Ryan Meisel Plays The Blues, by Ryan Meisel- (2021)

Ryan Meisel Plays The Blues

by Ryan Meisel- (2021)

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1.	Cliff's Notes (7:06) 07:06	info	buy track
2.	Blues For Monday (9:49) 09:49	info	buy track
3.	Quarantine Quarrels (7:46) 07:46	info	buy track
4.	Hide My Face In Blue (7:49) 07:49	info	buy track
5.	No Show Blues (8:30) 08:29	info	buy track
6.	Cognitive Dissonance (6:01) 06:01	info	buy track
7.	Blue Eleven (7:50) 07:50	info	buy track
8.	Hide My Face In Blue- Alternative Solo Take (3:32) 03:32	info	buy track

about

This album is a collection of jazz tunes using the standard blues form. All of these songs were derived from bits and pieces of a composition project that I did in college 20 years ago. The assignment was to write a blues head every day for three weeks. It didn't matter the style. We just had to write something new every day. The tunes originally were not very good but each one had something about it, a riff, a chord, a rhythm that was interesting enough at the time but never went any where.

The project was placed into a file of hand written sketches and has followed me around since. I pulled out the pieces but never took them anywhere. When we were quarantined last spring of 2020, I had time to compose and went back to the file. I found that I now possessed a broader knowledge base and a better ear for what I wanted to hear. I began rearranging the tunes and piecing them together so they became real compositions. What came out of this was a new project and with the current state of our society, there was no lack of inspiration or at the heart jazz, a protest to be made with the music.

What came out is "Ryan Meisel Plays the Blues."

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released June 13, 2021

Ryan Meisel- Bari, Tenor, Alto & Soprano Saxophones
Doug Brown- Guitar
Matt Rodgers- Bass
Jake Polancich- Drums

Recorded August 3rd 2020 in Milwaukee Wisconsin by Ric Probst at Tanner-Monagle studios.

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