Jeff Parker

Suite For Max Brown

International Anthem Recording Co.

A bouquet featuring interpretations of Joe Henderson’s Black Narcissus and Trane’s After The Rain, plus nine originals, performed by the New Breed, and dedicated by the guitarist to his mum.
“I used to deejay a lot when I lived in Chicago. I was spinning records one night and for about ten minutes I was able to perfectly synch a Nobukazu Takemura record with the first movement of A Love Supreme and it had this free jazz, abstract jazz thing going on with a sequenced beat underneath. It sounded so good. That’s what I’m trying to do with Max Brown. It’s got a sequenced beat and there are musicians improvising on top or beneath the sequenced drum pattern. That’s what I was going for. Man vs. machine.
“It’s a lot of experimenting, a lot of trial and error. I like to pursue situations that take me outside myself, where the things I come up with are things I didn’t really know I could do. Patchwork quilting. You take this stuff and stitch it together until a tapestry forms.”

• Build A Nest
• C'mon Now
• Fusion Swirl
• After The Rain
• Metamorphoses
• Gnarciss
• Lydian, Etc
• Del Rio
• 3 For L
• Go Away
• Max Brown