Josh Berman (*1972) - cornet
John Carter (1929-1991) - clarinet, sax
Bill Connors (*1949) - guitar
Taylor Eigsti (*1984) - piano
Thomas Heberer (*1965) - trumpet
Wayne Henderson (1939-2014) - trombone
Jay Hoggard (*1954) - vibes
Herb Jeffries (1913-2014) - singer
Sibongile Khumalo (1957-2021) - singer
Ingrid Laubrock (*1970) - sax
Nduduzo Makhathini (*1982) - piano
Fats Navarro (1923-1950) - trumpet
Walter Smith III (*1980) - sax
This is a videoclip of my latest work, "Bodegón" (Spanish for still-life)
The video is a "visit" into a Bodegón in Colonia del Sacramento, Departamento de Colonia, Uruguay, with thanks to the author of the nice photo, Elisa Giaccaglia (https://www.pexels.com/photo/bodegon-18297346/)
"Bodegón" is a piece for two pianos, marimba, double bass, and drums. I initially wrote the drums part, which alternates 11/8 and 9/8 measures at 150bpm. Then I wrote a marimba part atop the drums. This resulted in a rather fast jazzy piece. At this point I realized that the piece had two "natures": when slowed down, the marimba notes sounded very much "Bachianas". I decided to explore and develop this aspect further: I assigned the marimba line to piano, added a new piano, and turned the piece into a neoclassical prelude. Then I added double bass, and used it as a layer that I overlapped to realize a fugato of sorts. Surprisingly, the experiment worked out.
I had now two very different developments of a same idea. I decided to merge them in a A-B-A' structure, with the last part only hinted and fading out, played by double bass and drums.
All the above resulted in my "Bodegón". I hope you'll like it!
(P.S. In Spanish it means "still-life". It comes from "Bodega": storeroom, storehouse, wine-shop, or even tavern.)