do you think about this, I can pump my fist, shake my hands, throw my head in the air and scream out loud, what do you think about that, can’t control everything, just myself, what I think, what I do, how I act, do you know about that, don’t know much, but I’m willing to learn, I’m ready to see the other side of the coin, I’m willing to learn, to open my eyes, to open my mind, get inside of it, 'cause one can never know too much, nothing good ever comes out of ignorance, what will you do about that, try to be an honest man, try to be kind, do my best to understand you and me, try to live my life in peaceful ways, be true to myself, to my hopes, and never let fear guide my way, the tide is rising, worlds are colliding, getting smaller, smaller, even smaller, everyday, come be your future, it’s playing out, not on the television, come and take a look at what’s happening right here in your backyard, come on, what will you do about that, always ask is it fact or a figment of an undeveloped imagination, what will you do about that, it’s a chance I’ll gladly take, I won’t be fake, too much at stake, I’m playing for real and that’s my proclamation, do you think about this, I can pump my fist, shake my hands, throw my head in the air and scream out loud, do you think about that, can’t control everything, just myself, what I think, what I do, how I act, do you know about that, don’t know much, but I’m willing to learn, I’m ready to see the other side of the coin, willing to learn, open my eyes, to open my mind, get inside of it, 'cause one can never know too much, nothing good ever comes out of ignorance, the tide is rising, worlds are colliding, getting smaller, smaller, even smaller, everyday, come be your future, it’s playing out, not on the television, come and take a look at what’s happening right here in your backyard, come on, what will you do about that, always ask is it fact or a figment of an undeveloped imagination, what will you do about that, it’s a chance I’ll gladly take, I won’t be fake, too much at stake, I’m playing for real and that’s my proclamation, what do you think about this, I can pump my fist, shake my hands, throw my head in the air and scream out loud, what do you think about that, can’t control everything, just myself, what I think, what I do, how I act, do you know about that, don’t know much, but i’m willing to learn, I’m ready to see the other side of the coin, I’m willing to learn, open my eyes, open my mind get inside of it, 'cause one can never know too much, nothing good ever comes out of ignorance, the tide is rising, worlds are colliding, getting smaller, smaller, even smaller, everyday, come be your future, it’s playing out, not on the television, come and take a look at what’s happening right here in your backyard, come on, do you think about this, I can pump my fist, shake my hands, throw my head in the air and scream out loud, what do you think about that, can’t control everything, just myself, what I think, what I do, how I act, what do you know about that, try to be an honest man, try to be kind, do my best to understand you and me, try to live my life in peaceful ways, be true to myself, to my hopes, and never let fear guide my way, what do you know about that, I can’t control everything, just myself, what I think, what I do, how I act, what do you know about that, don’t know much, I’m willing to learn, to open my eyes, to open my mind get inside of it 'cause one can never know too much, what do you know about that, I can’t control everything, just myself, what I think, what I do, how I act, do you know about that, c’mon, do you think about this, c’mon, do you know about that, c’mon, do you think about this, c’mon, do you know about that, c’mon, think about this, c’mon, think about this.
"MGJ first made waves…in New York's loft-jazz scene of the 1970s… alongside such major innovators as Oliver Lake, David
Murray, and Wadada Leo Smith, he quietly laid the groundwork for much of what we take for granted in the contemporary jazz-guitar vocabulary." National Sawdust NY
The seventh full-length from De Beren Gieren walks the line between spooky library music and free improv, shapeshifting constantly. Bandcamp New & Notable Apr 12, 2024
South African tenor sax player threads a transportive jazz tapestry alongside talented players from either side of the Atlantic. Bandcamp New & Notable Apr 11, 2024
