A Merry Heart is a piece in 7/4 time that I composed over eight years ago. Musically, it was inspired by listening to the odd-meter jazz of The Dave Brubeck Quartet, with spiritual inspiration from the book of Proverbs.
I almost tossed this one from the project plans, as the composition itself is fairly simple. I am very glad we went ahead with it though -- Abraham Laboriel & Bill Maxwell put so much life and energy into the music, making it sound far better than I ever thought it could!
Listen especially for the alternating bass and drum solos between Abe & Bill. Magnificent!
This track also includes Tom Brooks on Hammond B3 organ, Justo Almario on alto saxophone & flute, Carl Albrecht on percussion, and myself on electric piano.
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