Leroi Moore Has Passed Away

[trippin6strings]

anyone ever listen to Code Magenta w/ LeRoi?

[wkpggrvn2001]

The first song on this page:
http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fu ... 172b891fc9

Code: Select all

Mike Sokolowski (of Soko) shared this unreleased version of "In November Sunlight" featuring a never-before-heard sax recording by LeRoi Moore with me the day after LeRoi passed. Alot of you may be familiar with Soko's CD of the same name from '96 which features this title track but is a completely different recording than the version presented here. Soko has been working on a completely new recording of the entire INS CD and as Mike went back thru all the '95 takes listening to what they had recorded he discovered this beautiful LeRoi sax take recorded for original INS release but Soko ended up going with a slightly slower take for the final version of the track. He decided to build the new version around this original, slightly faster, '95 sax part as he thought it was wonderful & felt it should see the light of day. Everything else you hear on this track has been recorded over the last year as they have been working on the new version of the INS CD.


I was talking with Mike the day that LeRoi passed and the next morning I found this gem in my inbox from Mike and it literally brought tears to my eyes. I called Mike and asked him if he would mind if I shared it with others and he said he would be "honored". Mike also suggests pulling out your copy of "Code Magenta" featuring LeRoi Moore, Greg Howard & Dawn Thompson if you haven't played it in a while as he says it features some of LeRoi's best work and has been quite uplifting in this time of pain & loss.


So, thank you Mike for sharing this recording of LeRoi with the rest of us and special thanx to LeRoi Moore for all the music he has given us, his fans & the world. Your contribution to our lives can never be measured and will of course be sorely missed.


Rest In PEACE LeRoi, your light will shine on thru the music!

Please remember this is only a rough mix & not the final mix that will appear on the forthcoming, re-recorded "In November Sunlight"

NOTE FROM MIKE SOKOLOWSKI:

You gotta listen past the raw, bass-heavy nature of this mix. This is not even a mix, per se, just some tracks quickly exported out of my computer program for us to listen to as we work on the record. In fact, Houston and I had been talking about sending a clip to Roi, but kept holding back, wanting to wait for a nice mix. Big regret, as I think he would have been surprised to know that there was a take that good in the can from those sessions. But I believe that in some way, he's hearing it now.


The thing about LeRoi -- and the reason so many millions of people feel a sense of personal loss -- is that his music was completely devoid of bullshit. Like any musician, he had musical peaks and valleys, but he never played an inauthentic note. No musical exhibitionism from LeRoi Moore; it was always pure communication. That's why, even though he lurked in the shadows of the bandstand, didn't sing the songs, or rap to the audience, people felt they knew him. And they DID know him -- they knew the essence of who he was, because he made the choice to speak honestly through his horn. To use his horn to actually reach people, and not simply (or simplemindedly) to try to impress them. He could start anywhere in the measure, end anywhere in the measure, and it always flowed. It was an effortlessly beautiful floating and weaving of melody, phrasing and dynamics expertly controlled -- like a captivating storyteller. Never forced. Never clever for cleverness' sake. It wasn't jazz, it wasn't folk, it wasn't rock, it wasn't classical. And it wasn't about eclectically mashing those together in a conscious way. LeRoi's music was the result of a brilliant and open-minded student of music taking it all in and speaking back to us, naturally.


Houston used to tell him that he was in his "top five," and LeRoi would scoff at that notion, modest and obviously made uncomfortable by the suggestion. But damn it, it's true for me, too. Sure, you've got your Coltrane and you've got your Wayne Shorter and maybe a couple of others -- absolute unequivocal masters of the instrument -- but if I could have called any living saxophonist to play my music and serve it the way I envision it to be and without having to explain it, it would have always been him. A kindred spirit, a master musician whose level I won't attain in a couple of lifetimes, and a beautiful person who simply breathed when he played. God Bless you, LeRoi. I miss you and I think you'll dig this take.


