bennythebassman

Yellow Ochre Pt. 2 - Vels Trio

Added 2021-03-27 02:52:06 +0000 UTC

Crazy tune this week! This one out of the UK jazz group Vels Trio. Thanks to Patron Andrew for the crazy request.

This one is a clinic on "groove illusions". Basically there's no section of the tune where only one time signature is clearly defined - there's pretty much always some form of polyrhythm going on, and the beat is somewhat masked. Jazz folks will dig it.

I have absolutely no idea how the guys in Vels Trio felt this, but I took a stab at transcribing it as a constant tempo with just a lot of groove and time signature adjustments, as you'll see. The first section in 5 is the most challenging to feel that way - definitely a good exercise for those of you jazz heads looking to warp your brains a bit. I do like how it all comes together at the end though, and dare I say even "rocks" a bit!! That's as much as you'll ever get from me in terms of asking you to "watch till the end" ;)

Enjoy, all!