“Softly as in a Morning Sunrise” at the Dry Land Emmer Whiskey release, with Tim Carmichael (bass) and Doug Carmichael (sax):
“Softly, As In a Morning Sunrise” with Doug Carmichael at First Wednesday Jazz #39
“a second chance, years later…” ten years later….
Ten years ago, Graphite Addiction went into Aspen Street Studio with absolutely no idea what we’d play. 90 minutes of group improvisation later, we had this album:
Set List, Eric Ottem Jazz Unit at Dry Land 7th Anniversary
Dry Land Distillers, Friday August 8th, 6-8:30 p.m.
Set One
- Work Song (with Joseph Andrews on Sax)
- Blue Bossa (with Joseph Andrews on Sax)
- Footprints
- Comin’ Home Baby
- Azul Serape
- Samba De Orfeu
- Why Does The Wind Blow? (with Joseph Andrews on Sax)
- So What (with Joseph Andrews on Sax)
- Cantaloupe Island (with Joseph Andrews on Sax)
Set Two
- All Blues
- Love For Sale
- Moanin’
- The Night Has A Thousand Eyes
- Wives & Lovers
- Nutville (with Joseph Andrews on Sax)
- Mercy Mercy Mercy (with Joseph Andrews on Sax)
New Album: “Twelve and Twenty”
“Twelve and Twenty”, my latest solo improvisation album, is out now! It’s a bit special, as it marks a couple personal milestones: twenty years of full-time employment in music and my twelfth solo improvisation album.
Check it out in any of the usual places and, as always, thanks for listening.
-Vic
“Blue Bossa” with The Vic and Doug Jazz Duo
From our gig on May 7th, 2025:
“Nature Boy” with the Vic and Doug Jazz Duo
Doug and I playing a funkified version of the jazz standard.
