song: Blue Interval

artist: Blue Interval

mood: improvisation

colors:
deep blue
amber
smoke gray

composition: smoky club

camera: slow drift

description: Smoky Club. The space between notes is where jazz lives


mood: cool

colors: midnight gold burgundy

composition: spotlight solo

camera: rack focus

description: Spotlight Solo. Blue is the color of a chord that knows too much


mood: smoky

colors: slate copper cream

composition: ensemble frame

camera: steady

description: Ensemble Frame. The interval stretches like a cat in the sun


lyric_line: Every rest is a decision not a mistake

mood: swing

colors: navy champagne charcoal

composition: instrument close-up

camera: handheld sway

description: Instrument Close Up. Every rest is a decision not a mistake


mood: melancholy

colors: indigo bronze pearl

composition: audience blur

camera: dolly

description: Audience Blur. Blue interval—the pause before the truth


mood: exuberance

composition: reflected in piano

camera: orbit

description: Reflected In Piano. The interval is the jazz musician's vacation


lyric_line: Blue notes don't cry—they remember

mood: mystery

composition: silhouette trio

camera: locked

description: Silhouette Trio. Blue notes don't cry—they remember


mood: tenderness

composition: vinyl spinning

camera: tilt down

description: Vinyl Spinning. The interval between two lovers is a jazz standard


lyric_line: Blue is the frequency of honesty

mood: chaos

composition: bar counter

camera: soft zoom

description: Bar Counter. Blue is the frequency of honesty


lyric_line: The interval ends but the blue remains

mood: resolution

composition: stage depth

camera: floating

description: Stage Depth. The interval ends but the blue remains


song: Smoke Note

artist: Smoke Note

description: Smoky Club. The note hangs in the air like cigarette smoke


description: Spotlight Solo. Smoke curls around the melody like a jealous lover


lyric_line: Every exhale is a riff

description: Ensemble Frame. Every exhale is a riff


description: Instrument Close Up. The smoke note lingers after the club closes


description: Audience Blur. Smoke: the visual form of a sustained chord


description: Reflected In Piano. The note dissolves but the smoke remembers


description: Silhouette Trio. We play until the smoke clears and the truth appears


description: Vinyl Spinning. Smoke note: the sound of something ending slowly


lyric_line: The smoke doesn't judge the fire

description: Bar Counter. The smoke doesn't judge the fire


lyric_line: Every note leaves a trail of smoke

description: Stage Depth. Every note leaves a trail of smoke


song: Phantom Chord

artist: Midnight Quartet

lyric_line: The chord you hear but can't identify

description: Smoky Club. The chord you hear but can't identify


description: Spotlight Solo. Phantom chords haunt the spaces between keys


lyric_line: The chord resolves but the ghost stays

description: Ensemble Frame. The chord resolves but the ghost stays


lyric_line: Every jazz standard has a phantom chord

description: Instrument Close Up. Every jazz standard has a phantom chord


description: Audience Blur. The chord was there—we just weren't listening


description: Reflected In Piano. Phantom: the chord that plays after the song ends


