“Weather Vane” Jazz Fusion

[jcub]

This piece is a tribute to the sound and spirit of *Weather Report*, blending acoustic and electronic textures through modern performance tools.

The fretless bass part was performed on a LinnStrument, triggering a fretless bass sound from the Spectrasonics Trillian library. Drums were played on a Zendrum, using the Jazz SDX library from Toontrack.

Electric piano was added using UAD Electra 88 Vintage Keyboard, followed by an alto saxophone part performed on LinnStrument using Audio Modeling’s physically modeled instrument and LinnStrument controlling the GForce OB-X virtual synthesizer.

Jeremy Cubert - electric piano, LinnStrument (fretless bass, sax, synth), Zendrum

https://soundcloud.com/jeremycubert/weather-vane

[procrastive]

Love the call & response between the sax & synth. Great groove and great playing, once again! Thanks for sharing all these awesome tracks!

[enroe]

Oh, great: A very driving groove and a beautiful, almost fanfare-like melody by
trumpet and organ. It has a joyful lightness to it – as if you're starting a new day,
completely fresh and free from the stresses of everyday life. Very good!

[CrystalWizard]

That's really good. You nailed it quite well. I've been a fan since Heavy Weather. Actually, one of my favorite bands. You're not quite at the Joe Z level yet, but then again, neither is almost anyone else on planet earth (that i know about).

[jcub]

Love the call & response between the sax & synth. Great groove and great playing, once again! Thanks for sharing all these awesome tracks!

Thanks very much! I try to build in as much “interaction” as I can into virtual band pieces.

[jcub]

Oh, great: A very driving groove and a beautiful, almost fanfare-like melody by
trumpet and organ. It has a joyful lightness to it – as if you're starting a new day,
completely fresh and free from the stresses of everyday life. Very good!

Thank you! Happiness is something I think we can all use some of these days. I appreciate the comments!

[jcub]

That's really good. You nailed it quite well. I've been a fan since Heavy Weather. Actually, one of my favorite bands. You're not quite at the Joe Z level yet, but then again, neither is almost anyone else on planet earth (that i know about).

Thank you! Zawinul is in a class by himself - technique plus a really unique composition style and use of synths and sounds. Heavy Weather was the first album I borrowed from the library when i was a kid - great album and band.

[CrystalWizard]

Agree completely on Zawinul. Saw him live many times (post Weather Report) not only was he beyond talented but he chose the best of the best for his bands.
Wow on the library! I was in my late teens and got it as a gift!
You're no slouch with the VIs.

[seismic1]

I agree with CW. You nailed it. Heavy Weather was the first WR album I heard (in '77), and I was lucky enough to see them on the Mr. Gone tour in '79. This piece has a similar cheerful sound to Birdland and River People.

Good work

[aaron aardvark]

jcub,
Hope you are doing well. The intro reminds me of Jeff Beck (a compliment!). If it were me, I would make the electric bass louder, and the alto sax more quiet. Otherwise, it sounds really good everywhere! The electric piano sounds cool; I don't feel like a natural with that instrument for some reason; I wish I was better at it. It takes precise timing (yes, I know things can be quantized). I will be posting a new song soon; perhaps you could check it out.

[jcub]

Thanks for the comments - I agree about the bass and sax and will look at a remix.