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| Title: East West |
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| Artist: Mosby Group |
| (c): (C) 2005 MMG discs |
| (p): (P) 2005 Todd Ferris Mosby |
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Mosby Group delivers an energized set fusing modal improv and indian rag. Music of the highest standard. Featuring the 20 stringed imratgitar on tracks 02 & 05.
fusion. contemporary instrumental improvisation. mixes bebop, modern classical composition
This music rocks. Progressive, authentic, energetic 70's type Fusion music with a North Indian jam influence.Â
Energetic, cool, sophisticated and fun, Mosby Group is a St. Louis based fusion ensemble with a Classical North Indian influence. Lead by guitarist/composer Todd Mosby, the group uses funk, latin, rock and bebop back beats as a platform for improvisation. Featured is the 20 stringed Imratgitar on the more traditional rag compositions.
Mosby Group is comprised of the brightest jazz musicians on the St. Louis scene who set themselves apart with their authentic approach to improvisation and style.
MOSBY GROUP
Guitar, Piano, Bass, Drums, Percussion. Plenty of improvisation with chops playing for all instruments over well thought out, long form composits.
Todd Mosby - acoustic & electric guitars, 20 string imratgitar, Adam Maness - fender rhodes, Phil Burton - ele. bass, Carl Caspersen - fretless bass, Ron Carr - drums, Henry Claude - Percussion.
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STORY
This project originally started as a drum, tabla and imratgitar demo of Bhim's Palasie showcasing the imratgitar's sound for Pat Metheny and a few others. Mark and Ron liked the composition and wanted me to flesh it out for rhythm section ensemble and track it. We did this and liked the combination of sound, instruments and musicians.Â
From there I began composing music which would blend the eastern melodic and compositional forms with the more traditional jazz modal and chordal forms as a thread and conceptual basis for the album.Â
Mark decided that we were to track this music as it went into the hard drive with no overdubs. We did two, maybe three takes and went with either the first or second take. Each composition goes through a range of emotive shifts so were only good for one or two takes per tune.
The performances were tracked over a period of time due to different scheduling so we did one to two tunes per session. I would bring in the music we would rehearse, then track. Some tunes took two sessions until we got what we wanted. Â
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Todd Mosby Bio - brief
A contemporary jazz artist located in St. Louis, Mosby performs professionally with the finest jazz musicians in St. Louis with opening and featured performances at many of the major venues in town. His music has aired locally and nationally with performances on concert stages in San Francisco, Nashville and Russia. Mosby has composed for theater, modern dance, video, TV and film. For the past seven years, his focus has been on performance and composition for live stage.
" My jazz technique is grounded in a solid St. Louis Jazz Tradition of bebop and rhythm & blues. My eastern technique comes from study and membership in the Imdad Khan Gharana, an Indian family of master sitar musicians which reach back 500 years."
One of the things which distinguishes Mosby as guitarist and composer is an ability to meld 10 years study of classical north Indian music with a lifetime study of modal harmony, bebop and traditional jazz standards. He was instrumental in the development of the Imrat Gitar, a 20 stringed Indian guitar designed under the direction of his teacher and mentor Ustadt Imrat Khan. This hybrid sitar / guitar allows access to Indian melody and overtone harmony (see track 2 - east/west cd title).
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Inside Liner Notes:
Thank you for making this cd a part of your music collection. East West has its history in a love for two great improvisational forms; Classical North Indian and Traditional American Jazz. This was a fun way to bridge 10 years dedicated study in Classical North Indian music and a life long study of Traditional Jazz & Composition. Fortunate to be working with great people and exceptional talent, I began pulling works from my performance catalog which allowed a choice of playing; a) only the notes of a rag (Indian tradition), b) only the notes & scales of a chord (Jazz tradition) or, c) a modal mixture of both. The compositions explore; a) chordal harmonies within the structure and movement of a particular rag (tracks 02, 03, 05), b) the movement of rag notes parallel over parallel chord structures (track 07), and c) a little consideration of both (tracks 01, 04). |
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