No Cigarettes No Coffee No Weed No Sleep

from PARKER PLAYS X by Richard X Bennett & Matt Parker

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lyrics

Self Improvement

Some used the extra free time to work on their health. One night at 2:25 a.m, Matt Parker called me and said “I’ve done it! I stopped smoking, vaping and drinking two nights ago!” I asked him how he was feeling. He said, “ I feel great! I don’t need to sleep anymore! In fact…” and he continued his monologue for three non-stop hours. At a certain point, I began transcribing the cadences of his speech and a song was born. The next day he collapsed and was hospitalized for a week.

Musical Notes: NCNCNWNS is a micro-dose of a song. At rapid tempo the piano and soprano sax play a chromatic melody. The piano takes a quick solo which is rudely interrupted by the sax as if to say, “this is my story, let me tell it”. The two instruments briefly argue followed by a snippet of the original tune.

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from PARKER PLAYS X, released May 5, 2023
Richard X Bennett - piano & composition
Matt Parker - soprano sax & spoken word
Adam Armstrong - bass
Julian Edmond - drums

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Richard X Bennett Brooklyn, New York

In NYC composer/pianist Richard X Bennett has performed at Lincoln Center Out of Doors, The Guggenheim Museum, The Rubin Museum, Brooklyn Museum & Central Park Summerstage. Internationally, his bands have played in over twenty countries. He has twelve albums on Indian, American & British labels.
"Hypnotic" - New Sounds
"unabashedly joyous, groove-centric, spiritually danceable" NYC Jazz Review ... more

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