Empirical Rehearsing

Uk Jazz group Empirical rehearsing for the 2007 North Sea Jazz festival. Working on the Saxophone solo in Palantir (N. Facey)

N. Facey (sax)
J. Phelps (tpt)
T Farmer (bass)
K. Downes (pno)
S. Forbes (drums)

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• Palanitr
• Facey
• Farmer
• Downes
• Phelps
• Forbes
• North
• Sea

[MrJazzdreamer]

and as for J.Phelps no one ever found out where he went. He was fired a month before this rehearsal. Turned out he wasn't canadian at all, he was in fact from Haply-on-the wold near Royal Windsor and had put on the accent as he thought it made him sound more Jazz. You can see him in this video running over to band begging for his job back.

[TommyWalt]

Jay left to pursue his alternative career as a successful Hispanic Gay Icon. He softened the J in his name - now pronouced 'Yay'...

[hgkgiles]

definitely the best stuff I've heard coming out of room 159! Empirical are the the future + Kit looks much better with short hair x

[bopkick5]

@apharris67 i disagree wif you. that nathaniel is a heavy player trus mi

[MrJazzdreamer]

Around this time S.Forbes joined an australian saxophonist's quartet but quit after being asked to play a wobble board solo over Satellite.

As for N.Facey his fate was rather worse. Inspired by P.Gonsalves he packed his sax and headed off to Charlie Wrights with the intention of "going one better" but after fourteen choruses he was taken out the back by Zhenya and shot with old Kalashnikov kept from his military days.

That is the tale of Empicial.

[MrJazzdreamer]

I heard the reason the band broke up was as follows;

Shortly after this rehearsal K. Downes discovered marijuana and cheesecloth. He decided to grow his hair and a beard and went and formed a new group with J. Maddren and C. Gourlay.

T. Farmer a respectable young bassist settled down with a girl from his old college and was last seen walking through the barbican tunnel. Ask where he was going he replied, "I'm off to twang on her G-string".

to be continued..

[zakb08]

just heard these guys on Jazz 3, awesome!

[Noggbadd]

they my boyz boyeee... keep on killing it guyz

and don't worry about the negative comments remember they was talking shit about ornette trane even bird and now they are eating it.. keep doing what ur doing as Empirical or otherwise, you got long careers ahead of you all...

[uhyahprobly]

these comments are full of jazz snobs. if you don't like the music, why are you here?