** Our weekly rehearsals are in the South Bay on Mondays, 6:00pm-9:00pm in Campbell.
**
We are an experienced band that have been play'n and gig'n together for a few years.
We are guitar, drums, alto/tenor, tenor/bari.
Notice something missing? Yup, you on bass!
We are looking for someone who is primarily a jazz player (i.
e.
you know your way around a fake book and playing standards), can improvise, but play other styles too.
You can read charts, have pro gear, and no substance issues.
Upright or electric.
Both preferred.
We rehearse here: https://www.
reedsrecordings.
com/rehearsal
We like to play highly arranged jazz/groove base tunes; select standards from the Real Books, but lean towards arrangements of our generation’s “standards” (songs from the 80's, 90's and beyond).
We all have "day jobs" so we aren't looking for a hired gun.
We are looking for someone who is into our thing and wants to join us for the love of making great music.
While we appreciate most musical genres, we tend to avoid: thrash, punk, shred metal, disco, country, polkas, elevator music, rap, “hip-hop”, Top 40, “Classic Rock”, Taylor Swift, musical theatre, opera, dubstep, and Kenny G.
Basically if we like the original and can arrange it in our own jazzy kinda way, we’ll try it.
Here’s tunes that inspire us:
Esbjorn Svensson Trio - Dodge The Dodo (we have an arrangement of this)
https://www.
youtube.
com/watch?v=J5r1Ygkk0KA
Brad Mehldau Trio - Paranoid Android (we have an arrangement of this)
https://www.
youtube.
com/watch?v=f1xuvOToo2Q&list=PLubaifwtWlQ9PykvSMvRlLsEBHXPH4ab0&index=6
The Bad Plus - Karma Police
https://www.
youtube.
com/watch?v=U66ZBGaGd1I&list=PLCL6iW_YPbNrNhDqc-t4Bk5LCvQa8h7Sc&index=10
Miles Davis - All Blues (we have an arrangement in 4/4)
https://www.
youtube.
com/watch?v=-488UORrfJ0
Vulfpeck - Dean Town
https://www.
youtube.
com/watch?v=le0BLAEO93g
Kait Dunton (trio) - Prelude
https://www.
youtube.
com/watch?v=KM0u1_k2XfE
And this trombone solo:
https://www.
youtube.
com/watch?v=Vh8l0x9uF-Y
Our band's mascot is Randolph Mantooth.
https://www.
youtube.
com/watch?v=egCz5qppicY
We can provide links to recent recordings.
Do you have similar?
Let's talk!
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