Southern Lights

TRACKLIST:

01) Southern Lights (3:36)
02) Icicles (2:30)
03) Ballerina (3:14)
04) Afternoon (1:56)
05) Local Wonders (3:28)
06) Nebraska (3:14)
07) Bag In The Wind (2:58)
08) Pacheco Pass (2:04)
09) Ives (2:46)
10) Transcontinental (2:56)
11) Dharma (1:48)
12) Abel Magwitch (3:02)
13) The Vacuum (2:07)
14) Snowed In (2:14)
15) #15 (3:56)

PERSONNEL:

DOUG MOSHER – Tenor Saxophone

JON ESTES – Acoustic/Electric Bass

RECORDING INFO:

Produced by Doug Mosher & Jon Estes

Recorded 2014/2015 at Jon Estes’ House, Nashville, TN

Mixed and Mastered by Jon Estes

All songs written by Doug Mosher (Mosher Doug/BMI) and Jon Estes (Estesbass Publishing/ASCAP), except for “Afternoon”, written by Doug Mosher (Mosher Doug/BMI)

Cover artwork by Bonnie Fitch

ALBUM NOTES:

Southern Lights is a collection of instrumental duets by tenor saxophonist Doug Mosher and bassist Jon Estes. The record is the culmination of a year and half’s worth of improvised recording sessions by the two young Nashville jazz musicians. A number of the tracks are first take improvisations, while others were composed based on initial improvisations. Although the music was created in a free environment, it hardly sounds that way.  Each song is a short, structured composition that showcases both artists’ restraint. The minimalist beauty of the record is a reflection of both musicians’ love of melody and lyricism found not only in jazz, but in folk and Americana music as well.

Southern Lights is the newest release on Ear Up Records, the brainchild of 3x Grammy Award winning saxophonist Jeff Coffin (Dave Matthews Band, Flecktones, Mu’tet). Southern Lights embodies the ethos of the label: Original and creative music from the newest generation of musicians in Nashville and abroad.

Although this is the first official record for the duo, they have previously recorded together for the critically acclaimed soundtrack of the 2014 film Listen Up, Philip.