Aqueduct Ensemble - Improvisations on an Apricot (2018)

It’s been a couple years, but I’ve put together a new record, this time with my neighbor Stu and a few other friends. Stu’s been tuning the piano Linda and I were using for our Lejsovka & Freund and Trouble Books recordings, and I’ve always enjoyed the test scales and vignettes he would run through checking his work.

I floated the idea to collaborate on a sortof 70s/80s ECM kinda vibe, and soon started bringing my laptop and a couple microphones over to his house to collect his improvisations and have him add to pieces I had started. Other friends from the neighborhood dropped by to add parts here and there as well.

The recordings were made primarily in the summers of 2016 & 2017 (with a break in-between to mourn the triumph of neo-fascism as well as the passing of beloved pets). Ultimately I tried to follow the feel of those summer nights and the tranquility they offered. Open air or at least open windows, drifting along, you know?

Tracklist:
01. Aqueduct Ensemble - Borrowed Sax Test
02. Aqueduct Ensemble - Cut Grass 1
03. Aqueduct Ensemble - Cut Grass 2
04. Aqueduct Ensemble - Cut Grass 3
05. Aqueduct Ensemble - Potter's View North
06. Aqueduct Ensemble - In Perfect Air
07. Aqueduct Ensemble - C. Backlit
08. Aqueduct Ensemble - To Close Without Saving