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V​é​spera

by Jake Schepps

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Véspera 02:57

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Meaning “eve’ in Portuguese, here is a baião I penned for the Round Window band session in January. It is always a treat to get to utilize my 1928 National plectrum steel guitar (tuned like a banjo less the 5th string), and this straightforward melody popped out one day as I was playing that instrument. The artwork comes from the Tissandier Collection, one of my favorites in the Library of Congress online image collections. It shows images from the early days of aeronautics and depictions of balloon flight in France. Perusing the images is evocative of a bygone era of invention and exploration, and even the name “Gaston Tissandier” evokes 19th-century adventure.

I hope you enjoy this new music, and there is lots more adventurous stuff on the way.

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Library of Congress
www.loc.gov/pictures/collection/tisc/

Gaston Tissandier
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaston_Tissandier

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released July 3, 2017

Jake Schepps: 5-string banjo
Enion Pelta-Tiller: 5-string violin
Bill Kopper: 6-string guitar
Eric Thorin: bass
Carl Dixon: pandeiro

Produced by Jake Schepps
Composed by Jake Schepps
Recorded January 10, 2017 at eTown Studio, Boulder, CO
Engineered by Justin Peacock
Mixed by Justin Peacock
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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