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Slow ballad with distant hypnotic percussions. The gamelan theme will be heard later again on the album, as many other sounds.

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Released December 6th, 2009 as the second track of Life – Unfolding. Composed and performed by Jazzcomputer.org.

Those I Left Behind is a nostalgic tune, with the eyes looking through the two sides of the mirror : the contemplation of the prime world out of the city, and the memories of the urban jungle and its loss : other humans.

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Released May 5th, 2009 as the fifth track of Out of the City. Composed and performed by Jazzcomputer.org.

I’ll be seeing you is a very popular song with countless arrangements. The guitar reaches this melody after a very long developpement of slow and dark percussion exchange, punctuated with oriental harp phrases. (continue reading…)

Isfahan, a jazz ballad, was written in the late Fifties by Duke Ellington. Again, harmonies remain somewhat complex and unusual regarding many jazz standards written at this time. The melody itself conceals very subtle oriental sonorities, (continue reading…)

Star Crossed Lovers is a widely known ballad written by Duke Ellington, with complex and unusual harmonies so smartly used that this song remains a model of elegance and emotion. This arrangement lets the jazz slowly fade in through ambient pads and noises enhancing a guitar intro. When does jazz start and ambient disappear, or isn’t it true that jazz music imposes his own ambient mood, especially with such a song writer, even if a weird arranger like me starts melting the jazz with even weirder noises ?

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Released December 21st, 2008 as the second track of Ambient Jazz. Arranged and performed by Jazzcomputer.org.

Indian Mood on Thethys begins with a long guitar improvisation. Then, the Udu and distant bells opens a ryhtmic path for a Koto chorus, and the track finally quotes John Mc Laughlin’s “Lotus Feet” (continue reading…)