Showing posts with label Jeff Chan. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Jeff Chan. Show all posts

Monday, March 22, 2021

Jeff Chan In Chicago (March 2021)

This album is dedicated to Ameen Muhammad who passed away on February 28, 2003. His life and his music will be remembered and celebrated.

Not long after I moved to from SF to Chicago, I recorded this album for Asian Improv Records. Presenting my original compositions, In Chicago was a chance to record with an all-star band of Tatsu Aoki (bass), Chad Taylor (drums) and the great Ameen Muhammad (trumpet).

1. 'Round and 'Round 07:38
2. Persistence of Vision 08:22
3. Sunbeams 09:54
4. Bells/Falling 10:38
5. Waiting 08:49
6. Twilight 03:34
7. Waiting (reprise) 00:54
8. Centuries 12:06

Jeff Chan - soprano and tenor saxophones
Ameen Muhammad - trumpet, conch shell and small instruments
Tatsu Aoki - bass
Chad Taylor - drums

Damon Smith Trio - Color Architecture (March 2021)

As i delved into the SF creative music scene in the 1990s, i met a whole community of artists that i would be working with... some to this day. among those early collaborators were Damon Smith and Jerome Bryerton. we had some good times making music, eating and arguing and i'm happy that we were able to document some of our work together here on Color Architecture as the Damon Smith Trio.

1 Color Architectue #1 (to Tom Schultz) 03:04
2 The Eye of Ra (to R.B._R.B.K.) 01:51
3 Emphasized Weights in Black and White (to Günter Christmann) 03:33
4 Grey Light for Flute solo (to John Stevens) 02:29
5 Elegy for Glenn Spearmann 02:29
6 The Algebra of Revolution (To Wadada Leo Smith) 02:19
7 Solo in E Minor for Fred Hopkins 01:25
8 Not Everything is in Line With the Ear (to Gianni Gebbia) 02:35
9 (Bert) + Nancy 02:47
10 Freedom is Necessarily only Partial (to Eneidi) 00:48
11 Abitrary Real Values (to Cy Twombly) 02:21
12 Ghost World (to Dan Clowes) 00:54
13 A Lesson for Later Work (to R.M.S.). 02:47
14 Lines for Trio (to Paul Klee) 03:46
15 The Division of Cells 01:54
16 Generatin Function and the Like (to L.S. Ellis) 02:20
17 Black Holes Dark Fields (to Peter Kowald) 04:07
18 Closely Bound up with Utility 01:11
19 40L 01:56
20 Color Architecture #2 for solo percussion 02:33
21 The Thin Lines Hold Their own in the Presense for the Heavy Point (to Mark Dresser) 02:16
22 A Force Capable of Dislodging one From the Gravitational Pull of the Earth (to Bill Dixon) 02:42
23 51A 02:18
24 10, No 20! 00:16
25 The Inner Attitude of the Observer 00:59
26 Dream Told by Moto(haru) 01:18
27 Governed by Contradiction 01:05
28 Lucifer Lies to Bring Time to a Stop 01:53
29 Color Architeture #1 (to Tom Schulz) Flute version 02:01

Damon Smith - contrabass
Jerome Bryerton - percussion
Jeff Chan - flute, bass clarinet and tenor saxophone

Jeff Chan - Winds Shifting (March 2021)

Due to the tragic events in Atlanta, I have made downloads on my Bandcamp page free and urge you to make a donation to Asian Americans Advancing Justice/Atlanta. They have set up a fund to support those impacted by the violence of March 16.
https://actionnetwork.org/fundraising/support-georgias-asian-american-community/

My first album! Recorded in 1997 for Asian Improv records, with the stellar bassist/drummer combo of Trevor Dunn and Eliot Humberto Kavee. Special guests Francis Wong on tenor saxophone and Neil Straghalis round out this debut session of original compositions.

1. Snap, Crackle, Pop 06:14
2. Infringement 07:41
3. Dreams/Silver Skies 07:51
4. Spiritual 06:31
5. Winds Shifting Coming and Going 13:43
6. Cactus Patch 08:37

Jeff Chan - tenor saxophone
Trevor Dunn - bass
Elliot Humberto Cave - drums
Francis Wong - tenor saxophone
Neil Straghalis - piano