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Times Three News
1st
Session at Fantasy Studios (7/11/09)
We held our first recording session for our 2nd CD on Saturday, July 11, at Fantasy Studios (home of Fantasy Records), located in the Saul Zaentz Media Center in Berkeley.
The session ran from noon to 4:00 - we recorded the following tunes:
- Martha's Prize (3 takes)
- Joshua (4 takes)
- This Nearly Was Mine (2 takes)
- A Remark You Made (2 takes)
- Turn Out The Stars (2 takes)
- Magnolia Triangle (2 takes)
- Never Never Land (2 takes)
More details to follow soon - in the meantime, here are a few pictures:
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: TomJoshua (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 ScottJoshua
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 PaulJoshua
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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