Solo debut · July 12, 2024
Evanescent
Jay Sanders' solo debut — a musing on impermanence.
Seven original compositions and a tone poem dedicated to the Voyager spacecraft, performed by an eight-piece ensemble of saxes, fiddle, VO-96 synth and more — stylistic variations spanning the entirety of Jay Sanders' interests, drawn into one smooth and satisfying arc.
Released July 12, 2024, Evanescent features many celebrated musicians from Asheville's music scene, including longtime collaborators Steve Alford, Justin Ray, Jacob Rodriguez, Zack Page, Evan Martin, and Tyler Housholder. Globetrotting fiddle phenom Casey Driessen is also featured. The album spans 36 minutes and 26 seconds across 8 tracks, blending jazz, rock, blues, and experimental elements.
Buy vinyl, CDs & downloads →Released July 12, 2024 · 36:26 · Recorded at Crossroads Studio, Arden, NC
Track 01 · The tone poem
Ode To Voyager
A piece for the craft still drifting beyond the edge of the solar system — a small machine carrying a golden record of who we were, into a silence it will never stop crossing.
Track listing
Side A
Side B
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The ensemble
Featuring longtime collaborators from Asheville's scene, with globetrotting fiddle phenom Casey Driessen.
- Jay SandersGuitars, Vo-96 Acoustic Synthesizer & Effects
- Steve AlfordSaxophone & Contralto Clarinet
- Justin RayTrumpets, Flugelhorns & Vocals
- Jacob RodriguezSaxophones
- Casey DriessenFiddle
- Zack PageBasses & Effects
- Evan MartinDrums
- Tyler HousholderPercussion
Production
- All songs composed and arranged by Jay Sanders, © Mindtonic Music, BMI
- Horn arrangements by Justin Ray
- Produced by Jay Sanders
- Associate Production by Justin Ray
- Recorded at Crossroads Studio, Arden, NC
- Engineered by Clay Miller
- Post Production at Deerview Labs, Asheville, NC
- Mixed by Julian Dreyer & Jay Sanders, Asheville, NC
- Mastered by Piper Payne, Neato Mastering, Nashville, TN
Jay Sanders plays Swart and Mesa/Boogie Amplifiers
© 2024, Mindtonic, Inc., All Rights Reserved
Critical acclaim
“With an eight-person line-up and an instrumentation that includes saxes, bass, drums, percussion and of course guitars, as well as a fiddle and a VO-96 synth, nine tracks with an enormous range were created — from moderately jazzy (“Woosel's Blues”), relaxed grooving (“Morningtide”) to metallic (“Krekel”) and absolutely free (“Flyswatter”), Jay Sanders and his ensemble present an astonishing range of styles and sounds. Not something you can just listen to casually, the thing requires attention — but it's worth it. Wonderful debut, which will hopefully be followed by many more examples of Jay Sanders' skills.”
~ eR eM
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