-- Michael Sokolowski, Thursday, August 21, 2008

Really enjoyed that

[fede]

The first song on this page:
http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fu ... 172b891fc9

Code: Select all

Mike Sokolowski (of Soko) shared this unreleased version of "In November Sunlight" featuring a never-before-heard sax recording by LeRoi Moore with me the day after LeRoi passed. Alot of you may be familiar with Soko's CD of the same name from '96 which features this title track but is a completely different recording than the version presented here. Soko has been working on a completely new recording of the entire INS CD and as Mike went back thru all the '95 takes listening to what they had recorded he discovered this beautiful LeRoi sax take recorded for original INS release but Soko ended up going with a slightly slower take for the final version of the track. He decided to build the new version around this original, slightly faster, '95 sax part as he thought it was wonderful & felt it should see the light of day. Everything else you hear on this track has been recorded over the last year as they have been working on the new version of the INS CD.


I was talking with Mike the day that LeRoi passed and the next morning I found this gem in my inbox from Mike and it literally brought tears to my eyes. I called Mike and asked him if he would mind if I shared it with others and he said he would be "honored". Mike also suggests pulling out your copy of "Code Magenta" featuring LeRoi Moore, Greg Howard & Dawn Thompson if you haven't played it in a while as he says it features some of LeRoi's best work and has been quite uplifting in this time of pain & loss.


So, thank you Mike for sharing this recording of LeRoi with the rest of us and special thanx to LeRoi Moore for all the music he has given us, his fans & the world. Your contribution to our lives can never be measured and will of course be sorely missed.


Rest In PEACE LeRoi, your light will shine on thru the music!

Please remember this is only a rough mix & not the final mix that will appear on the forthcoming, re-recorded "In November Sunlight"

NOTE FROM MIKE SOKOLOWSKI:

You gotta listen past the raw, bass-heavy nature of this mix. This is not even a mix, per se, just some tracks quickly exported out of my computer program for us to listen to as we work on the record. In fact, Houston and I had been talking about sending a clip to Roi, but kept holding back, wanting to wait for a nice mix. Big regret, as I think he would have been surprised to know that there was a take that good in the can from those sessions. But I believe that in some way, he's hearing it now.


The thing about LeRoi -- and the reason so many millions of people feel a sense of personal loss -- is that his music was completely devoid of bullshit. Like any musician, he had musical peaks and valleys, but he never played an inauthentic note. No musical exhibitionism from LeRoi Moore; it was always pure communication. That's why, even though he lurked in the shadows of the bandstand, didn't sing the songs, or rap to the audience, people felt they knew him. And they DID know him -- they knew the essence of who he was, because he made the choice to speak honestly through his horn. To use his horn to actually reach people, and not simply (or simplemindedly) to try to impress them. He could start anywhere in the measure, end anywhere in the measure, and it always flowed. It was an effortlessly beautiful floating and weaving of melody, phrasing and dynamics expertly controlled -- like a captivating storyteller. Never forced. Never clever for cleverness' sake. It wasn't jazz, it wasn't folk, it wasn't rock, it wasn't classical. And it wasn't about eclectically mashing those together in a conscious way. LeRoi's music was the result of a brilliant and open-minded student of music taking it all in and speaking back to us, naturally.


Houston used to tell him that he was in his "top five," and LeRoi would scoff at that notion, modest and obviously made uncomfortable by the suggestion. But damn it, it's true for me, too. Sure, you've got your Coltrane and you've got your Wayne Shorter and maybe a couple of others -- absolute unequivocal masters of the instrument -- but if I could have called any living saxophonist to play my music and serve it the way I envision it to be and without having to explain it, it would have always been him. A kindred spirit, a master musician whose level I won't attain in a couple of lifetimes, and a beautiful person who simply breathed when he played. God Bless you, LeRoi. I miss you and I think you'll dig this take.


-- Michael Sokolowski, Thursday, August 21, 2008

Really enjoyed that

Very nice song. Very mellow.

Fede

[Freddie Freeloader]

too bad u cant download it...

[checkii]

too bad u cant download it...

I downloaded it this morning. It;s amazing.

[wkpggrvn2001]

Can I have your copy, when you are done with it?

