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Smooth Sailing

from There Was Never by Dave Wilson Quartet

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In composing this I was reminded of the feeling of being out on the open water in a boat, maybe alone, and just cruising along without a care in the world. Like Smooth Sailing. A Samba, or Samba-like, fast, with some melodic chord changes, and a hummable melody-smooth sailing. Originally thorough written, the ending, written as a Coda, came well after the song itself was written, maybe 6 months or so later. Hook driven this ending provides us a good vehicle to jam out on. I had a lot of fun writing this song, and on this one I started with the melody first, which evolved, and then fit the chords to the melody. Different from what I expressed elsewhere in describing my writing process. I was going for a very consonant, upbeat feeling. In the melody and in the chord progression. Love playing this tune on tenor!
A favorite tune to play out in public.

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from There Was Never, track released November 6, 2015
Dave Wilson Quartet/There Was Never (ZOHO MUSIC)
Dave Wilson Quartet: Dave Wilson-Tenor & Soprano Saxophones; Bobby Avey-Piano; Tony Marino-Bass; Alex Ritz-Drums. Recorded at Red Rock Studios, Saylorsburg, PA Feb 3-4, 2015;
Kent Heckman-Engineer.
Mixed by Kent Heckman and Dave Wilson
Liner Notes-Bill Milkowski
Jack Frisch-CD Design

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Dave Wilson Music Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Dave Wilson is a jazz saxophonist, recording artist, composer, educator, and band leader in the PA Delaware Valley area. With 6 recordings, all receiving national airplay, the Dave Wilson Quartet’s 4th release There Was Never in 2016 rose to #18 on National Radio and Grammy nominated. His 5th One Night at Chris’ went “Chartbound” (Top 50). New Release: Stretching Supreme!Visit davewilsonmusic.org. ... more

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