Indigo Horizon by Simon Deeley's Blue Haze
Recorded by Simon Deeley's Blue Haze on Dec 6, 2020.
Featuring: vocalist Devon Harrison, guitarist Dylan Fowler.
Indigo Horizon's two songs were written (music and lyrics) by pianist and composer Simon Deeley.
Up until recently Simon's output has been created for instrumental combinations (primarily his trios and quartets), however, this changed in 2019, when the initial idea for a first song first saw the light of day. Simon had thought, for sometime that, several of his compositions would very likely work well if, reworked into songs.
He finally got down to making this happen in the spring of 2019, when he started work on crafting Blue Blues Horizon. This was created from a blues/gospel number, originally written for his 2016 album Crossing Borders. The inspiration for the title and lyrics was sparked by his great love and appreciation of the rolling vistas and special atmosphere of his Welsh Borders home and its, often, hazy-blue hills with their effect of engendering reflection. The new song was dually completed by that summer. He then considered other options for a follow-up song, resulting in the choice of Free Spirit , a strong-swinging bluesy tune he'd written several years earlier. He then got on and created lyrics to this tune. Keeping the same title (as for the instrumental) this song was completed in the autumn of 2019. Both songs were then ready to record in early 2020. A March recording date was set but, of course, had to be cancelled, due to 'lockdown' coming into force. After nine months of trying to find a window to record, the two songs were, finally, recorded in early December, after restrictions were lifted, briefly, in Wales.
Tracklist
| 1. | Free Spirit | 5:19 |
| 2. | Blue Blues Horizon | 4:33 |
Credits
Ian Cooper, Charlie Russell, Devon Harrison, Dylan Fowler
License
All rights reserved.Tags
Performed for many years on B'ham/Mids jazz scene.
In recent times Simon's focus has been on composing. Since moving to the Welsh Borders (2014), his career has centred on writing and performing his own music, which has led to the production of four albums & EP - Crossing Borders (2016), From the Blue Hills (2017), Afan's Dance (2019), Indigo Horizon (EP, 2021), String Rise Azure Traces (2023).