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San Francisco, CA 1983

by Obrador

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Blink Samba 04:42
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2.
Lady In The Black Hat 04:02
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3.
Nasty Figures 04:53
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4.
Return 05:58
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5.
Suit's Time 05:52
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6.
Three In One 05:17
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7.
Two Of Us 07:25
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8.
Water Memories 04:42
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about

Previously unreleased!
“It's been nearly 40 years since Obrador pointed a big yellow step van loaded with gear & seven musicians south on Interstate 5. Destination San Francisco, where the group was scheduled for a 30-hour session at Russian Hill Studio. Against all odds, we made it there and back to Olympia without being arrested.

On arrival we were welcomed to a well-equipped professional studio and an engineering staff that was probably more fascinated by the Obrador "scene" than particularly enamored of the music.

As the first session began, we were confronted with a problem. The engineers had no idea what to do with a String Bass. They had never worked with a Bass Violin and more than a few hours were eaten up trying to get an acceptable sound. Kudos to the Russian Hill staff and bassist Steve Luceno for their diligence.

What resulted from 4 or 5 different sessions was 8 original compositions recorded live in the studio. I don't recall that we did very much overdubbing and several of the pieces were accomplished in one take. Steve Luceno's beautiful ballad, "Return" was one take at 11:00am after a night of substantial partying over in Berkeley.

The music on this recording has been gathering dust in the band archive for decades and only a few of the selections were ever publicly performed. So, this is a rare glimpse into the instrumental repertoire of a band that played together for 30+ years; a band with no commercial potential that endured solely from the love between members and a passion to create a unique sound.”

Thanks for listening, Michael Moore.

credits

released April 7, 2023

Recorded at Russian Hill Studios San Francisco July 1983
Mixed at ?? Studios Fall 1983
Transferred to digital 2003
Steve Bentley ~ Drums
Paul Hjelm ~ Guitar
Steve Luceno ~ Bass
Michael Moore ~ Piano
Michael Olson ~ Conga/Percussion
Vincent Soluna ~ Sax
Tom Russell ~ Sax, Flute

Engineers ~ Aaron Sonego, Tomas Jones
Producer ~ Carl Cook

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Obrador Olympia, Washington

Obrador was one of Olympia's top Jazz/dance bands for 30 years, 1976-2006, with 5 released albums
Members:
Steve Bentley - Drums; Connie Bunyer - Clarinet, Guitar, Vocals;
Paul Hjelm - Guitar, Bass, Trap Drums, Piano; Steve Luceno - Bass, Guitar;
Michael Moore - Keyboards; Michael Olson - Percussion;
Jim Pribbenow - Saxophone;
Tommy Russell
- Flute, Saxophone, Clarinet, Piano, Guitar ... more

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