Here’s another tune from June’s First Wednesday jazz at Dry Land Distillers with guest saxophonist Doug Carmichael. This time, it’s the Rodgers and Hart standard “My Romance”:
“After Disobedience”: Remastered and Available Everywhere
The formerly Bandcamp exclusive single “After Disobedience” is exclusive no more! It’s now streaming and available for purchase on almost all digital music services (sorry qobuz listeners). I’ve also added the much prettier new master to the original album on Bandcamp, just to not leave out the hip folks.
Check it out, maybe follow along with the score, and thanks for listening.
“Work Song” with Doug Carmichael at Dry Land Distillers
Doug and my take on Nat Adderley’s “Work Song”
“My Little Suede Shoes” with Doug Carmichael at Dry Land Distillers
Here’s Doug Carmichael and me playing Charlie Parker’s “My Little Suede Shoes” for Dry Land Distillers‘ First Wednesday Jazz:
Set List: BOLDERBoulder with Eric Ottem Jazz Unit, 5/27/2024
Set 1
- Bye Bye Blackbird
- Work Song
- Sandu
- My Shining Hour
- Killer Joe
- Cute
- The More I See You
- Mr. PC
- Four
- The Night Has A Thousand Eyes
- The Preacher
Set 2
- Samba de Orfeu
- Do Nothing ’til You Hear from Me (Bill Legg on vocals)
- Cantaloupe Island
- Another Place I’ll Never See Again
- Riki Loves Lulu
- On A Clear Day
- Fly Me to the Moon (Bill Legg on vocals)
Set 3
- Nutville
- Autumn Leaves (Guest on Vocals)
- If I Were A Bell
- Sunny
- Recordame
- Autumn Leaves
- Secret Love
- Nica’s Dream
- Gibraltar
Set List for Dry Land Distillers, May 1st 2024
a.k.a. “Vic plays all the ballads no one ever calls”
Set 1
- Questioning (Vic Dillahay) / Blue Room (Richard Rodgers & Lorenzo Hart)
- You Belong with Me (Taylor Swift & Liz Rose) /
I’ve Got a Crush On You (George Gershwin & Ira Gershwin) - Bad Guy (Billie Eilish)
- Waltz for Zizi (Yoko Kanno) / The Way (Tony Scalzo)
- On the Sunny Side of the Street (Jimmy McHugh but likely Fats Waller, Dorothy Fields)
- My Yoke is Heavy (Daniel Johnston) / Who Does She Hope to Be? (Sonny Sharrock)
- Oleo (Sonny Rollins) / Seven Come Eleven (Charlie Christian)
- Ain’t Misbehavin (Fats Waller, Harry Brook, & Andy Razaf)
- If It Be Your Will (Leonard Cohen)
Set 2
- Work Song (Nat Adderley)
- Laetitia’s Lost Chords (Vic Dillahay)
- Check Up (Ornette Coleman) / Somewhere Else Entirely (Vic Dillahay)
- My Funny Valentine (Richard Rodgers & Lorenzo Hart)
- Ricky Loves LuLu (Vic Dillahay)
- Thanatos at Eventide (Vic Dillahay)
- My One and Only Love (Guy Wood & Robert Mellin)
“My Father’s Eyes” on mandolin with Forever Man Unplugged
Here’s a bit of an Eric Clapton tune with me sitting in on mandolin. It’s from Forever Man Unplugged’s debut performance at the Louisville Underground:
Analogues of Infinity turns 10
My first Curious Automata release, Analogues of Infinity turns 10 today. It’s free on Bandcamp (and up on all the streaming sites) so give it a listen and try to figure out why the heck this is the most popular track: