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I began working with Berlin-based pianist Simon James Phillips at The Banff Centre in January 2010. Simon’s improvisations consist of washes, walls and patterns of sound that explore how music effects the perception of time. Though intentionally simplifying the musical mechanisms available, Simon ensures that even the smallest change in his playing will hit you like a sack of bricks. Recorded in my studio at Banff on a Yamaha 7’ grand with a pair of 414s.
me and my buddy rafiq are trying to make a record this summer. the rafiq bhatia collective wil be joined in the studio by vijay iyer, billy hart, and ICE. visit this kickstarter page if you want to learn more about this project.
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“Emily”
Here is the last track off Nina Moffitt’s Where I Have Been, an album I worked on with her at Oberlin and in NYC. ”Emily” is Nina’s brilliant arrangement of an already brilliant Joanna Newsom tune off 2006’s Ys.
featuring the Nina Moffitt Quintet:
Nina Moffitt, voice
Rafiq Bhatia, guitar/loops
Jackson Hill, acoustic bass
Timothy Bennett, alto sax
Jordan Goldstein, alto sax
Alex Morris, drum kit
Check out a review of the album here, via The Oberlin Review. More tracks off this record to come soon, but you can download the full length right now over at Bandcamp.
