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Short Cuts: 40 Improvisations

by Wertico Cain & Gray

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always 00:35
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exploring 00:37
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mysteries 01:07
mysteries by David Cain Traveled up a mountain one morning, Encountered a man named Albert. “What’s on your mind?” I asked. Albert laughed and said, “I don’t wear socks.” “I see.” I said. “The most beautiful experience we can experience is the mysterious. It’s the source of all true art and science.” “More mysteries.” I said. Took off my socks and continued up the mountain.
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the creator 00:36
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a dancer 01:13
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on, inside or behind by David Cain At mid-day, the path becomes steeper, rockier. I spotted a man named Pablo, painting with enormous energy and fertility. He looks at me and says. “Are we to paint what’s on the face, what’s inside the face, or what’s behind it?” “We?” I asked with surprise and excitement. “The world today doesn’t make sense, so why should I paint pictures that do?” I nodded in agreement, and continued up the mountain.
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a high wire 00:41
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balancing 02:04
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on the mind 00:36
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continuously 00:36
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with feeling 01:50
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looking forward by David Cain Round midnight, I heard a man playing copious notes on a horn. “What are you playing?” I asked. “I’ll play it first & tell you what it is later.” said Miles. Space filled with thoughtful silence. With his back to me, he pointed up the mountain path and said, “Always look ahead, but never look back.”
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going there 00:38
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our reality 01:11
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our dreams 01:43
our dreams by David Cain I lost my balance, fell down the face of the mountain, and was snagged in the branches of a small tree. I yelled out, “Can anybody help me?” The echoes faded away, I heard a voice in the distance say, “Just let go.” I yelled out, “Can anybody help me?” The voice in the distance answered, “Just let go.” I thought what kind of cruel joke this must be, So I yelled back, “Who said that?” As the echoes faded away, a voice replied, “This is the Muse, the universe, the Divine …” I thought for a moment and yelled back, “Is anybody else there?”
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our hopes 01:16
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sheets of sound by David Cain Sheets of sound followed by silence and a whisper: “One down. One up.” whispered ‘Trane. Sometimes letting go of what we have, or what we’re holding on to, can be very difficult. Either way, We possess nothing. And everything.
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at this time 00:39
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of creativity and life by David Cain Whoever sees thru my eyes, hears thru my my ears, speaks thru my mouth, says who am I? If I could see one answer, hear one answer, drink one answer, I could be out of this place. I didn’t come here because I wanted to, whoever brought me here, will have to take me home.

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Our intention was to create short, spontaneous compositions. These 40 tracks form a complete compositional thought. The mixes were realized as living, breathing moments of creative flow and the titles of the tracks vibrate as poetry that tells our story.

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released March 9, 2016

Paul Wertico: acoustic drums, cymbals, percussion
David Cain: red sax, vocals, words, iPads, keys, WX-11
Larry Gray: acoustic bass
Titles as poetry by David Cain with creative assistance from Paul Wertico.

Produced, edited & mixed by David Cain & Paul Wertico at UMEDIA Studios. 100% improvised & recorded live at Reel- sounds Chicago, March 5, 2016. Mark ‘mouse’ Brunner, engineer; Dean Giavaras, assistant engineer. Special thanks to Shure, Waves, Drum Workshop, Paiste, Remo, Pro-Mark.

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Wertico Cain & Gray Chicago, Illinois

7-time Grammy Award winner Paul Wertico (Pat Metheny Group), David Cain, and Larry Gray came together to form Wertico Cain & Gray to realize new music and art, winning a prestigious live performance album award along the way, and gathering audiences in search of new worlds of sound-making and digital cinema. ... more

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