After Dark, by Chris Hazelton

After Dark

by Chris Hazelton

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1.	Amsterdam After Dark 06:03	buy track
2.	Easy Talk 04:48	buy track
3.	Jammin' At The Kirk 05:53	buy track
4.	Night Lights 06:36	buy track
5.	So Tired 05:43	buy track
6.	The Groove Merchant 06:04	buy track
7.	Watch What Happens 05:30	buy track

about

Dark (noun):
a: a place or time of little or no light (ex: night, nightfall)
b: absence of light

I’ve always been somewhat of a night owl. I suppose it comes with the territory of being a jazz musician. We feel at home in dimly lit, hazy settings during the wee small hours of the morning. Something about nighttime has always been enchanting to me. There are endless possibilities, and one never knows what could happen before daybreak.

Towards the end of 2021, however, I found myself in a state of darkness that was truly unfamiliar to me. Like every other musician, the pandemic had brought my career to a grinding halt in the previous year. It seemed like losses were becoming a pattern and grief was becoming more than I could bear. At times, I even questioned whether I still WAS a musician. As the beginning of 2022 approached, I was faced with the reality that three of my greatest musical mentors had passed on, and I suddenly felt a new
weight of responsibility for carrying on the tradition of the Hammond B-3 Organ in jazz. Consequently, I found a fresh sense of purpose and inspiration.

So with no real game plan in place, I booked a weekend in the studio and hired friends that I knew could deliver the feeling I was looking for. I have always had an affinity for the sound of a baritone sax in front of the organ trio. Going all the way back to George Benson’s first two albums with Ronnie Cuber and Lonnie Smith, as well as recent releases by my friends Adam Scone and Ian Hendrickson-Smith, the format has a certain grit and heaviness not found in other configurations within the jazz realm.

After dark, there is magic and mystique waiting… and maybe even some true darkness… but AFTER
dark, there is always light!

Chris Hazelton
Kansas City, MO
May 2023

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released August 11, 2023

Chris Hazelton - Hammond B-3 Organ
Brett Jackson - Baritone Saxophone
Jamie Anderson - Guitar
John Kizilarmut - Drums
Pat Conway - Congas (Tracks 1, 5, & 7)

Executive Producer: Cory Weeds
Produced by Chris Hazelton
Recorded at Weights & Measures Soundlab (Kansas City, MO) on February 19th & 20th, 2022.
Engineered and mixed by Duane Trower
Mastered by Adam Boose at Cauliflower Audio
Photography by Cory Weeds

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