Mojo Mancini by Mojo Mancini

Mojo Mancini is a group of New York City musicians formed out of longstanding friendships, hours spent on stages and in studios, and a desire to play music with no other agenda than having fun and being musically in the moment.
The music on this CD is taken from three nights of recording at a studio on Gansevoort Street in New York City. All but two of the selections were composed spontaneously at the sessions. The approach to the recordings was simple: one musician would start a rhythmic, harmonic, melodic or sonic idea and eventually the other muscians would fall in, searching, defining, experimenting, pushing, laying low, creating melodies, harmonies and grooves. If an idea resonated, we would try to develop and it. Rick DePofi then took on the task of sifting through the hours of performances and editing them down to the 'compositions' you now hear.

This music belongs to no particular genre or pre-conceived musical category. It is simply what five very different musicians brought to three profoundly enjoyable nights.