[Freddie Freeloader]

how'd you download it? i couldnt

[wkpggrvn2001]

how'd you download it? i couldnt

Same here, let us know check

[checkii]

you can download it straight from www.meatspin.com

[wkpggrvn2001]

you can download it straight from http://www.meatspin.com

SWEEEEEEEEEEEEEETTTTT!!!! THANKS!!!!!!


I have been trying to get this for a long time. FINALLY!

Edit - It's legit freddie.

[fede]

you can download it straight from http://www.meatspin.com

SWEEEEEEEEEEEEEETTTTT!!!! THANKS!!!!!!


I have been trying to get this for a long time. FINALLY!

Edit - It's legit freddie.

jajajajajajaja.....

Fede

[CWMCALL]

http://www.dailyprogress.com/cdp/news/l ... ral/26822/


By Bryan McKenzie

Published: August 27, 2008

Stone-gray skies drizzled light rain onto the mourners filing into First Baptist Church on Park Street, as choir-sung hymns offered hope to the friends and family of LeRoi Holloway Moore.

Moore, 46, saxophonist and arranger for the Dave Matthews Band, died Aug. 19 in Los Angeles from an embolism, a complication from injuries he sustained in a June 30 all-terrain vehicle accident. Moore had been released from the hospital and was going through physical therapy in Los Angeles to be near the band when he became ill July 17.

About 1,000 people solemnly listened as a trio led by John D’earth played a sweet and sorrowful “Somewhere Over the Rainbow,” a trademark song for Moore.

“I am the resurrection and the life, saith the Lord; he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live,” proclaimed the Rev. Sherry Hardwick Thomas, of Trinity Episcopal Church, as she led the procession into the sanctuary. The linen-cloaked casket of Moore came close behind, followed by family, pallbearers and friends, including band members.

The congregants affirmed life’s goodness and mercy in the 23rd Psalm. They heard the New Testament promise no more death, no sorrow, no tears and no pain. They heard the promise that a place shall be prepared in Heaven.

“We believe that death is not the end,” the Rev. William A. Guthrie said in his eulogy. “Death is just the beginning, the beginning of life in Christ. Roi had a strong relationship with God, and it is that relationship we turn to now.”

Moore was born Sept. 7, 1961, in Durham, N.C., to Roxie Holloway Moore and the late Albert P. Moore. The family moved to the Charlottesville area early in Moore’s childhood. His love of music showed itself early, and he earned the nickname “Bop Bop” for his attempts at scat, the vocalization of jazz riffs.

He attended area schools, graduating from Western Albemarle High School, and continued studying saxophone and music theory long past graduation. He learned many different instruments and sought new sounds to use in the band, associates said.

“He was a great friend who had so many talents and loved so many people and had really begun to love himself,” Dave Matthews told the congregants. “We would sit together at Miller’s and talk and talk about music — sometimes I’d do all of the talking and sometimes he would — until we were gently asked to leave.”

Matthews recalled Moore’s sense of humor, his talent, knowledge of music, infectious laugh and ability to take a nap anywhere at any time. He said Moore’s sudden death made him regret those things that were left undone.

“We should not wait to do things; that’s what death tells us,” Matthews said. “I love my friend, Roi. I miss him. I do, and I always will.”

The congregation received Holy Communion — “one last meal to send Roi on his way,” Thomas explained — and local musician Michelle Arrington sang the gospel song “To Live is Christ.”

Roland Wiggins, who taught Moore advanced music theory, performed on piano Moore’s favorite spiritual, “Keep Me From Sinking Down,” with a jazz groove. The congregation then prayed and commended Moore’s spirit to Heaven.

“Human grief is not unchristian. The very love we have for each other in Christ brings deep sorrow when we are parted by death,” Thomas comforted the mourners.

As the congregation sang “For All the Saints,” Thomas led clergy, casket and family from the sanctuary to awaiting vehicles and a procession to a private graveside service.

The funeral over, mourners shook hands, hugged and shed quiet tears. Then they slowly filed out of the church and into a pouring rain, leaving LeRoi Holloway Moore to rest in peace.

[MattyTrane]

Thanks.

[GSR]

[justanotherfan]