Owlsong Productions

05/29/2026

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Check the first single of the forthcoming Alan Lewine Xtet album!

“It was early 1986 when I went out scouring various auto junkyards until I found 4 rusted brake drums that rang at the pitches I wanted to incorporate into the gamelan- and classical-influenced jazz p

05/14/2026

Here’s another lost gem recovered from the same 1986 KiMo Theatre concert that yielded Mr. Harrison’s Beard: IDIOT WALK captures a unique duo performance by Alan Lewine on string bass and Brad Payne on bass trombone — the only known recording of this piece. It’s a funky jazz-rock fusion concept dedicated to its composer, Danny Fincham. Built on tritones and half-step progressions, the players give virtuoso interpretations of IDIOT WALK, blending composed written music seamlessly blending into spontaneous improvisation. We think you will find this funky groove piece both danceable and harmonically daring 🦉

Alan’s boyhood friend, guitarist Danny Fincham, composed this piece and Alan adapted it for this duo setting. Primarily a rock lead guitarist on a Stratocaster, in the early 70s Danny was listening to the Mahavishnu Orchestra, Jeff Beck, miles Davis and other exploratory ensembles and experimenting with some “fusion grooves” and this was one. Alan has occasionally performed IDIOT WALK since the late 1970s, usually as a bass solo feature, but this live performance yielded the only known recording we have. Danny is ill these days and proceeds from this release will go to him.

Credit goes to the digital wizardy of Alejandro Gordillo (Imperial Audio) and John Herrera (Clamsville Studios).
This lowfidelity archival tape now sounds as if you’re in the theater with the musicians.

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04/23/2026

𝐑𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐞 𝐝𝐚𝐲 🦉

Introducing IDIOT WALK — a newly restored archival duo performance from the 1986 KiMo Theatre concert — featuring Alan Lewine on contrabass and Brad Payne on bass trombone.

Written by Lewine’s longtime friend Danny Fincham, the piece blends early ’70s fusion grooves with tritonedriven harmonic motion. This is the only known recording of the work, lovingly resurrected by Alejandro Gordillo and John Herrera from a fragile 1980s tape.

All proceeds support Fincham, to whom the release is dedicated

03/20/2026

𝗔𝗹𝗮𝗻 𝗟𝗲𝘄𝗶𝗻𝗲 𝗫𝘁𝗲𝘁 - 𝗠𝗿. 𝗛𝗮𝗿𝗿𝗶𝘀𝗼𝗻’𝘀 𝗕𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗱 is out now on all platforms 🦉

A 23-minute gamelan- and classical-influenced jazz piece written after Alan met the renowed composer.
Here is the story behind the track:

“𝘐𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘭𝘺 1986 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘐 𝘸𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘴𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘷𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘰𝘶𝘴 𝘢𝘶𝘵𝘰 𝘫𝘶𝘯𝘬𝘺𝘢𝘳𝘥𝘴 𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘭 𝘐 𝘧𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥 4 𝘳𝘶𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘳𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘥𝘳𝘶𝘮𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘪𝘵𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘴 𝘐 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘰𝘳𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘨𝘢𝘮𝘦𝘭𝘢𝘯- 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘤𝘭𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭-𝘪𝘯𝘧𝘭𝘶𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘥 𝘫𝘢𝘻𝘻 𝘱𝘪𝘦𝘤𝘦 𝘐 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘶𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘯𝘢𝘮𝘦𝘥 𝘔𝘳. 𝘏𝘢𝘳𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘰𝘯’𝘴 𝘉𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘥. 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘭𝘬𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘫𝘶𝘯𝘬𝘺𝘢𝘳𝘥𝘴 𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘦𝘭𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘮𝘦 𝘯𝘶𝘵𝘴 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘣𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘣𝘢𝘴𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘩𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘱𝘪𝘭𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘣𝘳𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘥𝘳𝘶𝘮𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘢 𝘥𝘳𝘶𝘮 𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘬 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘱𝘪𝘵𝘤𝘩 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦. 𝘐 𝘥𝘦𝘣𝘶𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘔𝘳. 𝘏𝘢𝘳𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘰𝘯’𝘴 𝘉𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘥 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘢 7-𝘱𝘪𝘦𝘤𝘦 𝘣𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘢𝘮𝘦𝘥 𝘒𝘪𝘮𝘰 𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘳.

𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘳𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘭𝘰𝘴𝘵 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘯𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘭𝘺 40 𝘺𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘴. 𝘛𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘪𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘦𝘥 𝘢 𝘧𝘦𝘸 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘚𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘢 𝘍𝘦, 𝘕𝘦𝘸 𝘔𝘦𝘹𝘪𝘤𝘰 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘗𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘥, 𝘖𝘳𝘦𝘨𝘰𝘯, 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘴 𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘳𝘥𝘦𝘥. 𝘖𝘯𝘦 𝘥𝘢𝘺 𝘪𝘯 2024 𝘐 𝘧𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥 𝘢 𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘳𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘣𝘶𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘥 𝘥𝘦𝘦𝘱 𝘪𝘯 𝘖𝘸𝘭𝘴𝘰𝘯𝘨’𝘴 𝘥𝘪𝘨𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘭 𝘢𝘳𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘴. 𝘐 𝘸𝘳𝘰𝘵𝘦 𝘔𝘳. 𝘏𝘢𝘳𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘰𝘯’𝘴 𝘉𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘥 𝘪𝘯 1986 𝘢𝘧𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘮𝘦𝘦𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘰𝘸𝘯𝘦𝘥 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘦𝘳, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘐 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘳 𝘪𝘵 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘮𝘺 𝘮𝘰𝘴𝘵 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨.”

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03/06/2026

Today is so no better time to put our next release up for pre-order called “Mr. Harrison’s Beard”, a gamelan- and classical-influenced jazz piece by Alan Lewine Xtet 🦉

A long-lost recording from the 80’s which was resurrected to crystal clear sound through hours of hard work in the of Alejandro Gordillo at Imperial Audio and John Herrera of Clamsville Studios ().

Pre-order → owlsong.bandcamp.com

Musicians included in this recording:

Arlen Asher - alto and baritone sax, clarinet, flute
Bill Wood - tenor sax
Gary Elton - trumpet, flugelhorn
Brad Payne - tenor trombone, bass trombone
Cal Haines - drums
Ari Fleisher - piano
Alan Lewine - upright bass, composition

10/10/2025

Sat in tonight at Jarana in Lavapies barrio. Fun.

07/31/2025

Phil Jones Bass Nano X4 - something tiny to hold me over while all I have is my ukubajo.