And Some Blues...
Lisa HiltonDuration: 6:24
"And Some Blues…" is one of my favorites tunes on our album LUCKY ALL ALONG.
Originally the blues
were considered the basis, or the soul of jazz, but today many jazz artists don’t include any in their
performances at all. As a composer, and a pianist, I ALWAYS want to include the blues though! I really love
what the band contributed on this - Luques Curtis on bass sounds so cool on the intro! Igmar Thomas on
trumpet really kicks in about halfway through on the bridge - I just love that part! Rudy Royston on drums is
just feeding us all the best grooves too. I know a lot of people don't think about the sound too much, but the
recording is stellar - the piano, trumpet - everyone sounds really good sound wise don't you think?
Near the
end we wind up with a slow blues after the fireworks. It is always exciting working with our band on new
music and I'm really happy how "And Some Blues..." turned out. It is hard though to shoot a video while you
are actually recording the tune, because you are really focused on playing and listening rather than looking
at the camera, but I think director Ricky Chavez did a really good job on showing musicians hard at work
creating all new music. We hope you like it too!
Posted by Michael Ricci.