description: Silhouette Trio. The chord belongs to no key and every key


lyric_line: We chase phantom chords like detectives

description: Vinyl Spinning. We chase phantom chords like detectives


description: Bar Counter. The chord is the question, the silence is the answer


lyric_line: Phantom chords: the jazz musician's GPS

description: Stage Depth. Phantom chords: the jazz musician's GPS


song: Midnight Improv

artist: Velvet Chord

description: Smoky Club. The clock strikes twelve and the rules dissolve


lyric_line: Improv is just courage set to music

description: Spotlight Solo. Improv is just courage set to music


description: Ensemble Frame. Midnight: when the sheet music goes to sleep


description: Instrument Close Up. Every improvisation is a small rebellion


description: Audience Blur. The improv doesn't care about your rehearsal


description: Reflected In Piano. Midnight is the jazz musician's playground


description: Silhouette Trio. We improvise because the truth is unrehearsed


description: Vinyl Spinning. The improv is the most honest thing we play


lyric_line: Midnight improv: the dark room of music

description: Bar Counter. Midnight improv: the dark room of music


description: Stage Depth. The improv ends when the sun remembers us


song: Vinyl Psalm

artist: Phantom Scale

lyric_line: The needle drops and the psalm begins

description: Smoky Club. The needle drops and the psalm begins


lyric_line: Vinyl: the most honest form of memory

description: Spotlight Solo. Vinyl: the most honest form of memory


lyric_line: Every scratch on the record is a prayer

description: Ensemble Frame. Every scratch on the record is a prayer


description: Instrument Close Up. The psalm is in the crackle not the melody


lyric_line: Vinyl remembers what digital forgets

description: Audience Blur. Vinyl remembers what digital forgets


description: Reflected In Piano. The psalm plays at 33 revolutions per minute


description: Silhouette Trio. We worship at the altar of the turntable


lyric_line: Vinyl psalm: the grooves are the gospel

description: Vinyl Spinning. Vinyl psalm: the grooves are the gospel


description: Bar Counter. The needle finds the truth in the groove


lyric_line: The psalm skips but the faith doesn't

description: Stage Depth. The psalm skips but the faith doesn't


song: Whiskey Chord

description: Smoky Club. The chord tastes like aged oak and regret


description: Spotlight Solo. Whiskey chord: the sound of distilled sorrow


lyric_line: Every sip is a blue note

description: Ensemble Frame. Every sip is a blue note


description: Instrument Close Up. The chord warms like bourbon in the chest


lyric_line: Whiskey: the liquid form of a minor key

description: Audience Blur. Whiskey: the liquid form of a minor key


description: Reflected In Piano. The chord ages in the barrel of the night


lyric_line: We drink the chord and play the whiskey

description: Silhouette Trio. We drink the chord and play the whiskey


lyric_line: Whiskey chord: intoxicating resolution

description: Vinyl Spinning. Whiskey chord: intoxicating resolution


description: Bar Counter. The chord and the whiskey agree on everything


description: Stage Depth. Whiskey chord: smooth, smoky, and slightly out of tune


song: Rooftop Cadence

description: Smoky Club. The cadence falls like rain on the city below


lyric_line: Rooftop: where jazz goes to breathe

description: Spotlight Solo. Rooftop: where jazz goes to breathe


lyric_line: Every cadence is a rooftop decision

description: Ensemble Frame. Every cadence is a rooftop decision


description: Instrument Close Up. The cadence floats between the stars and the street


lyric_line: Rooftop cadence: jazz at altitude

description: Audience Blur. Rooftop cadence: jazz at altitude


description: Reflected In Piano. We play the cadence because the sky demands it


lyric_line: The cadence rises while the city sleeps

description: Silhouette Trio. The cadence rises while the city sleeps


lyric_line: Rooftop: the penthouse of sound

description: Vinyl Spinning. Rooftop: the penthouse of sound


description: Bar Counter. The cadence is the bridge between earth and note


lyric_line: Rooftop cadence: the jazz of elevation

description: Stage Depth. Rooftop cadence: the jazz of elevation


song: Smoked Mirror

lyric_line: The mirror reflects in smoke and brass

description: Smoky Club. The mirror reflects in smoke and brass


lyric_line: Smoked mirror: the jazz of distortion

description: Spotlight Solo. Smoked mirror: the jazz of distortion


lyric_line: Every reflection is a blue note

description: Ensemble Frame. Every reflection is a blue note


description: Instrument Close Up. The mirror smokes because the room is alive


lyric_line: Smoked mirror: the hazy truth

description: Audience Blur. Smoked mirror: the hazy truth


description: Reflected In Piano. We look in the smoked mirror and see our best selves


lyric_line: The mirror doesn't judge—it just smokes

description: Silhouette Trio. The mirror doesn't judge—it just smokes


lyric_line: Smoked mirror: the jazz club's oracle

description: Vinyl Spinning. Smoked mirror: the jazz club's oracle


description: Bar Counter. The reflection swings like a door on its hinge


lyric_line: Smoked mirror: honest distortion

description: Stage Depth. Smoked mirror: honest distortion


song: Velvet Catastrophe

lyric_line: The catastrophe wears a velvet jacket

description: Smoky Club. The catastrophe wears a velvet jacket


description: Spotlight Solo. Velvet catastrophe: the elegant disaster


description: Ensemble Frame. Every catastrophe deserves a good soundtrack


description: Instrument Close Up. The velvet absorbs the shock of the fall


lyric_line: Catastrophe: the jazz musician's muse

description: Audience Blur. Catastrophe: the jazz musician's muse


description: Reflected In Piano. We dress our disasters in velvet because we have class


description: Silhouette Trio. The catastrophe swings instead of crashing


lyric_line: Velvet catastrophe: the smooth collapse

description: Vinyl Spinning. Velvet catastrophe: the smooth collapse


description: Bar Counter. The disaster plays a solo before it leaves


description: Stage Depth. Velvet catastrophe: the most dignified ruin


song: Amber Interval

description: Smoky Club. The interval glows like trapped sunlight


lyric_line: Amber interval: the preserved pause

description: Spotlight Solo. Amber interval: the preserved pause


lyric_line: Every interval is a tiny eternity

description: Ensemble Frame. Every interval is a tiny eternity


lyric_line: The amber holds the note forever

description: Instrument Close Up. The amber holds the note forever


lyric_line: Amber interval: the fossil of sound

description: Audience Blur. Amber interval: the fossil of sound


description: Reflected In Piano. We pause in amber because time is too fast


lyric_line: The interval glows with trapped beauty

description: Silhouette Trio. The interval glows with trapped beauty


lyric_line: Amber: the jazz of preservation

description: Vinyl Spinning. Amber: the jazz of preservation


lyric_line: The interval is the amber of the melody

description: Bar Counter. The interval is the amber of the melody


lyric_line: Amber interval: frozen music

description: Stage Depth. Amber interval: frozen music