A little something from one of the many quarterly jams at Uncle Pat’s, when his friends would come down to Escondido from Los Angeles to hang out and play some jazz fusion. This is from July 14, 2012. Drums: Gary Greenberg (aka “G Money”). Synthesizers: Ferg Reed (AKA “Fergalicious”); my uncle, Pat Downes (AKA “Uncle P-Ditty”); and his nephew, Vincent Young (AKA “V Money”). The amazing Janeen (AKA “J Luv”), on guitar, saw, and vocals, started coming to these jams in 2011. Though her microphone wasn’t working that night and did not pick up her part, we still managed to capture some cool keyboard playing! Here’s an excerpt from our first improvised piece, a long jam featuring many interesting parts. This funky cut features a muted trumpet solo from my Motif 6 that includes references to Gershwin’s Porgy and Bess, Rimsky-Korsakov’s Flight of the Bumble Bee, and the Spiderman theme, plus a lick inspired by something Janeen and I came up with when this whole series of jams started. Listen as Uncle Pat, Ferg and Gary lay down the funk!