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Txakolina I and II

by Jake Schepps

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Txakolina I 02:27
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Interlude 01:23
3.
Txakolina II 01:56

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I had an idea of creating an entire album of composed works with improvised segues between every track. The result would be the whole album sounds like one flowing piece. This month's release is a small proof of concept, a suite of two tunes with an improvised interlude.

"Txakolina I" was never written down, but I have attached the chart for "Txakolina II." The C-part was composed by Enion, who moved the time signature from jig (6/8) to slip jig (9/8).

The name Txakolina is the Basque word for txakoli, the delicious and super high acid local white wine (the "tx" is pronounced like "ch"). And the photo comes from a gorgeous walk I did last fall along the Camino de Santiago from Zumaia to Getaria through kilometers of txakoli vineyards.

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released November 3, 2018

Jake Schepps: banjo
Enion Pelta-Tiller: violin
Grant Gordy: guitar

Produced by Jake Schepps
"Txakolina I" composed by Jake Schepps
"Interlude" composed by Jake Schepps, Enion Pelta-Tiller and Grant Gordy (improvised in the studio)
"Txakolina II" composed by Jake Schepps and Enion Pelta-Tiller
Recorded February 26, 2018, at eTown Studio, Boulder, CO
Engineered by Justin Peacock
Mixed by Justin Peacock
Photo by Jake Schepps (Txakoli vineyards above Getaria, Pais Vasco, Spain)
Artwork by Duncan Burke

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Jake Schepps Boulder, Colorado

Jake Schepps has made a name for himself as a banjo renaissance man, an artist with not only an adroit touch on his instrument but an intrepid, imaginative vision for contemporary stringband music. Based in Boulder, Colorado, he leads the Jake Schepps Quintet, playing longform classical works written for string band, music by Bela Bartok, and of course some good ol' bluegrass. ... more

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