JUSTIN THYME - A LIFE IN THE DAY

MAD ABOUT RECORDS

£30.67

Format: 2 x LP
Catalogue No.: MAR044
Release Date: 13 Sep 2021
Genre: Jazz-Funk

TRACKS
Conception
Journey
Sensation
Conditioning
Anticipation
Reprimand And Recoil
Fission
Cognizance
Search And Assimilation
Meditation
Departures
Rest And Tranquility
Evolution

Repress from rare private hawaii spiritual jazz-funk album from 1979

This exclusive Jazz-Fusion album is a work composed by famous Hawaiian composer/musician/educator Gary Washburn. "A Life in a Day" was a project to fulfil a National Endowment of the Arts grant that he was awarded, and he performed it to fulfil a State Foundation grant that was also awarded to him.

Gary composed the music in Hilo specifically for the individuals who performed the music (in the same way that Duke Ellington composed for his band). It's a concept album.

The Justin Thyme line-up played a series of shows across the island, and they were initially recorded on a 4-channel recorder. The songs was introduced to brother and producer Kent Washburn, and he agreed to release it on his independent label EmKay Records. The album was mixed and pressed, but the distribution company he was with doubled it up and the album never really made it to the public. The musical Styles used by Washburn to present this unique conceptual representation include traditional and contemporary Jazz, Funk, Pop and, in some passages, classical.