4 Jazz musicians, 3 Kaoss Pads, 2 laptops, most everything "Line 6" has ever made, DJ who makes his own CD's for scratching, Saxophone, trombone, 7 string Bass, Vibes, Didg, inapropriate samples, and about a mile of cables.
We have 1 CD out
Realistic - Living Loops
San Francisco Jazz Mafia. Known best for their 4 year long weekly Tuesday night performances at Black Cat and now Bruno's, the band continues to develop new ways of integrating live music with technology. On this CD you will witness the amazing beats of Realistic's first drummer, Joel Fadness. Many of the tunes performed nowadays by Realistic Orchestra are based on the tunes form this album.
There are also a number of live tracks available over at the listen section
Well realistic wasn't enough so we created a big Band Version which has continuasly topped the Listener polls throught the SF Bay Area since it's inception in 2003.
Release date: June 2004
43 Recordings
The first CD of the winner of the "SF Weekly BEST OF THE BAY - JAZZ GROUP" award 2004. Released in June 04 2004 this CD has already found heavy rotation on Bay Area Radio stations including KUSF, KCSM, KPFA and more. The recording, done by mastermind Jeff Cressman (Santana) is "live" but is of such a high quality that most people think it's a studio recording! Featuring all the regular members as well as Colin Stetson (Antibalas, Transmission Trio), Eric Crystal, Chuck Mackinnon and a special cameo by Paul Hanson (Bela Fleck, MMW) on Electric Bassoon! Contains all original arrangements as well as "Pyramid Song" (Radiohead) and "Venus As A Boy" (Bjork).’Ä®