"Brass Mafia Theme" | Brass Mafia

from The Coast Recorders Sessions by Brass Mafia

/

  • Streaming + Download

    Includes unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
    Purchasable with gift card

      $1 USD  or more

     

  • Pre-order the Full Digital Album

about

This was the first original tune I wrote for Brass Mafia and what really begun my exploration into more modern ways to use the ensemble. The tune starts out sounding like a jazz-funk tune, definitely some quirky chords and stuff but nothing too out of the norm but around 2 minutes the mood changes drastically and we enter into another world not often explored by brass bands. I think I’d recently seen Skerik’s “Syncopated Taint Septet” which influenced this section a lot with their mixing of B3 Organ/Rock-heavy drums and lots of brass. This was also one of the first time that I used the “slow down” effect, something that has become one of my favorite arranging devices for “warping” the rhythmic feel and creating a cliff-hanging tension. I love that we had Colin Hogan playing B3 organ on this, it fits so well into the brass band sound.
Yes, that’s a rare sighting of Joe Cohen on the BARI sax! Checkout the super chunky doubling of the Sousaphone and Bari in the rock section. ARRRRGH! Sounds like a bulldozer knocking over a McMansion!
- Adam Theis

credits

from The Coast Recorders Sessions, released November 10, 2020
Written and arranged by Adam Theis
Produced by Adam Theis

Mike Olmos - trumpet
Joel Ryan - trumpet
Joe Cohen - tenor sax
Danny Grewen - trombone
Colin Hogan - B3 organ
Adam Theis - sousaphone
Pat Korte - drums

recorded 2006 at Coast Recorders
engineered by Sebastian “Seabass” Richard
mixed by Chris “Fletch” Fletcher

license

all rights reserved

tags

about

Jazz Mafia image

Jazz Mafia San Francisco, California

Jazz Mafia is a collective of adventurous musicians, composers and producers. Our music, media, and curated experiences fuse elements of joy, mystery, and wonder, intended to make you move and make you think.

shows

contact / help

Contact Jazz Mafia

Streaming and
Download help

Redeem code

Report this track or account

If you like Jazz Mafia, you may also like:

Bandcamp Daily  your guide to the world of Bandcamp

On Bandcamp Radio

Featured guests are the golden-voiced Baby Rose and psyche soulsters Brainstory.
listen now