General Notes on QUARTETS (Side B)
Quartets is out today. Yesterday , I wrote some additional notes on the music of the first half, which features Dana Saul, Walter Stinson, and Matt Honor. Today, I'll jot down some more notes on the second half, which features Christian Li, Walter, and Kayvon Gordon. Logistical Notes We recorded the second half immediately following a three-night, six-set residency at Ohad Talmor's SEEDS in Prospect Heights, Brooklyn. I hadn't originally intended to go back to the studio again after recording what became the first side of Quartets just half a year earlier (in October 2022), but I'm glad I did. Given the scarcity of gigs in New York relative to the sheer number of overqualified musicians, it's very hard to estimate when you'll get in enough live shows with a band to feel that it's become something, but fortunately with this group of extremely experienced and sensitive musicians, that brief but invaluable residency was enough to develop a band chemistry tha...