Jazz Jam Session 28 Dec 2021 - St James Infirmary

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Jazz Jam Session 28 Dec 2021 - St James Infirmary

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One of my co-workers has been telling me about how his children are participating in the school jazz band, and one of them is learning how to arrange and record his own music. I invited them to come play at my house, along with another co-worker who plays piano and my neighbor who plays glockenspiel in a school percussion band. As usual, I'm the clarinetist.

We used several copies of The Real Easy Book. I set up mics around the room, all wired into a Focusrite 18i20. The percussionist is playing a digital kit routed to DrumGizmo with the Tchackpoum kit, and the rest of the instruments are recorded through the mics. We recorded about 45 minutes of material. I later listened through, picked my favorite piece, and produced this:

Jazz Jam Session 28 Dec 2021 - St James Infirmary

(Warning, @vonbiber probably won't like it)
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I really like the recording!

AND. It is wonderful of you doing this kind of thing! Very inspiring!

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I feel like I'm in a jazz club and it's the Prohibition era once again :mrgreen:
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Nice Jam :)
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Sound like they were having fun :)
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Post by milo »

Yes, the good times just ooze out of this one. There are a lot of instruments competing for those low-mids. Not sure what to do about that in a project like this, as I never record a live group performance. Maybe that's part of why live recordings always sound different than studio recordings?
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Post by tseaver »

Fun tune! I really enjoyed the live vibe. A couple of notes (not that I'm an authority):

* The tempo was maybe a bit fast for what is really a dirge tune.
* The comped piano was too forward in the mix: it was masking some of the solo goodness.
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