound
Solo: Sam Sadigursky, soprano sax
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While I'm extremely flattered by the praise Ratliff has for my writing, I can't agree with his characterization of Rob's solo on "Flux in a Box." But hey, the great thing about the interweb is that you can listen and make up your own mind.
I am, as always, deeply grateful to all of my co-conspirators for their dedication, hard work, and consummate musicianship. But kindly indulge me in a supersized shout-out to Kendrick Scott. This music lives or dies by the drummer. He's the guy you depend on to keep everything from flying off the rails, to unite 18 different time feels, to give shape to the music, to keep it aloft.
This is not the kind of thing you can just read cold. Regular Secret Society drummer, Jon Wikan (who's currently out with Maria Schneider's band) knows by now what the music needs, having anchored most of our gigs so far. As does Richie Barshay, who played with us in August -- Richie got to know my music by playing it every week for a year back when we were both students at NEC. But Kendrick had zero previous exposure to my writing. Nonetheless, over just a couple of rehearsals, he was able to internalize the shape and the spirit of it, figure out where the music crests and where it breaks, all while bringing his own distinctive personality to bear. I knew from that first slam into the beat on "Ritual" that this was going to be a fun gig.
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Darcy James Argue
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