2008 : Session : Highway One

This is an arrangement of mine of a Bobby Hutcherson tune called "Highway One" from his 1978 album of the same name. My band played this song for years, and it gradually morphed into this arrangement from my experimenting in 6/8. So much fun.

The Frank Briggs Group (a name I rarely used) existed from 1996-2016 and was mainly my corporate events band. The events we played were at the upper echelon of this kind of work, and much like a Late Night TV band. Think Tonight Show, Jimmy Kimmel or Steven Colbert's groups. My clients included; Eli Lilly, Johnson & Johnson, American Express, Toyota, Astra Zeneka, GameStop, Novartis, SAP, Xopenex, Amway, Sepracor, Forest Labs, Lexapro, and many others. It was a good run, and we got to play this, and music exactly like this, and be compensated appropriately. The events were generally attended by 2,500 to 9,000 people. We performed in major performing arts centers in Las Vegas, Orlando, Atlanta, Los Angeles, Dallas etc.. and we shared the stage with the likes of Jay Leno, Earth Wind & Fire, Cirque du Soleil, Kenny Loggins, Anti Gravity, Bill Nye (The Science Guy) and many others.

We also played gigs at jazz clubs here in Los Angeles, notably the now defunct La Ve Lee were I had a regular monthly night, and Don Randi's Baked Potato. Band members varied a little. This track features Mitchel Forman (Mahavishnu Orchestra, Mike Stern, John Scofield) on Fender Rhodes, Chris Golden (Kenny G, Rod Stewart, Carly Simon) on Fretless Bass, Brian Price (The Crusaders) on Guitar and Myself. It has never been released before, but is still one of my favorites.

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