Get Flash to see this player.
Description
After a 7 month hiatus from playing piano, I am beginning my newest piano commission. The project's working title is "Chaos of the Subconscious," a slight change from the romantic/neo-classical/new age "Morning Whispers" project. The idea with this project is to put together a song cycle that exposes the many layers of subconscious conflicts. Other songs will have more of a Ullen/Scherbako/Scriabin influence (along with Monk, Brubeck and Medeski). But this one sounds like a crazy musical stage number. Most of you may not know that I was a Private Investigator for just over 3 years (1980-84), my only "real" job outside music, writing and webwork. Lots of stories, for sure. This tune combines some of the silliness of those years.
Altho this surely will not be the first song of the cycle, it happened to be the first one I completed, so I am posting it even tho it may not be that representational of the project. But I so rarely use humor in the compositions I've shared at Macjams, I wanted to put this one out there.
I chose "Ragtime" as a tongue-in-cheek genre, in keeping with the whimsy of the piece. As Alimar commented, this is really "Neo-Prog Rag," or twentieth century classical inflected solo jazz piano.
Altho this surely will not be the first song of the cycle, it happened to be the first one I completed, so I am posting it even tho it may not be that representational of the project. But I so rarely use humor in the compositions I've shared at Macjams, I wanted to put this one out there.
I chose "Ragtime" as a tongue-in-cheek genre, in keeping with the whimsy of the piece. As Alimar commented, this is really "Neo-Prog Rag," or twentieth century classical inflected solo jazz piano.
Leave a Comment
You must be registered and logged-in to comment.
Lyrics
Other pre-mastered recordings from 13 Masks posted at Macjams:
Chromatisome Swing (tribute to Oscar Peterson)
Two Peas in a Chili Pod (dedicated to McBoy)
A Monk Caught In The Thelonious Sphere
Chaos of the Subconscious
You Make My Heart Skip A Beat
Chromatisome Swing (tribute to Oscar Peterson)
Two Peas in a Chili Pod (dedicated to McBoy)
A Monk Caught In The Thelonious Sphere
Chaos of the Subconscious
You Make My Heart Skip A Beat
So, you were the original Guy Noir! How cool is that? I like the concept
and execution of this funk-shway piece. Wow. I wish I could play like
that. You own the keys, Tobin. [Or do they own you?] What was that
half-whisper I just barely discerned? [Never mind, singer.}
Few hours of repose
and a barge load of woes,
God's trawling the oceans
for wayward emotions.
All kinds of perceptions.
Distinct dispositions.
Unique dreams and sighs.
Diverse wails and cries.
This deity's angling.
His love's disentangling
the human condition,
dark mare of perdition.