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Jamie Saft Trio returns in a new configuration, with Jamie Saft on keys, Brad Jones on contrabass, and Hamid Drake on drums. On the 107th anniversary of the legend’s birth, Jamie Saft Trio presents a deeply loving and lively celebration of the work of this jazz master, with an essential eponymous track.

Click here to find the single on your favorite music service, or to preorder the album.

Jamie Saft Trio Plays Monk will be released on November 22 on vinyl, compact disc, and digital.

The second single from the album is coming soon.

https://jamiesaft.bandcamp.com/album/jamie-saft-trio-plays-monk

JAMIE SAFT TRIO PLAYS MONK

Jamie Saft- piano
Bradley Christopher Jones- contrabass
Hamid Drake- drums

Produced by Jamie Saft and Christian Castagno
Recorded November 9, 2022 at Real Sound Milan by Ettore “Ette” Gilardoni
Assistant Engineer Roberto Gramegna
Mixed and Mastered by Christian Castagno in Minca, Colombia

Art and Design by Steve Erdman for Studio Erdman.
CD Layout by Graham Schreiner
Liner Notes by Joe Morris

Special thanks to Ludmilla Faccenda, Autumn Seguin, Nate Krenkel, Joe Morris, Vanessa Saft, and Gianluca Alberti.
All compositions written by Thelonious Monk and published by Thelonious Monk Corp. except “Everything Happens To Me” written by Matt Dennis and Tom Adair and published by Dorsey Brothers Music a division of Music Sales Corporation, “Coming on the Hudson” written by Thelonious Monk and published by Ultra Empire Music o/b/o Thelonious Music Corp., and “Monk’s Mood” & “Ruby, My Dear” written by Thelonious Monk and published by Embassy Music Corp.

Photo by Mike McGregor

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GIANT (Coltrane Dream) liner notes by Mr. Dorgon- Hey, Where U going?

How + Why
I have been friends with Mr. Jamie Saft for thirty years.
This recording is dedicated 2 all our Teachers, for showing us how to do things & how not to do things.
Okay, so why a twelve hour piece?
I asked Mr. Saft + his reply-
So much of music and art made today is designed for quickest consumption – 60 second snippets.
Short attention span.
A 12 hour work feels like a perfect counterbalance to this.
It’s not goal oriented. You can’t go looking for something in it- you won’t find it.
It’s not there.

Mr. Saft lives in Maine. I live in California.
Sent him a bunch of audio.
He did most/ all of the heavy lifting assembling this.

So, what is it like?
Well, why not just dive in + give it a listen?
You like things explained a bit? Here is this-
Is it like a journey or a long, long trip?
Wagner’s Ring Cycle? The Oberammergau Passion Play?
For Philip Guston? Music in Twelve Parts?
John Coltrane – Live in Japan?
Ashura festival ritual? Circumambulating?
La Monte Young? Terry Riley?
a REALLY long “dub” mixtape?
Fela Kuti? Michael Henderson era Miles Davis?
Throbbing Gristle – 24 Hours
Disco in a Disco? Having an experience at a certain time + place?
Life is a Highway? Psychedlic experiences?
Psychoacoustics? A walk in the park?
Christian Marclay? DJ Screw?
The work of William S. Burroughs? Theatrical? Poignant? Lynchian?
Going ham on all musical orthodoxies and still making semi-cogent sound?
Why not dig in + decide 4 yerself?

One last thought-
Choosing from available choices is not actually thinking. 

credits

released April 20, 2024

Pramrod Sexena- GIANT (Coltrane Dream)

Produced by Jamie Saft, Mr. Dorgon, and Christian Castagno
Recorded by Jamie Saft and Mr. Dorgon
Mixed by Jamie Saft in Midcoast Maine
Mastered by Christian Castagno in Minca, Colombia
AI Cover Image by Greg Neeld

Jamie Saft- MiniMoog, Mellotron, Hammond RT3 organ, Allen Theater Organ, Fender Rhodes, Casio MT-40, guitar, drums, timpani, electronics
Mr. Dorgon- drums, percussion, field recordings, electronics
w. special guests:
Gary Gemmiti- drums
Christian Castagno- 22 Shruti Harmonium
Lard Dog- harmonica

All music written by Jamie Saft and Mr. Dorgon
All music published by PAIN MANAGEMENT (ASCAP) and 10:01 (ASCAP)

1. MELLOGLOCK
2. D7 DREAM STATE
3. OUT THERE IN THE
4. TOUCH
5. SWELLZ
6. RT
7. BEAR
8. DIVISADERO
9. MIDNIGHT
10. PASADENA CA
11. MORTONS
12. SCREWED
13. BAE
14. TRANSCENDENCE
15. CHOP
16. JILLY BOWL
17. SHRUTI
18. GJPs
19. BRAIN
20. EIGHT AM
21. V.O.D.
22. CARILON
23. WHEWS
24. SKREETS
25. MAPS
26. COLTRANE DREAM
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Listen now:

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Jamie Saft Plays John Cage & Jerry Granelli (Veal 0018), released April 20, 2022


Jamie Saft Plays Cage and Granelli

Jamie Saft- piano | Listen

  1. Zion Raven Protector- Jerry Granelli
  2. Camellia Street- Jerry Granelli
  3. Ida- Jerry Granelli
  4. Now We Begin- Jerry Granelli
  5. Music Doesn’t Care- Jerry Granelli
  6. Jacquelina- Jerry Granelli
  7. Donny- Jerry Granelli
  8. The Phenomenal World- Jerry Granelli
  9. In a Landscape- John Cage
  10. Quest- John Cage
  11. A Room- John Cage
  12. Dream- John Cage
  13. Memories of Granelli Clouds- Jamie Saft

Tracks 1-8 & 13 recorded by Jamie Saft in Midcoast Maine
Tracks 9-12 recorded by Greg DiCrosta at Firehouse 12, New Haven, CT

Mixed and Mastered by Christian Castagno in Minca, Colombia
Produced by Jamie Saft and Christian Castagno
Art & Design by Steve Erdman/ Erdman Designs
Layout by Graham Schreiner
Cover Painting “Zion Raven Protector” by Jerry Granelli
Back Cover Painting “Music Doesn’t Care” by Jerry Granelli

Midcoast Maine Steinway tuned and prepared by Michael Lynam, R.P.T.
Firehouse 12 Steinway tuned and prepared by Robert Crowson, R.P.T. & Timothy Robinson

Special Thanks to Nick Lloyd, Ashley Redbone, J. Anthony Granelli and the Granelli family, Autumn Seguin, Burton Hatheway, Burvee Franz III, Christian Castagno, Colin MacKenzie, & Joe Morris

“An Ohm Boy and Key Command Production”

Granelli compositions written by Jerry Granelli and published by Alexis Music / SOCAN
Arranged by Jamie Saft
Cage compositions written by John Cage and published by Henmar Press, Inc.
“Memories of Granelli Clouds” written by Jamie Saft and published by Pain Management (ASCAP)

Read Jamie Saft Remembers Jerry Granelli in Jazz Times.