Picture of the cover of "Daggerboard: Last Days of Studio A"

Daggerboard: The Last Days of Studio A

10 New Songs From Throttle Elevator Music with Kamasi Washington members Erik Jekabson and Gregory Howe. Taking off from Throttle’s Final Floor released in 2020, "Daggerboard Last Days of Studio A" lands closer to a main vein of Jazz.

The album includes many of the same players as "Throttle Elevator Music featuring Kamasi Washington": Mike Hughes on Drums, Mike Blankenship on keys and featuring Roger Glenn on Vibes (Donald Byrd) and Kasey Knudsen on Saxophone.

Recorded at Fantasy Studios Studio A one week before it closed, the music has a dreamy landscaped that wanders down eerie back streets.

Track Listing: 
  1. JOURNEY DOWN PARKER 8.16
  2. RABBIT TRAP 5.08
  3. CHORDELIA 5.49
  4. LAST DAYS OF STUDIO A 3.05
  5. ELYSE’S DANCE 5.12
  6. CONDUCTING POPPIES 4.53
  7. HEROINE’S PORTRAIT 5.58
  8. FROM FANTASY TO REALITY 6.32
  9. WHERE’S ONE 6.22
  10. STEAK OUT 4.28
Release Date: 
Wednesday, October 20, 2021
Format: 
  • CD
  • LP
  • Digital
Genre: 
Jazz

  • Daggerboard

    Daggerboard picks up where Throttle Elevator Music left off with musician and writer Gregory Howe, drummer Mike Hughes guitarist Ross Howe, vibraphonist Roger Glenn, and the great Henry “The Skipper” Franklin (Blackjazz Records) on stand-up bass.

    Also featured is a string section featuring Mads Tolling. For their third release Mike Clark and Babatunde Lea join to form an all time great rhythm section below Matt Clark's brilliant Rhodes and Erik Jekabson's soaring trumpet.

  • A picture of Erik Jekabson playing a trumpet.

    Erik Jekabson

    Erik Jekabson is a freelance trumpet player, composer, arranger and educator living in the San Francisco Bay Area. He has toured with Illinois Jacquet, John Mayer, Galactic, and has performed on the Tonight Show with Jay Leno and Late Night with David Letterman.

  • A photo of Gregory Howe at the sound board.

    Gregory Howe

    Gregory Howe founded Wide Hive Records in 1996. While primarily active as producer, mixer, and composer, Howe also performs guitar, synthesizer, turntable, voice and percussion on many recordings. From 1996 to 2024 Howe recorded and released albums for Throttle Elevator Music with Kamasi Washington, Roscoe Mitchell, Mike Clark, Dissent, Erik Jekabson, Calvin Keys, Phil Ranelin (Pharoah Sanders, Henry Franklin, Big Black), Wide Hive Players and the incomparable artist and guitarist Larry Coryell.

  • A photo of Kasey Knudsen playing the saxophone at Wide Hive Records in Berkeley, California.

    Kasey Knudsen

    Kasey Knudsen is a San Francisco-based saxophonist, composer, and educator and leader of the KK Group, a septet focusing on original music and arrangements. She also co-leads The Permanent Wave Ensemble, an octet dedicated to performing and arranging the music of Carla Bley; The RW3 Trio along with bay area drummer Jon Arkin; and The Holly Martins with vocalist Lorin Benedict and guitarist Eric Vogler.

  • Mike Blankenship

    Mike Blankenship is a Bay Area based keyboardist and artist currently composing and performing regularly with Michael Franti and Spearhead. He has also written and performed with Sheila E., Lauryn Hill and Ledisi.

  • A photo of Mike Hughes during the recording of "Jagged Rocks" (Throttle Elevator Music)

    Mike Hughes

    Michael Hughes is an American drummer living in the San Francisco Bay Area. He studied drumming at L.A. Music Academy with Joe Porcaro and Ralph Humphrey and spent a decade performing in LA with artists such as Tal Wilkenfeld, Frank Gambale, and Robben Ford. He is the drummer on "Heavy Feel" by Larry Coryell as well as Throttle Elevator Music's "Area J" and "Jagged Rocks" featuring Kamasi Washington.

  • A photo of Roger Glenn.

    Roger Glenn

    Recognized as a master flute and vibraphone player, Roger Glenn has played and recorded with such giants of Jazz and Latin music as Dizzy Gillespie, Mongo Santamaria, Herbie Mann, Cal Tjader and Rosemary Clooney, to name just a few.

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