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The Guide

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Jake Leckie

Label: Ropeadope
Released: 2022
Duration: 00:41:26
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Tracks

The Guide; Patience; A Thing of Beauty; The Place Between; Tough Love; The Good Doctor: Adobe; The Gatekeeper

Personnel

Album Description

The Guide is an acoustic folk-jazz trio recording with Jake Leckie on upright bass, Nadav Peled on acoustic guitar, and Elizabeth Goodfellow on drums. Eight original compositions, penned by Leckie, were recorded live in the same room to 2-track analog tape with Bryce Gonzales engineering at 64 Sound in Highland Park, Los Angeles. The recording session was on May 3, 2021. Almost all of the songs were recorded in one or two takes between the hours of 11am and 6pm. There were no headphones, isolation booths, or overdubs involved. What you hear was what was played live off of the floor that day. The music was written pre-pandemic, and recorded once the trio could safely return to the studio. Throughout the pandemic, the trio played a weekly outdoor, masked, and social distanced jam session in Leckie’s front yard known as “Quarantunes,” at first working through the American Songbook and jazz standards, and later introducing original compositions. These sessions became an anchor not only for the trio, but for the community of neighbors and other local musicians who would bring out their families each week to enjoy the music. During that year, while keeping the music alive, the trio developed a cohesive sound, trust, and familiarity which can be heard on this recording. Visual artist Wayne White, a neighbor and Quarantunes regular, created the abstract cover art for the album based on his impressions of the trio’s interplay, and inspired by jazz album art of the late 1950s (such as Neil Fujita’s painting for Mingus’s Ah Um). The music is organic, triadic, and in the pocket. Honest, singable melodies are supported by compelling harmonic movement. The simple acoustic instrumentation, tape format, and interactive playing style give the album a cohesive and intimate vibe which can be enjoyed from the first note to the last vamp.

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