Dickens, Deric

Speed Date

Label: Deric Dickens Country: USA

"After a year and a half in NY, I wanted to record an album with some of my friends that lived in the city. At this point I had started writing short melodies like the Ornette and Cherry tunes I had been listening to. I thought it would be nice to include some of these along with some tunes from my fellow musicians on the album.

I wanted this album to have composed and free tunes but also with "some" limitations. NO tunes over 10 minutes. And very short melodies. The short tunes became a collection based on a conversation with Matt Wilson, where the use of a stop watch was used for a benefit concert (thanks Adam Schatz!). Numbers 4, 21, 14, 17, 18 and 19 is this collection. Idea: Each duo started playing and stopped when the timer zeroed (1:14min total). You can hear the computer alarm used on track 12, an accident, followed with a great laugh from Jeff Lederer."-Deric Dickens, from the liner notes