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Times Three News
Final
Session at Fantasy Studios (11/12/11)
Times Three's 3rd and final
recording session for their 2nd album was completed on November 12. Once
again our engineer was Adam Munoz, assisted by Brett Forest. The
session ran 4 hours, during which the following tunes were recorded:
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Turn Out the Stars, by Bill Evans (2 takes)
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Martha's Prize, by Cedar Walton (3 takes)
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Joshua, by Miles Davis (2 takes)
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The Ballad of Johnny-Jane, by Serge Gainsbourg (4 takes)
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This Nearly Was Mine, by Richard Rodgers (1 take)
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The Acrobat, by Larry Goldings (1 take)
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The Meaning of the Blues, by Leah Worth/Bobby Troup (1 take)
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Happiness, by Cedar Walton (2 takes)
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Never Never Land, by Jule Styne (1 take)
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A Remark You Made, by Joe Zawinul (1 take)
The next step will be to select and edit the best takes, followed by mixing and
mastering.
2nd
Session at Fantasy Studios (10/22/11)
Times Three returned to the recording studio
last
month to continue work on their 2nd album. Our engineer was Adam Munox,
assisted by Brett Forest. The 4-hour session yielded the
following:
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The Meaning of the Blues, by Leah Worth and Bobby Troup (2 takes)
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The Acrobat, by Larry Goldings (2 takes)
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Happiness, by Cedar Walton (2 takes)
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Joshua, by Miles Davis (2 takes)
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A Remark You Made, by Joe Zawinul (2 takes)
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Edda, by Wayne Shorter (2 takes)
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This Nearly Was Mine, by Richard Rodgers (2 takes)
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Magnolia Triangle, by James Black (2 takes)
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Never Never Land, by Jule Styne (2 takes)
Our next and final session is scheduled for November 12.
California Academy of Sciences
gig
Times Three will be playing at a special donor event
of the California Academy of Sciences in San Francisco on May 14. The
event consists of a sail on the bay, followed by a sustainable seafood dinner
served at the Bay Model Visitor Center in Sausalito. (The Bay Model is
quite a story in itself - you might want to check it out
here..) Unfortunately,
Times Three will not be aboard the schooner for the sail, but they will provide
music for the dinner to follow.
Cafe Bastille
Cafe Bastille,
a French restaurant in the heart of San Francisco's Financial District, has been
the musical home of Times Three and friends for many years. We recently received word that,
due to the economic
downturn, the music policy of live jazz has been discontinued, at least for the
immediate future. Stay tuned for further updates as they become available.
1st
Session at Fantasy Studios (7/11/09)
Times Three on YouTube
(2/9/09)
One of our favorite fans uploaded a tune from our recent performance at Bird & Beckett Books & Records to YouTube - click
here< to check it out!
Times Three's Next CD
(2/1/09)
The band has recently begun planning for our next CD. Since we're a democratic
group, we each submitted a list of 10 suggestions (and a couple alternates)
for the album. After having a chance to see what each other recommended, we
then submitted a revised list and began discussions to narrow the list down to about
16. The idea was to record 8 tunes in each of two recordings sessions, then
select the 10 most successful recordings to mix and master for the CD.
These are all tunes which we've been playing live for some time, so naturally,
our individual lists had several tunes in common. A big focus of the group is playing
tunes in odd time signatures, such as 5/4, 7/4, and sometimes combinations of different
time signatures, and this really shows up in the proposed selections. Here's the latest list for each of us, along with the composer and time signature
(as we play it) of each tune:
Tom
Joshua (Miles Davis) - 4/4 and 5/4
This Nearly Was Mine (Richard Rodgers/Oscar Hammerstein) - 3/4
A Remark You Made (Joe Zawinul) - 4/4
Martha's Prize (Cedar Walton) - 4/4
Magnolia Triagle (James Black) - 5/4
Woody'n You (Dizzy Gillespie) or Seven for Twelve (John Goldsby) - 7/4
The Meaning of the Blues (Bobby
Troup/Leah Worth) - 7/4
The Acrobat (Larry Goldings) - 3/4
Never Never Land (Betty Comden/Adolph Green/Jule Styne) - 4/4
If You Never Come To Me (Antonio Carlos Jobim) - 4/4
Alternate:
Turn Out The Stars (Bill
Evans) - 4/4 Scott
Joshua
This Nearly Was Mine
A Remark You Made
Martha's Prize
Magnolia Triangle
Seven for Twelve
Twilight Song (Kenny Barron) - 4/4
Ranclouds Over Coltrane Valley (Vince
Wallace) - 4/4
The Storyteller (Renee
Rosnes) - 3/4 and 4/4
Sidewalks in Motion (Frank
Lowe) - 4/4 and 5/4
Alternates
The Acrobat
Edda (Wayne Shorter) - 3/4
Paul
Joshua
This Nearly Was Mine
A Remark You Made
Martha's Prize
Magnolia Triangle
Seven for Twelve
Turn Out The Stars
The Acrobat
The Storyteller
Edda
Alternates
Sidewalks in Motion
The Meaning of the Blues
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