Ornette - a tribute

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A humble tribute to Ornette Coleman.
Another slow processor iBook G3 GB1 in bed experiment.
The synth bed ( 5 tracks analog live) was mixed and bounced. Keyed drums (2 tracks live) added and bounced. Keyed Sax, one track live. Bass, one track live.
I was thinking of an old ESP disk from 1962 at Town Hall. In no way do I compare myself to the man - just tried to capture a little vibe.

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Hits: 1276
Comments: 34
Fans: 8
Plays: 175
Downloads: 80
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Uploaded: Apr 06, 2007 - 04:00:23 PM
Last Updated: Apr 06, 2007 - 04:00:23 PM Last Played: Sep 17, 2009 - 10:05:50 PM

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Keywords:

Ornette (1), tribute (35), free jazz (4), harmolodic (1), sadness (26), doughnut (2), ESP Disk (1), synth bed (1)

Hardware:

iBook G3
Sequential Circuits Pro-One Synth
Oxygen8 Keyboard
Ibanez Roadstar II Bass

Software:

GB1

Comments

	said 964 days ago (April 6th, 2007)
	excellent This has as many colors as the jacket in the pic! Great sound from the keyed sax. Your compositions get more complicated all the time. Did you play the bass in bed? great song!!!!!!!

bud	bud said 964 days ago (April 6th, 2007)
	Thanks Tim - Yeah - I actually did play the bass in bed - and I carted my old synth in too. I had to travel for work this week so I got sicker instead of better. So this was another bed trip - like Lucy last week. Check out my latest song called try not to think

SmokeyVW	SmokeyVW said 964 days ago (April 6th, 2007)
	multi perspective dreamlike what is that Keyed Sax? - i like it - a lot - lots of expression in that thang. a nice vibe indeed - thanks Check out my latest song called One For Me

bud	bud said 964 days ago (April 6th, 2007)
	It's just a GB3 midi sax voice played on the Oxygen8 keyboard using pitch bend to give some thangness. Glad you liked it. Thanks for droppin in. Check out my latest song called try not to think

Vic Holman	Vic Holman said 964 days ago (April 6th, 2007)
	in buds room abstractly over under sideways down wonderful. nice sax treatment from the keys. maybe you should compose from bed all the time. just kidding get well soon. ps Dennis Wilson stayed in his room for a long time, i think he had a sandbox in there as well. Check out my latest song called November

bud	bud said 964 days ago (April 6th, 2007)
	Dennis Wilson had serious issues - I've got a drum set from Alice Cooper's band in my room. True. Nice of you to stop by and thanks for the well wishes. I got the drugs to day so I'll be fine by Bunny Day I imagine. Check out my latest song called try not to think

Frogmorton	Frogmorton said 963 days ago (April 7th, 2007)
	Brian. That's Brian Wilson that lived in his room for years. Check out my latest song called Black Dance

bud	bud said 963 days ago (April 7th, 2007)
	Oops - you're right must've been the drugs. Thanks for stopping by. I like just about any kind of music - free jazz included. I've had the pleasure of meeting Ornette on a number of occasions - he's a fan of my wife's painting. He's a wonderful, generous man. His Prime Time Band has long been one of my favorite outfits. Check out my latest song called try not to think

Frogmorton	Frogmorton said 963 days ago (April 7th, 2007)
	free! I'm free! This is nice, and it's nice to find a free jazz fan on MacJams. The synth sax works remarkably well, imo! Check out my latest song called Black Dance

guitapick	guitapick said 963 days ago (April 7th, 2007)
	Captures his essence quite well, bud... ...sax sounds real nice. This worked nicely. Kept to the theme, but used lots of coloration around it. Very cool. Check out my latest song called Outside the Corral

bud	bud said 963 days ago (April 7th, 2007)
	Thanks for droppin by - It's nice of yu to comment on the vibe - I figured the Ornette connection was probably all in my head - but he has a certain plaintive sadness to his tone at times that just seemed to happen with the synth sax. Check out my latest song called try not to think

Norman Goodman

Norman Goodman said 963 days ago (April 7th, 2007)

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This is way out there. I certainly enjoyed the adventurousness of this piece and some of the staccato horn phrases were really cool. Overall I am impressed with the chances you took, flooding the piece with a great deal of unresolved tension.... yet at the same time there was a certain cohesiveness to the many of the phrases that seemed to hold it all together. You have a dark musical imagination.

