On 'Seeing Experiential' : Damian Erskine - Bass
Drew Shoals - Drums.
Tunes from 'Outside Voices': Randy Rollofson - Drums, Tim Willcox - Sax, Bill Athens - Bass
Tunes from 'Semi Somnus': Jessyka Luzzi - vox, Jed Wilson - keys, Billl Athens - bass, Ken Ollis - drums/perc
Influences
Bill Frisell, Keith Jarrett, John Scofield, Mice Parade, Cuong Vu, Wayne Shorter, Mos Def, Trane, Miles, John Mclaughlin, Ustad Sultan Khan, Prasanna, John Hollenbeck, Chris Speed, Ezra Sims, Kurt Rosenwinkel, the people I play music with.
Sounds Like
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"The disc’s ten tracks, all composed by Mosley, are well-conceived and rehearsed, yet loose enough for spontaneous interpretation... Mosley’s improvised lines are free-flowing and uncontrived. Using technique sparingly, the guitarist focuses his efforts on thematic development through single-note flourishes and jagged chord clusters..." -JazzReview
"Steeped in standard-jazz tradition and trained at Berklee, Mosley is a far cry from your cookie-cutter, guitar-slinging, jazz-school nerd. As interested in Les Voix Bulgares and Ligeti as he is in the innovations of teachers like Screaming Headless Torso's Dave Fiuczysnki and Dave Tronzo of Spanish Fly. Barely in his 20s, Mosley possesses rapid-fire dexterity and a fluidity that is as jazz as jazz gets. And with his interest in nontempered microtonal systems, he's also daringly experimental. Dig the kaleidoscopic possibilities of his fretless guitar work with trio-mates Damian Erskine and ubiquitous drummer Drew Shoals. It's as bold as it is beautiful." -TIM DUROCHE
I am a guitarist and composer living in Portland, OR, where I have been performing in a large variety of projects for the past 3 1/2 years. I play americana-jazz with the Sam Howard Band, groove-dance music with Commotion, string-powered indie rock with Echo Helstrom, funky soul-jazz with Trio Subtonic, and Afro Peruvian/Brazilian/Latin Jazz as a solo, duo or trio on my nylon string guitar. I have also recorded two albums under my own name, and play fretless and microtonal guitars.
At seventeen, I recieved a scholarship to, and began attending Berklee College of Music where I was a performance major. I was able to study with Mick Goodrick, Joe Lovono, Jon Damian, Dave Fiuczysnki, Dave Tronzo, and Garrison Fewell. As I grew as a musician, I also grew as a listener and began persuing many different kinds of music. I began listening to a wider selection of more 'worldly' musics such as classical Indian, bulgarian choir, Bartok, and Ligeti, as well as microtonalists Joe Maneri, Ezra Sims and Harry Partch. When I started studying fretless guitar with Dave Fiucsynski, I became a devoted student of microtonal music and tuning sytems alternative to our 12 tone equal tempered system. This has led me deep into the world of harmonic structure as expressed in the Pythagorean ratio system and, hand in hand with Phi (the Golden Ratio, 1.618....) is the foundation of Nature's many creations.
In the fall of 2005, I moved to Portland, OR and after four years I am heading back South to Austin this fall.
my vision became greyer when you left... I don't have green eyes anymore, just grey... the sweet acquaintance-friends I have.. their voices have become less sweet, more curt... we need you man, that's all I'm sayin! when I have my life in order, and my own place, and my nice liquor cabinet, you are welcome 365 days, a year...
you're a hero of mine, sir. Do me a favor and let other people know you're their heroes as well.
Chris- I'm happy you can do these dates, man! For the rest of you, Chris will be featured on our CD release party at Holocene on 5/13, along with bands Blue Cranes and Three Leg Torso.
Our new CD 69 Année Érotique - the music of Serge Gainsbourg - is now available for online purchase!
Hey Chris! I see you're playing with Sam Howard. We played a bit together here in NYC before he relocated. Great bassist, I'm sure you're a good addition to the sound of his band. hope all is well man Cheers A.
I miss you dude, when can we talk spinal-tap-ish about the philosophies of music? please? happy birthday, though late, because mine was the same as yours and I partied harder (sorry bout that, explanation after parenthesis). Thus, recovery was about 11-13 days. Peace out dude, call me! -AG
