Getting excited now! I just wrote out a brand new tune, tentatively called “Blue Son Herb”; strange name, but there the Herb actually stands for Herbie Hancock. The whole thing is based on a piano voicing for a Minor 11th chord which he made famous really. I’ve used it before like in the intro for “The Pursuit” on the last record, but this new tune takes it to the next level! We’re going to record it on Monday at my dear friend Mouse Johnson’s place, with none other than Cris Coleman on drums, Ronnie Gutierrez on percussion and Andy Langham on piano. Played LIVE with no click track! Of course I’m gonna do my thing with it later, and I have big plans with orchestration on this record, with all kinds of instruments, real and virtual. We’ll also be doing “Song For Buster”, a tune I wrote for Ronnie’s old Pooch.<\/p>\n
Next Friday, Jonathan Dresel is up, again with mr. Gutierrez on percussion. Hopefully we’ll have Jeff Babko for a reunion of the Pursuit sessions, but Mitch Forman is also an unbeatable option. I’d really love to get Rodney Lee on there too if time and budget permits….<\/p>\n
Stay tuned!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Getting excited now! I just wrote out a brand new tune, tentatively called “Blue Son Herb”; strange name, but there the Herb actually stands for Herbie Hancock. The whole thing … <\/p>\n