Sketches, by Karl Berger, Max Johnson, Billy Mintz

Sketches

by Karl Berger, Max Johnson, Billy Mintz

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1.	Why the Moon is Blue 05:08	buy track
2.	Presently 07:50	buy track
3.	Ginger Blues 07:54	buy track
4.	Flight 07:10	buy track
5.	Debt 04:26	buy track
6.	Black Eyed Suzie 07:25	buy track
7.	Sketches 05:11	buy track

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If music really is a form of rapid transportation, then I have found my mode of transport. Suspense brings apprehension before something happens. It’s a fact. The next time you’re in a snappy nightclub, tap your foot to the memories of your day fading out under the blue lights. The fiercest way to walk anywhere is on your toes. “Here I am,” you blurt out, but everyone already knows you, because a bass is a foghorn that guides us out of exhaustion. The days are doing a little number on us all of late. And still the swell, the tone, the center, makes me shake my hips around the room. When did my sneakers start lighting up? Am I rolling over a rubber cliff in my sonic form of transportation? The vibes make me think of ice cubes clinking on the side of a glass as I carry it to you. I’d like to take this opportunity to mention the colors of my private dance: Teal on Pyrrole Red. I feel lonesome for nothing but one song fading into the next. When the acid kicked in they were singing, “For He’s a Jolly Good Fellow.” A circus of sparks could be implied by cymbals and the right notes on a piano. There’s that flash of sound that makes the air warm and electric. Wait, did the song change? Yes! And no! A bass run that skitters around, like a cocky rat on the 2nd Ave F platform. If Bartok wrote taffy jazz, we’d all be rollicking to this. Some kids are playing tag outside—there’s the vocals right there. Last night I had a dream that I introduced John Cage to John Coltrane. “John,” I said, “This is John.” But I don’t remember anything they said to each other. Now I’m going to shake my hips out the door and into the night.
- Todd Colby Brooklyn, New York

credits

released July 1, 2022

Karl Berger - Piano, Vibraphone
Max Johnson - Bass
Billy Mintz - Drumset

Recorded by Tom Tedesco at Tedesco Studios in Paramus, NJ, January 15, 2017
Mixed by Max Johnson in the comfort of his own home
Mastered by Jim Clouse at Park West Studios in Brooklyn, NY
Liner Notes by Todd Colby. Artwork by Victoria Salvador
Produced by Max Johnson
Executive Producer: Jordi Pujol
released by Fresh Sounds July 1, 2022

Track 1, 2 composed by Karl Berger (Karl H Berger GEMA)
Track 5, 7 composed by Max Johnson (Max Johnson Music ASCAP)
Track 4 composed by Billy Mintz (Billy Mintz Music BMI)
Track 3 composed by Charlie Haden
Track 6 traditional

Special thanks to Olivier Conan, Tom Tedesco, Jim Clouse, Angel Spadaro, the Creative Music Studio, and anyone who listens to this music.

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Max Johnson Brooklyn, New York

“Max Johnson is one of the most prolific and versatile musician/composers in music today” (All About Jazz). Max Johnson is a bassist, composer and bandleader based in New York City, known for his big sound, eclectic style and prolific output. With 9 albums, and over 2000 concerts under his belt, Johnson has proven to be an unparalleled force on the bass, and an individual voice as a composer. ... more

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