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Final improvisation with gamelan sounds surrounded by lush ambient pads. Very slow, very dreamlike…

Released December 6th, 2009 as the last 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.

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

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…)

Antigua is a gorgeous theme written by Antonio Carlos Jobim. His harmony rolls on very complex set of chords that sound very natural and simple, as the music of this immense composer always does. The present intrepretation inlays the bossa nova into the Jungle and the exotic gongs of an alien place. As often, the improvisation ends with rythmic exchanges between instruments, but maybe dialogs between guitar and gongs are not that usual

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

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 ?

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

Three little synth notes and a water drop open this long piece ; a harp starts dialing with his far eastern cousin, the Koto, then other instruments (marimba, timpani and strings) enter slowly the soundscape, introducing (continue reading…)

Light of Lost Summers opens with an electronic soundscape based on campfire sounds with bats lurking around, like in a cold desert of distant memories. A guitar theme is repeated and transposed over these sound effects before (continue reading…)

Dawn In the Snow is about a raising icy snow storm in the night and a shelter of warmth and light like a dawn in dark, snow covered forests. Harsh electronic effects are cleared with warm (continue reading…)

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…)