Sessions
by Rare Blend
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Digital Album
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Hipster Spinster
06:06
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March To Orion
05:11
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Mystic Jam
07:27
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Market Square
08:12
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Hide & Seek
03:58
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Jazzmin
05:07
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Say What?
03:38
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The Timekeeper
02:52
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28 Degrees
04:33
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Neon Noodle
04:16
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Z'hadum
10:25
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Phantom Lair
04:41
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Break A Leg
04:02
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Christine's Theme
02:40
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about
SESSIONS is an impressive 14 track disc of LIVE recordings from stage and studio. Unlike the group’s previous CD’s, SESSIONS highlights Rare Blend’s “one takes”, and “in the moment” jam-fusion instrumentals.
The recordings took place in a variety of settings and venues during 2008 not only in Cleveland, but also in Cincinnati and Baltimore, MD.
SESSIONS is broke up into 3 journeys….Live recordings from Stage – Studio – Film.
Stage: pretty straightforward, these tracks were captured at gigs. Most notably from the Crooked River Groove taping in Cleveland, Orion Studios concert in Baltimore MD, and a really cool local event called Open Air Market Square here in Cleveland.
Studio: improvisations at Odyssey Studios, during rehearsals. Hit record and started jamming.
Film: these tracks were captured during our performances to screenings of silent films. A project launched by Bobbi Holt (keyboards) in 2007 called “Bridging The Gap”, she believed that Rare Blend music would compliment a film and had always wanted to gel the 2 mediums and present it as a “live” screening and musical performance. The tracks included were performed to the 1925 silent film "Phantom of the Opera" at the Fairfield Arts Center in Fairfield Ohio outside of Cincinnati, and an outdoor screening of the 1929 silent film "Metropolis" at Coventry P.E.A.C.E Park in Cleveland Hts., Ohio.
The recordings took place in a variety of settings and venues during 2008 not only in Cleveland, but also in Cincinnati and Baltimore, MD.
SESSIONS is broke up into 3 journeys….Live recordings from Stage – Studio – Film.
Stage: pretty straightforward, these tracks were captured at gigs. Most notably from the Crooked River Groove taping in Cleveland, Orion Studios concert in Baltimore MD, and a really cool local event called Open Air Market Square here in Cleveland.
Studio: improvisations at Odyssey Studios, during rehearsals. Hit record and started jamming.
Film: these tracks were captured during our performances to screenings of silent films. A project launched by Bobbi Holt (keyboards) in 2007 called “Bridging The Gap”, she believed that Rare Blend music would compliment a film and had always wanted to gel the 2 mediums and present it as a “live” screening and musical performance. The tracks included were performed to the 1925 silent film "Phantom of the Opera" at the Fairfield Arts Center in Fairfield Ohio outside of Cincinnati, and an outdoor screening of the 1929 silent film "Metropolis" at Coventry P.E.A.C.E Park in Cleveland Hts., Ohio.
credits
released 15 December 2009
Musicians:
Vic Samalot ~ Electric / Acoustic Guitar
Bobbi Holt ~ Keyboards, 2nd guitar on “Neon Noodle”, percussion on “ Hide & Seek”
Jeffrey Scott ~ Bass
Ivan George ~ Drums & Percussion
Vince Broncaccio ~ Drums & Percussion on “Neon Noodle” & “The Timekeeper”
Phil Quidort ~ Trumpet on “Market Square”
©2009 Rare Blend /TSM Productions
Tough Stream Music / BMI
All Rights Reserved
Press Quotes:
Amazing musicianship, impressive jams, and the dynamic and progressive arsenal of songs – 14 in all. At 73 minutes – it’s a fully loaded production. (Cyrus Rhodes - Indie Music Digest / Seatlle, WA)
Fans of Lenny White, Steve Morse, Casiopea
and Mahavishnu Orchestra should check this out. (Ron "thedoorwaymaster" Vermulst - Proggnosis.com / Golden Valley, MN)
Both “jazz” and “jam band” in nature, "SESSIONS" is an exercise in the “single-take” mentality that has become one of the band’s trademarks. (Jud Conway - Kindweb.com)
"It's so amazing when a group of musicians can compose and / or improvise such a continuance of sounds that flow so fluidly without any difficulty" (Jasper - North Coast Voice Magazine / Mentor, OH)
I’d highly recommend this to fans of fusion and fusion based prog rock. It’s a great set." (Gary Hill - Music Street Journal / Rockford, IL)
Musicians:
Vic Samalot ~ Electric / Acoustic Guitar
Bobbi Holt ~ Keyboards, 2nd guitar on “Neon Noodle”, percussion on “ Hide & Seek”
Jeffrey Scott ~ Bass
Ivan George ~ Drums & Percussion
Vince Broncaccio ~ Drums & Percussion on “Neon Noodle” & “The Timekeeper”
Phil Quidort ~ Trumpet on “Market Square”
©2009 Rare Blend /TSM Productions
Tough Stream Music / BMI
All Rights Reserved
Press Quotes:
Amazing musicianship, impressive jams, and the dynamic and progressive arsenal of songs – 14 in all. At 73 minutes – it’s a fully loaded production. (Cyrus Rhodes - Indie Music Digest / Seatlle, WA)
Fans of Lenny White, Steve Morse, Casiopea
and Mahavishnu Orchestra should check this out. (Ron "thedoorwaymaster" Vermulst - Proggnosis.com / Golden Valley, MN)
Both “jazz” and “jam band” in nature, "SESSIONS" is an exercise in the “single-take” mentality that has become one of the band’s trademarks. (Jud Conway - Kindweb.com)
"It's so amazing when a group of musicians can compose and / or improvise such a continuance of sounds that flow so fluidly without any difficulty" (Jasper - North Coast Voice Magazine / Mentor, OH)
I’d highly recommend this to fans of fusion and fusion based prog rock. It’s a great set." (Gary Hill - Music Street Journal / Rockford, IL)
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Rare Blend’s music resonates with purists as well as those who embrace a progressive multi-genre approach to original ... more instrumental music. Because of their diversity and growing catalog of music, Rare Blend can be found performing on bills that range from Jazz to jam band, fusion to progressive rock. less
discography
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Dec 2009 -
Jun 2002
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