This project is a tribute to the most eclectic jazz man of all time - the great Eddie Harris. Eddie Harris made the most diverse LPs with tracks spanning musical styles and genres - straight ahead bebop, avant-garde, funk, Latin, quasi-classical, minimalism, and more.

As kids we waited breathlessly for his new recordings and he would never fail to surprise us from tune to tune. As an author, Harris wrote books including The Interverlistic Concept. He was a pioneer of audio effects using synthesizers and effects pedals such as the ring modulator, octave divider, and echoplex. Harris invented a sax mouthpiece for trumpet and trombone, and even recorded a comedy record!

Butler hopes to match the diverse eclecticism of one of Eddie’s many Atlantic recordings on this release.

Symmetrical Oscillations - Autographed CD

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M.M.O.S. Music Release Date 3/1/16

Patrick Butler - Guitar Andre Allen - Drums
Tom Salyers - Organ
Josh Harris - Tenor Sax Rob Cameron - Electric Bass Austin Nicholsen - Acoustic Bass Julio Muniz - Percussion

Gary Bogdanoff - Engineer

All tracks composed by Patrick Butler Produced by Gary Bogdanoff and Patrick Butler Photos - Amy Dean Design - Joe Dean
1 Symmetrical Oscillations - A tune inspired by the quirky, classification-defying compositions that Eddie Harris would intersperse in his LPs.

2 Lightbulb - This track is inspired by many Eddie Harris tunes. Check out Josh Harris’ solo.

3 The Harry Leahey Notebook Page 24 -
A tune inspired by chords scribbled in the corner of page 24 in the legendary top secret musical notebook of Butler’s teacher - the guitar master Harold Francis Leahey.

4 Free the Funkadelic Five - A raw funk tune based on an incident that occurred in Plainfield, New Jersey.

5 Panharmonicon - A challenging set of chords executed in a quasi-classical style that morphs into swing.

6 Momentous Modulations - A simple melody modulated into four keys with a nod to the first jazz rock beat.

7 Veritable Progression - A Jersey-style funk jam that moves into straight up Latin mambo.

8 Lone Valence Electron - A ballad that Butler wrote in Physics class, imagining the plight of lonesome electrons on the outer shells of atoms.

9 Intermission - Tom Salyers and Butler swing this one as a duet, but don’t go get popcorn or you might miss some bebop improvisation. This tune shows Salyers’ roots as a one-man show at The Holiday Inn.

10 Atmospheric Ion Exchanges - Another tune inspired by Physics via chords that interact to form new altered inversions.

11 The Cave of Dr Blokflote - Butler gets psycho-delic on the Echoplex.

12 Cranefly - A free improvisation on a swing rhythm with massive fourth chords a la McCoy Tyner.

13 Pod Guy - A slow funk that crawls like the unidentified bug that lives at Butler’s SoCal house.

14 Centipede - A fast funk jam with Butler doing some fancy-schmancy two-hand tapping style.

15 Firebrats Pt 1 - Butler busts out the Ring Modulator on this tune. Engineer gets irritated.

16 Firebrats Pt 2 - Against the Engineer’s orders, breaks out the RING MODULAR AGAIN!!

17 Circumambulations - Eddie Harris was a pioneer of using harmonizing devices and playing alone as a one-man horn section. Butler matches this with a one-man guitar section.

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