Michael Vlatkovich – trombone / compositions | Chris Lee – drums | Kent McLagen – acoustic bass
Recorded live performance at West Side Books, Denver Colorado. 7/18/07 by Craig Kayser. Edited and mastered by Wayne Peet 5/14/08 Newsone Studio, Los Angeles. All Artwork and photography: Jill Torberson. Graphic design: William Rober. Liner poetry: Mark Weber
From piece to piece the music moves smoothly from accurate melodies to intense interaction then soft and mysterious textures that allow poet Mark Weber’s poetry to come through. Through many gestures that could be modal, harmonically static, bebop harmony, dense or open, vertical or horizontal, there is a lot more conversation going on than in many standard jazz quintets. — Francis Lo Kee Continue reading
Ken Keppeler and Jeanie McLerie who form the heart of Bayou Seco, have been researching and playing the music of the Southwest USA – from the Mississippi to the deserts of Arizona – for twenty two years. Respectfully drawing from these traditions and from their own ancestors, they present to the public an exciting and informative overview of Southwestern music on diatonic accordions, fiddles, guitar, mandolin, banjo and harmonica. Continue reading