Will Bernard Projects

Will Bernard Trio @ Gordon's House of Fine Eats
June 15, 2001
San Francisco, CA


Will Bernard (guitar)
Jim Kassis (drums)
Nick Cudahy (upright bass)

2 discs audio

Set One all :

d1t1.. Alone Together [Dizzy Gillespie]
d1t2.. Off Minor [Thelonius Monk]
d1t3.. Goodbye Porkpie Hat [Charles Mingus]
d1t4.. Zona Rosa
d1t5.. Poincianna [Glenn Miller]
d1t6.. Back at the Chicken Shack [Jimmy Smith]

Set Two all :

d1t7.. intro
d1t8.. Not Necessarily Beautiful But Stoned* [Will Bernard]
d1t9.. From Russia With Love
d2t1.. Seven Steps to Heaven [Miles Davis]
d2t2.. Don't Talk
d2t3.. Bryant's Bounce [Speedy West]
d2t4.. Girl [Lennon/McCartney]

Set Three all :
d2t5.. Agua di Beber [A.C. Jobim]
d2t6.. Angel [Jimi Hendrix]
d2t7.. Not Necessarily Beautiful But Stoned (Reprise) [Will Bernard]

* - first time played.. it appeared that Will composed it at setbreak (writing it out on staff paper during dinner).

recorded by Jon Weber
onstage Sonic Studio DSM6's (pseudo-ortf) > D7, ~5 feet from Will's amp

recording note
The band was playing on a cramped elevated platform above a stairway to the 2nd level of the restaurant.  I taped the SS capsules in pseudo-ortf fashion to the railing  directly in front of Will's amp @ amp level, which was centered between the bassist (left) and drummer (right).  

FLAC Transfer by Jon Weber april 2004 - master dat no longer available hence EAC step
"master" cdrs > eac (secure/offset) > wav > Flac



Will Bernard Trio
August 21, 2001
@ Shebeen Buzz Nine,
San Francisco, CA

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Will Bernard (guitar; piano on D2T2, see notes)
Ches Smith (drums)
Keith McArthur (electric bass)
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DISC ONE (Set 1 All + Encore)

1.. Improv One			(08:23)
2.. Afro Sheen			(12:17)
3.. Apfelbaum Tune^ >		(05:07)
4.. Sultan			(14:51)
5.. Pursuit of Happiness#	(10:55)
6.. (encore): Elements of Style*(09.01)

# - w/ "3rd Stone from the Sun" tease ending
* - w/ "Tequila" jam


DISC TWO (Set 2 All)
	
1.. Intro			(00:30)
2.. Improv Two**		(24:51)
3.. Ripple Sole			(20:46)
4.. I Don't Live Today^^	(16:50)
5.. Money, Money, Money^^	(05.18)
6.. Hey Good Lookin'^^		(04:52)

encore is on disc 1


^ - Will commonly precedes "Sultan" with this jam based on a
Peter Apfelbaum composition; just not sure of the name.

** - Will had amp problems at the beginning of the 2nd set; there
was some intermittent crunchiness.  At one point (around 18 min),
in protest he put down his guitar and sat down at the upright piano
that was sitting unused in the corner.  Although the piano wasn't
mic'ed in the PA system, you can still hear a lot of the keyboard
action from this onstage recording.

^^ - Extremely loose improv's based on these classic rock/traditional
themes (I Don't Live Today is by Jimi Hendrix, unsure of others).


 onstage Schoeps CCM4's ORTF > V2 > AD2K+ > DAP1 > D7 by Steve Brown
transfer by Jon Weber Panasonic SV3700>spdif out>Digi001>Protools LE>WAV>Shorten>SHN

SHNID	Date	Venue	City	State
68221	2001-06-15	Gordon's House of Fine Eats	San Francisco	CA
onstageSonic Studio DSM6's (pseudo-ortf) > D7, ~5 feet from Will's amp > "master" cdrs > eac (secure/offset) > wav > Flac
68218	2001-08-21	Shebeen Buzz Nine	San Francisco	CA
{onstage} Schoeps CCM4's ORTF > V2 > AD2K+ > DAP1 > D7 > Panasonic SV3700 > spdif out > Digi001 > Protools LE > WAV > SHN

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