Jeff Babko, Tim Lefebvre & Mark Guiliana Release “Clam City”
Improv masters Jeff Babko, Tim Lefebvre, and Mark Guiliana teamed up for an album called Clam City, which captures the excitement and energy of their in-the-moment musicality from a live performance at the Los Angeles venue Sam First. The long-time collaborators cite their fellowship as a part of the magic of their music.
“Friendship is vital. The spirit of camaraderie is crucial to a greater collective of shared ideas, laughter, and to be sure, music,” Babko writes in the album liner notes. “To the casual listener and avid music participant alike, the music heard here reflects the magic that happens in a ‘real time’ moment with very little prejudice, expectation or direction. “The music composed for Clam City is distilled to the most basic of notated data and the dream of what it can be when cast under the spell of my pals’ brilliant ears, hands, brains and souls.”
Lefebvre fills out the low end on both electric and double bass depending on what the composition requires. From the Kraftwerk and Bach mashup of “Fugue Robotique” to the folk melody and soul vamp of “This West,” he supports the music while reacting to what his compatriots are putting down.
Clam City is out now on vinyl or hi-res digital via the Sam First Records website.
Clam City Track List:
- The Church of Bill Hilton
- New Wave Theater
- New Jersey Ballad
- This West
- Boo Boo’s Birthday
- Fugue Robotique
- Chongo’s Song
- Return To Jerz
