Bloom

TRACKLIST:

01) MOVE YOUR RUG...PROCESSIONAL (BLUES FOR OTHA) (1:39)
02) BETTER DO YOUR THING (6:15)
03) THE EVIL BOWEEVIL (4:42)
04) MY DOG CHUNKS (5:51)
05) THE MAD HATTER RIDES AGAIN (3:55)
06) CIRCLE OF WILLS (2:32)
07) HATIM (7:04)
08) BLOOM (5:43)
09) OLD JACK CRAW (4:25)
10) AS LIGHT THROUGH LEAVES (8:16)
11) WEIRD BEARD (3:38)
12) WOBBLE (5:34)

PERSONNEL:

Jeff Coffin, Jeff Sipe, Victor Wooten, Bela Fleck, DJ Logic, Chris Thile, Futureman, Kirk Whalum, Derek Philip Jones, Tyler Wood, Pat Bergeson, Tom Giampietro, Johnny Neel, Noa Ben-Amotz, Rod McGaha, Joe Murphy, Roy Agee, Roland Barber, Rahsaan Barber, Paul Brantely, officerfishdumplings, Derico Watson, and the W.O. Smith Community Music School Choir

RECORDING INFO:

Produced by Jeff Coffin

Recorded June 2003 at Dark Horse Recording, Franklin, TN
Engineer: Rober Battaglia

Asst. Engineer: Steve Winiarski

Circle of Wills recorded by Kurt Storey@ Vix's Mix, Nashville, TN

DJ Logic recorded at The Shack/NYC (Engineer: Louie Fleck)

officerfishdumplings recorded at officerfishdumplings Studios

Additional Recording: Huckleberry Rox, Nashville, TN (Engineer: Jeff Coffin), The Carport, Nashville, TN (Engineer: Chris Grainger)

Mixed by Shane D. Wilson at Pentavarit Studio, Nashville, TN

Mastered by Jim Demain at Yes Mastering, Nashville, TN

Design by Griffin Norman @ Box

All photos © 2004 Jeff Coffin

Composition and arrangements on tracks 1, 2, 5, 6, 8, 9, 10, 11, & 12 by Jeff Coffin - Otani Music (BMI)

Track 3. The Evil Boweevil - (Jeff Coffin/Pat Bergeson/Tom Giampietro/Derek Jones) Otani Music (BMI) / Hannah & Arnold Music (BMI )/ Bubbahome Music (BMI) / Mortalyfthn Music (BMI)

Track 4. My Dog Chunks - (Jeff Coffin/Derek Jones/Chris Walters/Tom Giampietro) Otani Music (BMI) / Mortalyfthn Music (BMI) / City Lore Music (ASCAP) / Bubbahome Music (BMI)

Track 7. Hatim - (Jeff Coffin/Hatim Balyamani) Otani Music (BMI); officerfishdumplings (ASCAP)

© 2005 Otani Music/BMI

ALBUM NOTES:

Jeff Coffin, well-traveled saxophonist, composer, and member of the Grammy-winning Bela Fleck & the Flecktones, rejects all labels and categories other than "music-and-musician." In the face of his epic Bloom, even those once-broad tags fall short of defining the close coiling of sound, philosophy, and humanity that is the core of his art.

Since 1997, Coffin has traveled the world with the Flecktones, performing with musicians of all walks. As his insightful yet incindary playing with the Flecktones demonstrates, Coffin possesses the rare ability to fuse the improvisational intensity of moddern jazz with a wide range of influencess. Aided by an all-star cast of jazz, jam, bluegrass, and funk musicians, Jeff Coffin explores an impressive variety of textures and styles, gracing each with his peerless energy, musicianship, and technique. From hard-driving funk jams with Victor Wooten and DJ Logic to sparse, evocative pieces featuring Bela Fleck and an ethereal children’s choir, Coffin presents the most complete picture yet of his eclectic musical vision. Two steps beyond an otherworldy fusion of Ornette Colman, the Meters, and Medeski, Martin, and Wood, Bloom puts Jeff Coffin at the forefront of a new generation of improvising musicians - a generation for whom boundaries are meaningless and everyone is invited to the party.