“Camins del Priorat” is Eddie Roberts & The Color Red All-Stars modern-day embodiment of classic Blue Note recordings. The “jazz house” grooves find themselves at the intersection of reviving Roberts’ revered early 00s project ‘Roughneck’ and the acid jazz hypnosis of St. Germain. Like the Blue Note imprint, the musical camaraderie is evident and every musician holds a number of accolades in both their respective projects and as sidemen. In addition to Roberts, The Color Red All-Stars feature Jeremy Salken (Big Gigantic), Aron Magner (The Disco Biscuits), Chris Spies (Matador! Soul Sounds, Honey Island Swamp Band), Charlie Mertens, Gabe Mervine, and Nick Gerlach.

As the lead track of the group, “Camins del Priorat” captures the essence of the project with Salken’s hard bop drums and Mervine and Gerlach’s accentuated horn lines. The initial piano motif was extracted from a riff during an improv set Roberts and Spies played with DJ Logic a couple of months prior and it set the pace for the session. Spies and Magner’s keyboard interplay does a perfect job of juxtaposing classic modalities with modern effects. This is the first track of a series of music recorded at Color Red Studios in spring 2019 with a short documentary and multiple tracks to be released throughout the year.

Artist Quote: "This tune captures the essence of the project/band: Hard Bop Jazz drums and horns, grooving upright bass, modal piano rhythmic pattern, modern keys effects, bubbling jazz guitar, all underpinned by a 4-to-the-floor kick and hats. Chris Spies on keys brought the piano motif to the band and we set up the groove with bass and drums. Gabe and Nick worked on a head while the groove was being flushed out, and we ended up recording drums, bass, 2 keys (Aron Magner and Spies) and horns (trumpet and sax on one mic) all at the same time to tape. I then overdubbed the guitar where there was space once Iedited the track, added programmed drums, and made a rough mix. Look out for the quote from Lee Morgan's 'Search for a New Land' ;-)" - Eddie Roberts

Produced by Eddie Roberts

Credits:
Eddie Roberts - Guitar
Aron Magner - Fender Rhodes, Keyboards
Chris Spies - Piano, Organ
Charlie Mertens - Bass
Gabe Mervine - Trumpet
Nick Gerlach - Tenor Saxophone
Jeremy Salken - Drums & Drum Programming

Tracking Engineer - Eddie Roberts
Color Red Studios

Mixing Engineer - Eddie Roberts
Color Red Studios

Mastering Engineer - Doug Krebs
Doug Krebs Mastering
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