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bud	bud said 962 days ago (April 8th, 2007)
	Thanks for the comments I'm glad this hung together for you - that's the challenge with a piece like this - it can easily collapse like a bad soufle. If you want a dark imagination - read Cormac McCarthy. I read The Road yesterday in one sitting. Great book. Check out my latest song called try not to think

JOAN	JOAN said 962 days ago (April 8th, 2007)
	fantastic bud! lets do this live!! in feverish stupor you must have been doing some channeling, art ensemble, ornette piped through bud. from your bed you could be the colette of macjams Check out my latest song called MUD

bud	bud said 961 days ago (April 9th, 2007)
	Colette hit on me at Puffy's back about 1978. Freaked me out - I blushed beet red. Saw her at PS1 recently - she didn't even give me a second look. Fickle. Check out my latest song called try not to think

JOAN	JOAN said 962 days ago (April 8th, 2007)
	!!! UNFREAKINBELIEVABLE!!!! Check out my latest song called MUD

racerat	racerat said 962 days ago (April 8th, 2007)
	great sax bud, must admit, an amazing performance in bed having sax. bud seriously, that mod wheel certainly sets an convincing horn vibe. The ocillating synth is an inspiration, a great storm of a fugue. Philip Check out my latest song called Frank's Song

bud	bud said 961 days ago (April 9th, 2007)
	Nice hearing from you Philip I'm thinking of doing a whole CD from bed. The Sealy Suite. Check out my latest song called try not to think

bbarner	bbarner said 961 days ago (April 9th, 2007)
	Hats off Hats off to you, Ornette, and ESP Disk. Check out my latest song called Cuadro flamenco

bud	bud said 961 days ago (April 9th, 2007)
	Hats off - I like that Glad you stopped by - i got to check out your site. Great stuff. Check out my latest song called try not to think

Magritte	Magritte said 960 days ago (April 10th, 2007)
	Fever dream I agree, wonderful sound from that keyed sax. Nice ominous sound here...felt like it was foreshadowing some kind of musical doom. Get well soon! Check out my latest song called Tango Macabre

bud	bud said 960 days ago (April 10th, 2007)
	Thanks for the comments I'm better thanks - and working on a rock n' roll number for my comeback tour. Check out my latest song called try not to think

	said 960 days ago (April 10th, 2007)
	It Works! Ah, the whammy wheel! You've worked magic with it. Crazy free form jazz. love it! James

bud	bud said 960 days ago (April 10th, 2007)
	Hey - someone nw to check out! Thanks for stoppin by and commenting. Check out my latest song called try not to think

peacepiano	peacepiano said 959 days ago (April 11th, 2007)
	Warming Psychedelic jazz, free and unfettered. Well done. Thanks for sharing. Check out my latest song called I Should Have Known

Volcanique	Volcanique said 958 days ago (April 12th, 2007)
	Very niiice! It takes me there and there I remain. Yessss... Check out my latest song called LIOLI Challenge #4

mbehar	mbehar said 943 days ago (April 27th, 2007)
	great tribute to the legendary man very much enjoyed I enjoyed the fusion between the electronic and acoustic....nice sax work, regards mb Check out my latest song called I Only Have Eyes For You

bud	bud said 917 days ago (May 23rd, 2007)
	Glad you liked it - and thanks for stopping by. The only "acoustic" element was the bass - the rest is all midi - including the sax. --- <a href="http://www.loopitorloseit.com/current.html"><img src="http://www.macjams.com/images/banners/474-chikoppi_banner.gif"/></a> Check out my latest song called try not to think

gregd	gregd said 917 days ago (May 23rd, 2007)
	This is weird and cool. One question, does "keyed" = "pencil tooled"? Do you really play all of these live? If so, you should start a one-person jazz quartet. You'd be unstoppable. However you did it, sweet tune. The sax at the end reminds me of Sex Mob's sax player, on tranquilizers. tasty tribute -g Check out my latest song called 08nov08

bud

bud said 917 days ago (May 23rd, 2007)

Keyed means played on the keyboard
Each element was a one take improvisation with no editing. I did it during a time when I was sick and sat in my bed with my laptop, bass and Oxygen8 midi controller. Kind of a channeling thing. Thanks for your kind words.

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gregd	gregd said 910 days ago (May 31st, 2007)
	kick ass keys ! -g --- If you find yourself lacking finesse, a big rock will usually make a sufficient substitute. Check out my latest song called 08nov08

paddler	paddler said 909 days ago (May 31st, 2007)
	abstract reminds me of paintings by braque for some reason - slightly waprped and evil Check out my latest song called Tiger Flame (Halloween Challenge)

bud	bud said 909 days ago (May 31st, 2007)
	Evil Cubist that's the name of my next song. Thanks for stopping by. --- "music is a better noise" - Essential Logic Check out my latest song called try not to think

Heightened	Heightened said 697 days ago (December 30th, 2007)
	Bass and synth in bed? Good thing you didn't have a piano! Glad you got better. Check out my latest song called A Journey Through Starburst Galaxy M82

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