Wednesday, May 4, 2011

A Controller Love Supreme: Beautifully-Crafted Wooden Jazz Controller with Ableton Live


Uploaded by on Mar 2, 2011
A Live mashup of a classic jazz tune, performed on a custom-built MIDI controller. Nick Francis is at the controls.


Uploaded by on May 3, 2011
A live mashup of the classic jazz Fats Waller tune, Honeysuckle Rose performed on the "Choppertone," a custom-built MIDI controller created by Nick Francis.

Sources for the mashup:
Fats Waller - from "Honeysuckle Rose" (Label:Living Era) (1942/2004)
Pearl Django - from "Avalon" (2000)
Benny Carter - from "Further Definions" (1961)
Thelonious Monk - from "The Unique Thelonious Monk" (1956)
Backbeat sample from Steely Dan - Bodhisattva - from "Countdown To Ecstacy" (1973)

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