The Mobius Fourtet -
First Time Around
Original material and Classic Jazz
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The Mobius Fourtet
Jazz Sophistication
The Mobius Fourtet -
About the Demo
The first time the four of us played together was at a Carmel Valley jam session. Subsequent opportunities to play together demonstrated a concordance of concepts, an intentionality of ideas, that works together well as an improvisitory framework. So we decided to take it to the next level and began writing, rehearsing and recording at The Soundsmith. This series of tunes is from that collaboration
While much of our repertoire is original, we also have a huge body of jazz standards and funk or dancable music to select from. The group can be very flexible to fit the needs of the occasion.
Three Out Of Four
by Stu Reynolds
Ita
by Heath Proskin
For Jimmy
by David "Dasher" Kempton, dedicated to Jimmy Smith
Save Your Love For Me
vocal by Dino Vera
About the Video
This is first time the four of us played together as a quartet. The jam was hosted in Carmel Valley at the home of a gentleman named Peter Paxton. I set up video cameras and let them run, then edited the result. This is the Mobius Fourtet - even before we knew it!
Blue Monk
Jam Session Video
About the Concert
This is the first public performance of the Fourtet Sunday, November 8 at Community Church in Carmel Valley.
For Jimmy
by David Kempton
Ita
by Heath Proskin
Stu's Attitude
by Heath Proskin
Paddidle
by Heath Proskin
Three Out Of Four
by Stu Reynolds
Hold 'Em Holden
by Heath Proskin
Cameo Menu
by Heath Proskin
Co-Heath-Ive
by David Kempton
About the Personnel
Dino Vera:
Dino Vera, vocalist and drummer, has played with pop icons Jimi Hendrix and James Taylor. He says he "got his Master's in Music on Bourbon Street in New Orleans," playing with such notables as Ellis Marsalis (father of Wynton and Branford Marsalis), the Meters and Fats Domino. Dino's vocal stylings are soulful and personal, filled with warmth and power. These credentials have paved the way for a recently-completed highly successful and acclaimed series of jazz concerts in France.
Stu Reynolds:
Playing the tenor, alto and soprano saxes as well as clarinet and bass clarinet, Stu Reynolds has performed with groups ranging from rock and blues to world beat and straight ahead jazz. He's played numerous festivals including San Francisco's Reggae in the Park, the Monterey Jazz Festival, the Taste of Chicago, the Big Sur Jazz Festival and the San Jose Jazz Festival, and has opened shows for the Yellowjackets, Carlos Santana, Airto, Los Lobos, Branford Marsalis, Jimmy Cliff and many others.
Heath Proskin:
Heath Proskin is a first-call bass player in the Monterey area and has appeared at the Monterey Jazz Festival as well as numerous venues throughout the area. Raised in New York, He received a scholarship to attend Berklee College of Music and worked with many of the finest players in the Boston area. After six months gigging in the Caribbean, he moved to California, completed a doctorate at UC Santa Barbara and relocated to Monterey, where he resides today.
David "Dasher" Kempton:
David 'Dasher' Kempton has made music all his life. He has played Carnegie Hall, the Hollywood Bowl, Montreux, the Northsea Festival, the Playboy Jazz Festival, the Monterey Jazz Festival and the Monterey Blues Festival, among others. He has performed and recorded with luminaries like Dizzy Gillespie, Lou Rawls, Willie Bobo and Sonny Simmons. His original jazz compositions range from big band avant-garde romps to solo piano explorations. Major influences include Joe Sample, Herbie Hancock, McCoy Tyner and Jimmy McGriff.
And Still More Jazz...
Music for the jazz lover
Here is some other music for the jazz afficianado, as written and/or performed by the Mobius keyboardist, Mr. David 'Dasher' Kempton, with other bands. just for fun...
- Big Band Arrangments
- Cookin' with Mr. Dash
- Courtial
- Monterey
- 50th Monterey Jazz Festival
- Prophetz of Time and Space
- Willie Bobo
- Zytron
