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When in 2010 we began the weekly online improvisational music-sharing event known as ImprovFriday (by late 2012 renamed Sound-In), one of the founding members was a guitarist living in Ocala, Florida, by the name of Jeff Duke. Coming from a psych-rock background but with an experimental bent, Jeff was master at building ambient, looping guitar textures, often with soaring solos embedded in the mix. He was also an early adopter of live-streaming, and an enthusiastic collaborator with other online musicians across the country and across the oceans.

From 2010 through 2013 Jeff was a constant presence and inspiration in our ImprovFriday / Sound-In events, and it was my honor to be able to mash/mix so many of his tracks with the contributions of our other members.

Around the end of 2013, Jeff's health issues and a general dissatisfaction led to him stopping most playing, yet we stayed in touch as he rode out the Florida storms over the years.

In May of 2020, cancer claimed Jeff before we could give much of a proper goodbye.

This album is dedicated to his memory, and features ImprovFriday / Sound-In mash-ups I made during 2010-2013, all featuring... more

Released June 6, 2020

Musicians:

Jeff Duke (RIP) [all tracks], Shane Cadman, Kavin Allenson, Bruce Hamilton, Chris Vaisvil, Steve Moshier (RIP), Adam Kondor, Jim Goodin, Roger Sundström, Kevin Haller (RIP), James Bailey, Jukka-Pekka Kervinen, Paul Muller, Norbert Oldani, David Perreko, Ken Palmer (RIP), Peter Thörn, Richard Sanderson, Steve Layton, Gaetano Fontanazza, Steve Moyes, Tom Izzo, Glenn Smith, Petri Haapa, Joel Sutton, Bill Newbold, Lydia Lowery Busler, Paul Mimlitsch, Kawol Samarkandi, Paul Bailey, Irixx Miro

All mash-ups /remixes by Steve Layton