Duet

TRACKLIST:

01) REINTRODUCTION
02) ONCE AGAIN TOGETHER
03) MR. LLOYD AND MASTER HIGGINS
04) IN THE FOLDS
05) CONCURRENT EVENTS
06) SMILING FACES
07) FROM EAST TO WEST
08) SHOULD I STAND
09) QUIET ARRIVAL
10) NEARLY
11) SCATTERING
12) FIRST LIGHT (REPRISE)
13) KOTY BLUE

TOTAL PERFORMANCE TIME: 46:04

This recording is intended as a single listening experience.

PERSONNEL:

Jeff Coffin – saxes, whistles, misc. winds

Jeff Sipe – drums, percussion, cymbals, misc. sounds

RECORDING INFO:

Produced by Jeff Coffin & Jeff Sipe

Recorded at Brevard Music Center, Brevard, NC

Recorded on August 21, 22, 23, 2007

Editing by Jeff Coffin

Mixed and Mastered by Richard Aspinwall

Photos by Jeff Coffin & Shane Parreco

Design by Robert Hakalski at Visual Machinery Studio

Composition and arrangements on tracks 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 9, 10, & 11 by Jeff Coffin – Otani Music (BMI) and Jeff Sipe – Zambi Publishing (BMI)

Tracks 6, 8, & 12 by Jeff Coffin – Otani Music (BMI)

Track 13 by Jeff Sipe – Zambi Publishing (BMI)

© 2011 Otani Music/BMI 

ALBUM NOTES:

A musical conversation. We all have stories to tell and to share them with friends is something we all like to do. We laugh with each other, we feel the joys, the sorrows, the beauty, the pain, the experience of being alive and the experience of being together.

Out of these stories and conversation is how our “Duet” recording came to pass. Jeff Sipe and I have been playing music and touring together for many years with various incarnations of my group, of his trio, playing in jam sessions at festivals, as well as talking about music, swapping stories, hanging out at each others homes, and becoming lifelong friends along the way. We share similar views about music and creating and of allowing the spirit of what we do overtake us and be led by it. For this project, we decided to ‘just play’, record everything, and see what came out the other side of the rabbit hole. No expectations.

We recorded in Brevard, NC, at the Brevard Music Center, for nearly 3 days. We recorded everything ourselves with only 3 microphones. We brought horns, drums, gongs, bells, flutes, whistles, etc…. We had a few sketches of tunes but didn’t want that to be the focus, rather we wanted the tunes to spring forth from the improvisations. We wanted to experience the ebb and flow of creating musical conversations between two people familiar with each other who like to talk.

After the sessions were finished, I took the recording home but waited a while before I listened so I could work with fresh ears. As we figured, there was a lot to work with and listen to. After talking it over with Jeff Sipe, we decided we would make the piece one ‘seamless’ work where each piece we chose would morph into the next for a unique listening experience. After a lot of work and trying many combinations of pieces, I finally came up with the final version. We feel good about the music we shared and recorded and of the process of allowing the creative moments to find us. We hope you enjoy listening to the music as much as we enjoyed playing it.