Lakehouse Recordings

quot;Innsbruckquot; is a burner (an up tempo tune). It was composed seven years ago about 45 minutes from Innsbruck, Austria in the majestic mountains of Southern Tyrol. I sat down one afternoon in the summer on my dad's Steinway and wrote this tune. We always knew it was a keeper, but through the years it never made it on any of my albums. The tune is an elusive piece. It was just a little tricky to record and I'm very happy that it finally made it onto disk. quot;False Evidencequot; starts out with a Rubato guitar intro and has a nice spacey feeling due to the use of unusual harmonies and the modified calypso feel. The song is giving us false evidence. Someone has turned the facts upside down. Why are they being so vague? What are they trying to hide? quot;Dark Roadquot; features my saxophone playing. The impromptu intro came to us at the spur of the moment. The minute that melody comes in Joey creates a beautiful swing groove with his brushes. The melody is dark and haunting. Maybe the road is haunted too? Who is behind you? quot;Three Sidesquot; approaches the improvisational aspect from a different angle. The tune has three different sections, each with it's own distinctive flavor. The whole piece has a more through-composed feel, at least as through-composed as you can get in a jazz setting. Back on guitar, quot;Flight Homequot; evokes the anticipation of joy of coming home. Finally after a long journey we're coming home. This is a real pleasant piece to listen to. We have worked on so many different feels with this one. We even had a rock feel, but that sounded way too commercial and would not fit on a jazz album. We do have two versions of this tune on this CD. This is the one with Joey on the drum set. quot;Many Moons from Nowquot; is a composition originally written when we had a five piece band with a singer. Many moons from know you will ask me... We experimented a lot with the feel of this tune. We went from ¾ to 4/4, from swing to bossa and finally landed at a jazz/reggae feel. We had a lot of fun recording this tune since we have played it in so many different ways. quot;When will I see you againquot; has been previously recorded on the CD named quot;The Stefan Gaspar Projectquot;. Back then we had a version with a singer. It's just such a beautiful jazz ballad, we couldn't resist giving it another rendition. Without any chordal instrument to outline the harmonies, the sparseness of the arrangement is captivating. quot;You don't belongquot; also has been previously recorded on the CD named quot;The Stefan Gaspar Projectquot;. This nice little Samba played on guitar needed some more life on another recording. quot;Red Barnquot; brings us back to the material written specifically for this trio. It starts out with a hypnotizing vamp which Andy uses to paint the first glimpses of the tune. The guitar states the melody after which the vamp kicks back in, this time the guitar stretches out a bit before going back to the harmonies of the tune. In the B section Andy takes over the soloing again ending his solo on the Vamp again. Thus the form of the tune is almost reversed in a sense. I love the old red barns with the varnished paint. It's a true sign of the Midwest. If they only could tell stories of what they have seen and what they have been through. quot;Village Pathquot; is another saxophone number. This time we embraced a very open solo order. The sax and the bass are constantly trading melodic snippets. It's a winding path. Around every corner is a new find. A composition like this works best when played in a trio se