AH-BOP
Simp Records
Musicians
- Gene Ess - Guitar/Composition
- Scott Colley - Acoustic Bass
- Clarence Penn - Drums
List of Tunes:
- Ah-Bop LISTEN
- Waltz LISTEN
- Yuki LISTEN
- Array LISTEN
- Dark Blues LISTEN
- Crossing LISTEN
- Trance LISTEN
- Ending Credits LISTEN
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APOTHEOSIS
Simp Records
Musicians
- Gene Ess - Guitar/Synthesizer/Composition
- Thana Alexa - Voice/Lyrics
- Sebastien Ammann - Piano
- Yasushi Nakamura - Acoustic/Electric Bass
- Clarence Penn - Drums
List of Tunes:
- The Return LISTEN
- Sands of Time (Okinawa) LISTEN
- Same Sky LISTEN
- Bluesbird LISTEN
- Tokyo Red LISTEN
- Fireflies of Hiroshima LISTEN
- Day for Night LISTEN
- Two Worlds LISTEN
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ABSURDIST THEATER
Simp Records
Musicians
- Gene Ess - Guitar, Guitar Synth, Compositions
- Thana Alexa - Voice, Lyrics
- Manuel Valera - Piano, Keyboards
- Yasushi Nakamura - Acoustic and Electric Bass
- Clarence Penn - Drums
List of Tunes:
- Out of the Ashes LISTEN
- Circe's Compassion LISTEN
- Jade Stones LISTEN
- Kunai LISTEN
- Torii LISTEN
- Forkball LISTEN
- Dejala Que Pase LISTEN
- Upward and Onward LISTEN
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ETERNAL MONOMYTH
Simp Records
Musicians
- Gene Ess - Guitar, Compositions
- Thana Alexa - Voice, Lyrics
- John Escreet - Piano
- Thomson Kneeland - Bass
- Clarence Penn - Drums
List of Tunes:
- Forsaken Island LISTEN
- The Trials LISTEN
- Entrance Exit LISTEN
- Summer Cantabile LISTEN
- Drakaina LISTEN
- Blues for Ryo LISTEN
- Mono-no Aware LISTEN
- Into the New World LISTEN
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FRACTAL ATTRACTION
Simp Records
Musicians
- Gene Ess - Guitar, Compositions
- Thana Alexa - Voice, Composition
- David Berkman - Piano
- Thomson Kneeland - Bass
- Gene Jackson - Drums
List of Tunes:
- Silver's Fate 6:15 LISTEN
- Blues for Two 7:21 LISTEN
- Ascent 14:08 LISTEN
- Letter from Boston 6:18 LISTEN
- Tanabata (Forlorn Lovers) 5:22 LISTEN
- Fractica 10:04 LISTEN
- Descent 10:03 LISTEN
- Fractal Attraction 3:23 LISTEN
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A THOUSAND SUMMERS
Simp Records
Musicians
- Gene Ess - Guitar, Arrange
- James Weidman - Piano
- Thomas Kneeland - Bass, Arrange
- Gene Jackson - Drums
- Nicki Parrott - Vocals
List of Tunes:
- I Didn't Know What Time It Was 7:17 LISTEN
- One Day I'll Fly Away 6:14 LISTEN
- So In Love 8:17 LISTEN
- The Old Country 8:25
- Charade 7:54
- East of the Sun 7:26 LISTEN
- Looking Back (Reflections) 7:24
- All Or Nothing At All 7:36 LISTEN
- Goodbye 6:49
- I WIll Wait For You 2:58
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MODES OF LIMITED TRANSCENDENCE
Simp Records
Musicians
- Gene Ess - Compositions, Guitar
- Tigran Hamasyan - Piano, Rhodes
- Harvie S - Bass
- Tyshawn Sorey - Drums
List of Tunes:
- Ryo's First flight 6:26 LISTEN
- Discovery in Three 12:14 LISTEN
- Trance Chant 9:33 LISTEN
- Art of Nothingness 9:25
- Hero to Wizard 8:18
- Messiaen Shuffle 9:44
- Gagaku Dreams 6:52
- Sufficient Reason 8:50 LISTEN
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SANDBOX AND SANCTUM
SONG CYCLE FOR QUARTET
Simp Records
Musicians
- Gene Ess - Guitars
- Donny McCaslin - Tenor, Soprano Saxophone
- Harvie S - Bass
- Gene Jackson - Drums
List of Tunes:
- Free 2 Fast LISTEN
- Ryo
- Baptisma Pyros
- Ballad For A Swordsman
- Ask The Guru LISTEN
- Noh Country LISTEN
- Sun Matsuri
- Kerama Processional LISTEN
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SUNRISE FALLING
AMP RECORDS
Musicians
- Gene Ess - Guitars, Synths, Loops, Etx, vocals
- Matt Garrison - Bass
- Fima Ephron - Bass
- Jo Jo Mayer - Drums
- Rashied Ali - Drums
List of Tunes:
- Sanpan LISTEN
- Kazuko
- Sunrise Falling LISTEN
- Katana LISTEN
- Garbanzo
- Triptych
- I. Aqua
- II. Sailing Song
- III. Ephemera
- Yuudachi
- Gene Pool LISTEN
- Variant
- Now, Parting
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ONE WORLD TRIBE
PRAYER FOR SEPTEMBER
Paddle Wheel
Musicians:
- Gene Ess - Guitar
- Ravi Coltrane - Soprano, Tenor Saxophones
- Takuya Nakamura - Piano, Trumpet
- Lonnie Plaxico - Bass
- Tony Moreno - Drums
List of Tunes:
- Fable From East China Sea
(Sunrise)
- Unforgettable
- ESP LISTEN
- Weaver of Dreams
- Prayer for September LISTEN
- Spanish Haiku For Julia
- Eggman
- Good Question
- Blues Minor LISTEN
- River Way
- Trinkle Tinkle
- Fable From East China Sea
(Sunset)
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NO ONE IN PARTICULAR
RASHIED ALI QUINTET
Survival Records
Produced by Rashied Ali & Gene Ess
Musicians
- Rashied Ali - Drums
- Gene Ess - Guitar
- Ravi Coltrane - Soprano, Tenor Saxophones
- Greg Murphy - Piano
- Matt Garrison - Bass
List of Tunes:
- No One In Particular LISTEN
- Witch Hunt LISTEN
- Blues For Annik
- Not Now, Later LISTEN
- Three Views of a Secret
- Dear Alice
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