Vladislav Delay Quartet - Presentiment
Excerpts from “Bulk Jazz,” The Autobiography of John Smith, bandleader of Panera’s Official Jazz Band“Oh yeah, “Summer Strawberry Breeze” was a calm jam. Slick. One take. That ended up on "John Smith and His Quartet play Some Tunes." I was proud of that LP....For this one, we tried to express the characteristics of a bread bowl. Lumpen. Filling. Able to be possessed by the spirits of hot soups. Carved out by the unsteady hand of a customer service associate who memorizes spoilage rates in her spare time because she wants to make assistant manager before her grandmother dies. That's how we got this tune, "Tune."..."Bop on Bop" is the biggest hit we've ever had and the only one that's gone viral. Funny story. Someone recorded this one on their phone when it was playing in-house at the Columbia, SC location, store #11218, then uploaded it to YouTube. During the recording of the song, their phone must have been aimed at a nearby old man gumming a french toast bagel and just happened to catch him in there too, along with the song, of course. I guess people thought it was an ironic video, or a commentary on something or other, but let me lay some truth on you and everyone else: this is a love song. A love song to jazz. How bout my solo on this? Like a pillow filled with margarine, so smooth.[Buy Vladislav Delay Quartet][P.S. the new Luomo album is out will be out in the next few weeks. Sasu Ripatti is a genius, in case you didn't know that already.]