Day 15
song: Election Blues
artist: Brass Mafia feat. Seneca
personnel
Mike Olmos - trumpet, solo
Joel Ryan - trumpet
Joe Cohen - bari sax
Joel Behrman - trombone
Adam Theis - sousaphone
Pat Korte - drums
Seneca - vocals
This song has had a long road from its first live performance in 2004 until finally being released now, 12 years later. The tune was originally written for Realistic Orchestra, performed once or twice and then was lost when some hard drives of mine were stolen. 3 years later, I made a 2nd arrangement of Election Blues, this time for Brass Mafia. We recorded it at Coast Recorders in 2008 and since then it has remained “almost” finished. I’ve also recently done a Big Band arrangement of the song, (for the 2nd time), I guess the good thing about losing the first version is that with each time I’ve re-written the song, it has gotten better!
The rhythm is based on a hybrid of Afrobeat and some type of Spanish March but I’m not sure, it’s just something that’s been stuck in my head. There’s also a little nod to Mos Def’s “Sex, Love & Money” in there.
engineered, mixed and mastered by Chris Fletcher
Recorded in 2008 at Coast Recorders
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