page_title: Tim Gemmill
section_title: Road Songs 2
hierarchical_section_title: Tim Gemmill / Biography / Road Songs 2
caption_attribution_description: English: A selfie taken by Tim Gemmill
context_page_description: Timothy Jon Gemmill is an American jazz musician, composer, arranger, producer, bandleader, graphic designer and entrepreneur, who has been involved in musical projects since the late 1960s. Most notably; Music Projection Trio, Rorschach, Cozzetti & Gemmill Quartet, Cozzetti & Gemmill, Rocka Records, Rocka.com and Cozgem Records.
context_section_description: The release of Road Songs 2, in 2017, is also a C&G production; original material provided by Tim Gemmill. Once again, Jay Kenney does the album mixing, with Dave Davis handling final mastering. Alex Henderson, who did the liner notes for Road Songs 2, February 2017, writes, "Tim Gemmill has absorbed a wide variety of music over the years. The Seattle-based jazz improvisor and multi-instrumentalist was influenced by the acoustic post-bop innovations of John Coltrane and Miles Davis early in his career, but he was subsequently inspired by the electric jazz-rock fusion that Davis, Wayne Shorter & Joe Zawinul's Weather Report, Chick Corea's Return to Forever, Herbie Hancock's Headhunters and John McLaughlin's Mahavishnu Orchestra championed during the 1970s. Gemmill, however, also appreciates many different types of rock and R&B; one of his late heroes is the late Godfather of Soul James Brown. And many of his inspirations come to the surface on Road Songs 2, a sequel to his 2013 release, Road Songs."
  Mr. Henderson continues, "Road Songs 2, like the first Road Songs, is a solo project from the long-time partner of fellow Seattle resident and jazz improvisor Bob Cozzetti, who he met in 1965. 2017, in fact marks Cozzetti & Gemmill's 50th anniversary as collaborators--and after all these years, Gemmill still welcomes Cozzetti's insights. Cozzetti & Gemmill produced Road Songs 2 together (with Jay Kenney serving as mixing engineer; Dave Davis as mastering engineer) and decided to release it on Cozgem Records, the independent label they founded in 1981. But, Gemmill, ultimately, is the one in the driver's seat on Road Songs 2. In addition to playing all of the instruments himself and providing the sounds of everything from drums and bass to keyboards, Gemmill composed most of the material."
  Scott Yanow, June 28, 2017, writes, "Saxophonist- keyboardist Tim Gemmill is best known for his many projects with trumpeter-keyboardist Bob Cozzetti and for being an important part of the Seattle jazz scene for quite a few years. While Cozzetti is co-producer of Road Songs 2, as with the original Road Songs, Gemmill plays all of the instruments and wrote all but one of the songs." Mr, Yanow continues, "Through overdubbing and expert use of such keyboards as the UltraProteus, the Memorymoog, the Prophecy, the Kawaii, a drum synthesizer and inventive samplers, Tim Gemmill creates a digital orchestra. In his playing, one can hear not only keyboards but guitar, powerful bass lines, drums, percussion and, on 'Can You Read My Mind,' wordless voices. The colorful music has a spontaneous feel yet was obviously well planned."
  Scott further states, "Road Songs 2 concludes with the one song not composed by Gemmill. 'Can You Read My Read My Mind,' which was written by John Williams, from the 1970s hit movie Superman. Originally a vocal ballad, it is transformed into a funky piece filled with five-note patterns and, although instrumental, it utilizes the sound of wordless singers."
caption: Tim Gemmill, Cozgem Studios, June 2017
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