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Track List
Zahn, Bergson & Tufts - Mile X
Zahn, Bergson & Tufts - The Harvest
Spencer Zahn - bass
Jacob Bergson - keys
Austin Tufts - drums
Produced & Mixed by Martin Crane
Description
Pique-nique Recordings is proud to present “The Harvest”, the debut recording from trio Spencer Zahn, Austin Tufts, and Jacob Bergson. Recorded over a weekend in Montreal, the three musicians approached the session without any preconceived ideas of what they wanted to create.
The result is a fully-realized record from three skilled players responding to one another live in the studio, effortlessly gliding through ambient post-rock and jazz.
Tufts’ driving rhythms, Bergson’s soaring synthesizers, and Zahn’s melodic bass on ‘Mile X’ provide a beautiful opener, whilst the grounded and utterly beautiful ‘The Harvest’ creates a moment of all-encompassing stillness.
This release is part of an ongoing series that aims to capture the New York City jazz scene in its current, always evolving form.
Bios
Spencer Zahn
Spencer Zahn is a bassist, multi-instrumentalist, and composer. Since moving to New York in the mid-2000s, Spencer has worked as an in-demand sideman and collaborator, touring and recording with artists from across a wide musical spectrum. Zahn’s career as a solo artist began later, around the same time he started playing with like-minded guitarist Dave Harrington, in 2015.
Zahn’s first two solo albums, 2018’s People of the Dawn and 2019’s When We Were Brand New, were born out of solitary synth experiments, melding his jazz background with a warm electronic pulse. His new album Sunday Painter, released in September 2020, is a refined step forward for the New York City-based musician — a lush collection of instrumental songs that undulate along waves of jazz, ambient pop, Americana, and neo-classical.
Jacob Bergson
Jacob Bergson is a pianist, keyboardist, producer, and composer currently residing in Brooklyn, New York. He received his formal musical training in jazz piano performance at the University of Cincinnati College Conservatory of Music, and at The New School for Jazz and Contemporary Music. He is interested in hearing, writing, and performing all kinds of music, and is a member of Jojo Mayer's band, Nerve plays with the Grammy award-winning pop act — Kimbra. Jacob finds constant inspiration in the music of Miles Davis, Igor Stravinsky, Samuel Barber, The Smashing Pumpkins, and Jimi Hendrix.
