Elvin, Confirmed by Dan Weiss / Miguel Zenon

From Dan:

This song stemmed from a passage Elvin Jones played on "One Down One Up" from the John Coltrane's 'Live at the Halfnote' recording. I took this pattern and manipulated it in a similar way that tabla phrases get manipulated. As I was playing it I kept hearing Miguel's sound. So I asked him if he wanted to come up with something that fit. He came up with an amazing melody and then we started our collaboration. It's always a pleasure to make music with Miguel, in any and all capacities.

From Miguel:

After hearing Dan's approach to the Elvin Jones idea, and noticing the way he used rhythm filters to make the idea mutate tempos, I though it might be interesting to pair that up with a 32 bar form, in order to create a longer cycle. I've been going back to a lot of Charlie Parker recordings recently, so a melody over the changes to his tune "Confirmation" sort of came naturally. Even though we recorded this remotely, the whole process was 100% collaborative. The end results were complex, organic and (as it's always the case when playing with Dan) tons of fun.

Dan Weiss leads the Dan Weiss Trio, Starebaby and plays as sideman in numerous projects alongside Miles Okazaki, Matt Mitchell, Miguel Zenon, Rudresh Mahanthappa, Craig Taborn, and more He has adapted tabla language on the drumset and has been pushing musical boundaries for years. He also has been dedicated to the pursuit of tabla for over twenty years. That language is found all over his music.

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