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Bolder Boulder 2023 with the Eric Ottem Jazz Unit

The Eric Ottem Jazz Unit played the Bolder Boulder 10k this weekend. Playing jazz at 7am is a bit odd but you can watch the coffee kick in as we go

Also, the numbers on this gig crack me up: we played 31 tunes over 4 hours for about 40,000 people. That’s a massive show even outside the jazz world. But, then again, the runners were stuck listening to us as they passed by and probably only heard us for a maximum of maybe 15 seconds so maybe it’s more a typical jazz in the park gig…

New Release: Somewhat Precedented


What if it happens?

What if it happens and you thought it could happen?

What if you thought it could happen and it happens and you are surprised it happened?

What if you are surprised it happened and you thought it could happen and it happens and it happened again?

What if it happened again and you are surprised it happened and you thought it could happen and it happens and you hope it won’t happen?

What if you hope it won’t happen and it happened again and you are surprised it happened and you thought it could happen and it happens and you know why it happened?

What if you know why it happens and you hope it won’t happen and it happens again and you are surprised it happened and you thought it could happen and it happens and you cannot stop it happening?

What if you cannot stop it happening and you hope it won’t happen and it happens again and you are surprised it happened and you thought it could happen and it happens?

What if you cannot stop it happening and it happens again and you are surprised it happened and you thought it could happen and you hope it won’t happen?

What if you cannot stop it happening and you thought it could happen and you are surprised it happened and you hope it won’t happen?

What if you hope it won’t happen and you thought it could happen and you are surprised it happened?

What if you hope it won’t happen because you are surprised it happened?

What if you are surprised it happened because you hope it won’t?

What if you hope it won’t because you are surprised?

What if you are surprised because you hope?

Then this is an improvisation on acoustic guitar recorded in a single improvised take on June 26th, 2021 at The Foundry in Loveland, Colorado.

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