Rob Michael: Guitarist

This week’s “Forgotten” Atmos Trio tune: Bill Frisell’s “Is It Sweet?”

// November 17th, 2009 // Comments // Atmos Trio, Jazz, Joe Shotwell, Rob Michael, Soundcloud, widget

From a July 2004 session, "Is It Sweet" is a classic Bill Frisell piece that features a really cool "drunken" feel in the groove and some folky- country-blues tones.

Again, I'm offering a tune we played out of the love of playing. There are no edits or overdubs here.

Is It Sweet? I think so…
Is It Sweet by AtmosTrio

Another “Forgotten” Atmos Trio track: Stephanie’s Soliloquey (2004)

// November 11th, 2009 // Comments // Atmos Trio, Jazz, Joe Shotwell, Rob Michael, Soundcloud, widget

This offering is the sixth in an on-going series of “Forgotten Music“ that has been rediscovered after years of languishing on a hard drive. This music was never intended for release, but after sitting all this time, has been considered worthy, at least, to share. it may be that a “Forgotten Album” will emerge.

Recorded in July 2004. Atmos Trio wasn’t even recording an album–just sight-reading some charts.This is another beautiful Peter Sprague tune we used to play during our Monday morning jam sessions.

This song is something of a rarity in that it does not feature solos but instead, features the composition itself as the main character in this particular music tale.

Features Rob Michael on guitars, Joe Shotwell on bass and Jeff Obee on bass.

Stephanie’s Soliloquey by AtmosTrio

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Atmos Trio Monday morning sessions: Miles Davis’ Solar

// November 6th, 2009 // Comments // Atmos Trio, Jazz, Joe Shotwell, Rob Michael, Soundcloud, widget

The Atmos Trio first started out as an excuse to play in a very conversational way. We were (and still are) seeking a musical discussion that required no words. We were out to explore group improvisation but hopefully present it in such a way that it almost sounded composed.

For a time, our method of operation was to converge on my studio each Monday morning, throw up some mics, hit RECORD and just play. Here is a result of one of those session from July 2004.

Never intended for release, this recording of Solar really was a happy accident which was captured to disk. We played it and moved-on. Only during a later review of the session did we realize the level of musical interactivity that had apparently occurred earlier that day.

Here is your invitation to eavesdrop on our conversation.

Solar by AtmosTrio

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Solo Jazz Guitar take on “Don’t Know Why”

// November 2nd, 2009 // Comments // Jazz, Rob Michael, Soundcloud, widget

Continuing my efforts to liberate hard drive space is unearthing several forgotten little musical treasures.

My offering for today is this solo guitar version the tune Nora Jones made such a huge hit several years ago. Like everything I've shared via Soundcloud, this track was never intended for release, just something I rediscovered and thought may provide someone with temporary respite from the pressures of a Monday.

Please enjoy with my compliments and pass it along if you think someone else might dig it.

Don’t Know Why by AtmosTrio

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