July 20, 2021

Unstructured Time for jazz septet

“Unstructured Time” for jazz septet is an original work about finding introspective peace in a loud world. I started writing it in 2019 and after quite a few delays (including pandemic delays), finished it in 2020 and premiered it April 29th, 2021 at the Fulton Street Collective in Chicago. It was later recorded at Transient Studios with Tyler Rice mixing and mastering. The album features Alexandra Olsavsky, voice; Amos Gillespie, alto sax; Andy Schlinder, tenor sax; Gustavo Cortinas, drums; Paul Bedal, piano; Casey Nielsen, guitar and Dan Thatcher, bass. Cover photo, by Amos Gillespie, features “Connect Origins to Destinations (2009),” from the Mile of Murals project curated by the Rogers Park Business Alliance. CD tray photo (below) is by Harvey Tillis. Album design by JHRdesign, LLC. Click on the tunes below to sample. Stay tuned for an album release concert at Constellation in Chicago March 4th 2022 – Amos Gillespie

Shades of Red – Instrumental: An Overture.
Deconstructed – Vocal: About the challenges of breaking from routine.
Like A Blossom – Vocal: About how life is delicate and fleeting like a blossom.
Nothing Changes – Instrumental: Referencing the saying: “Nothing changes if nothing changes.”
Tangerine Road – Instrumental: Describing a childhood memory about friends camping in Tucson, AZ.
Sleepless – Vocal: About having anxiety and sleeplessness from current events.
Fewer Words – Vocal: About how frivolous the news can be.
Silence is Your Own – Vocal: About giving yourself a day of rest.
Juiced – Instrumental: About the freedom and excitement from getting out of quarantine.

4/29/21 – Fulton Street Collective, FSC, presented Chicago composer/saxophonist Amos Gillespie’s “Unstructured Time” for jazz septet; an original work about finding introspective peace in a loud world. Alex Olsavsky, voice; Amos Gillespie, alto sax; Andy Schindler, tenor sax; Gustavo Cortinas, drums; Paul Bedal, piano; Casey Nielsen, guitar and Dan Thatcher, bass. In addition, an opening set was performed by the “Lapis Trio,” an acoustic group featuring compositions by guitarist Casey Nielsen accompanied by Dan Thatcher on bass and Tim Mulvenna, drums and percussion. Visual artist John Airo created artwork in response to the music. Tip jar and contact info for the band, the artist and the Fulton Street Collective are here. The performance is archived at https://www.youtube.com/fultonstreetcollective. Livestreams have no cover charge so we encourage you to be generous and help fill the artists’ virtual tip jars!
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