“TILTED”, a prerequisite to Analog Players Society’s forthcoming remix album, Soundtrack for a Nonexistent Film, is 100% improvised jazz. No overdubs, no punching in, no previous agreements of where this song will go or how it will get there. The live takes showcase the element of risk just as if it was live in a club. The magical session resulted in reimagined covers for “One Note Samba” and “Epistrophy” along with a third, original tune that spontaneously emerged, “Freedom is, but a Fraction of Humanity!” The cover art, a diagonal NYC skyline photo by Jude Goergen, sets the stage for the album’s relevant vibe in our new dystopian reality. This variation of APS’ supergroup includes Donny McCaslin - tenor saxophone, Orrin Evans - piano, toy piano, Dezron Douglas - double bass, Eric McPherson - drums.

“The Analog Players Society provides some of the best evidence since the rise of Vampire Weekend that formerly exotic international music…has become an everyday part of the ever-richer mix of sources for modern popular tunes. Yet more styles the studio pros have to master: May they all wear their learning as lightly as the Analog Players Society.” NPR, Milo Miles