A soulful rendition of this 1942 Duke Ellington classic.



Yamaha U3 piano recorded with Rode NT6 mics through UAD Neve 88R preamps.

Upright bass recorded with AEA R84 ribbon mic through UAD API preamp.

Sakae "Trilogy" drums, Guru bubinga stave snare, Collingwood ride cymbals, vintage Zildjan 'A' hi-hats, recorded with Neumann KM184s (overheads), AKG C-414 B-ULS (hats), Beyer M201 (snare), AKG D12-VR (kick), Sennheiser MD421s (toms). Preamps - Universal Audio 4-710d (overheads, snare, kick) + UAD API (hats, toms).

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Written by Ann Ronell in 1932 and recorded by Billie, Ella, Nina, Sarah, Nancy, Dinah, Diana, Louis, Frank, Dexter, Wes, Clifford, Cannonball, Oscar, Bud, Flanagan, Tatum, Webster, Getz, Benson... James Brown! And many more.

Yamaha U3 piano recorded with Rode NT6 mics through UAD Neve 88R preamps.

Upright bass recorded with AEA R84 ribbon mic through UAD API preamp.

Sakae "Trilogy" drums, Guru bubinga stave snare, Collingwood ride cymbals, vintage Zildjan 'A' hi-hats, recorded with Neumann KM184s (overheads), AKG C-414 B-ULS (hats), Beyer M201 (snare), AKG D12-VR (kick), Sennheiser MD421s (toms). Preamps - Universal Audio 4-710d (overheads, snare, kick) + UAD API (hats, toms).

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Jules Jackson - bass, composer
Tommy Emmerton - guitar
Jack Pollitt - drums

Recorded at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, London

Engineered by Mark Rainbow

Mixed and mastered by Jules Jackson

© 2019


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Jules Jackson - bass, composer
Tommy Emmerton - guitar
Jack Pollitt - drums

Recorded at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, London

Engineered by Mark Rainbow

Mixed and mastered by Jules Jackson

© 2019


http://www.julesjackson.com/

Sophie Smith: Vocals, lyrics
Jules Jackson: Bass, drums, keys, composer, producer
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http://www.sophiesmithjazz.com/

Instruments:
Sakae Trilogy drums, stave snare by Guru.
Zildjian & Bosphorus cymbals.
1973 Fender Precision bass.
Mark II Fender Rhodes (with Moogerfooger Low Pass Filter).
Yamaha U3 piano.
Roland VK7 organ.

Copyright © 2015 Jules Jackson Music Ltd

Jon Shenoy - sax, Al Cherry - guitar, George Moore - keys, Jules Jackson - bass, Simon Pearson - drums, John Blease - percussion

From a live gig at The Salisbury Hotel, London UK on 3rd April 2011.

Jules Jackson's "Groove Therapy" formed in early 2011, playing original jazz & funk compositions inspired by bands and artists such as The Yellowjackets, Maceo Parker, Eddie Harris, John Schofield and The Meters.

This track and 9 others were recorded on an album which can be downloaded from here: https://julesjackson1.bandcamp.com/album/groove-therapy

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A track from "Groove Therapy" (2011), featuring Jon Shenoy (sax), Al Cherry (guitar), George Moore (keys), Simon Pearson (drums) and John Blease (percussion). Written & produced by Jules Jackson (bass).

Sadowsky MV5 bass, recorded through a Glockenklang Bass Art Classic preamp with a little compression from a DBX 160A.

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1973 Fender Precision Bass with D'Addario flat-wound strings. Before & after comparison of the original stock pickup, before swapping it out for a Seymour Duncan SPB-1. Recorded direct via a UAD Apollo (clean preamp - no amp sim). The preamp gain was the same for both examples, and the mix is completely dry with no EQ or compression.

0:00 - original pickup, tone 100%
0:27 - original pickup, tone 50%
0:51 - original pickup, tone 0%
1:16 - SD SPB-1 pickup, tone 100%
1:42 - SD SPB-1 pickup, tone 50%
2:06 - SD SPB-1 pickup, tone 0%

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Update! The SD pickup stayed in for a while, and I was very happy with how it sounded through an amp and sat 'in the mix,' both live and on recording. (It was used on most of this album, recorded through the UAD Ampeg SVT plugin: https://ninaclark.bandcamp.com/album/alpha ).


However, the original pickup went back in eventually! It was the right thing to do 😉