Here\u2019s the third in my ongoing series of jazz demos. I\u2019ve been enjoying doing these as a vehicle to present new songs to my jazz group. I haven\u2019t had much time for recording lately, and the last two songs of my Buzzy Tonic album Elixr are sitting there half done. But it can take months to produce a rock song, while I can whip off one of these in just a few hours.<\/p>\n
My previous songs Dark Skies and Your Dancing Shoes are now in regular rotation in our jazz group. One is a ballad and the other a funk\/soul number. I figured it\u2019s time for an uptempo swing number. We\u2019ve been doing alot of hard bob in the group, Hank Mobley and Dexter Gordon and that kind of thing, and this song is in the zone. Well, maybe more Sonny Rollins or Cannonball Adderly. I\u2019ve never written anything in cut time before, and this one is around 200 bpm. The main riff is something I\u2019ve had in my bag for a long time, it was just a matter of giving it some structure. It\u2019s funny how a good bridge can really make a song. It\u2019s like a commentary on the A section. You have to decide what aspects to contrast or change up, what to keep as-is, and what to take further. In doing so you come to understand the essence of the song. The song begins and ends with a drum solo, since this kind of groove is right in our drummer Mike\u2019s bag. I can hardly wait to get some recordings of the group performing these.<\/p>\n