Todd Ferris Mosby - Indian/Jazz Guitar Virtuoso: CD & MP3 Products

Mosby Group - Missouri Folk Song

Missouri based Mosby Group depicts the natural vibe in a tribute to the Missouri Ozark Region and Nature Conservancy of Missouri. This recording and accompanying Concert went to raise awareness and money for the purchasing Current River Watershed tracts of land. Catchy Tunes, Burning Ballads and Light Latin create memorable moments with high level musical standards. Solo Acoustic Guitar, Trio, Quartet, Quintet.

These compositions reflect the core of my Group performance sets over the past few years. The album project itself spanned 4 years and 3 relationships. Growing up in and around the various landscapes that the state of Missouri offers and along with hiking some of its amazing state parks, the music from this set of recordings reflects those times, scenes and memories. Some of the tunes go back as far as 1998 with Country Song (my personal version of country music) and Missouri Folk Song and as recent as 2009 with Colorado, Missouri.

Hope you enjoy the expansiveness of this music. It is truly my swan song to living in the heart of the country. Enjoy!

  Mosby Group East West

 

The compositions in this set reflect a perfect blending and balance between the East West Music Cultures. I use three aproaches. 

First, I set out to achieve imrpovisational beds through strict adherence to the rules of rag along with innovative use of western modal harmony. A western musician can improvise over the changes and go totally outside the realm of the rag yet the harmony and chordal movement holds it to the rag's tonal center. An Eastern musician can improvise totally within the rag and have the added beauty of chordal accompaniment which stays within the rag structure. This creates an atmosphere of true joining of music cultures. It would takeyears of study for both musicians to tunderstand at a deep level the inticaies of a rag and how to creat a series of decent chord changes. Bhim's Palasie, Yamin's Kalian and Falling Water are examples of this type structure.

Second, I created a series of compositions based on parallel chordal movement and allowed the musician to shift the notes of the rag to different tonal centers. In other words, a 5 note rag scale could be imposed over a set of moving changes much like Giant Steps. North Star and Turn are examples of this style of improv.

Third, I created an environment which was very tonal and allowing the use of basically one scale for improvisation over a series of tonal chords. Heading West is an example of this type of music.

Here is what Pete Pardo of Sea of Tranquility said about the album:

"The jazz-fusion ensemble Mosby Group hails from St. Louis, and is led by master guitar player Todd Mosby, a gifted musician who combines searing jazz rock ala John McLaughlin, Larry Coryell, and Pat Metheny, with North Indian rag influences. Mosby utilizes electric guitar as well as the 20 stringed Indian instrument called the Imratgitar on the CD's seven lengthy pieces, and he is joined by a crew of other seasoned musicians to create an enjoyable listening experience of smoldering fusion music." -Sea of Tranquility

Mosby Group East West

 

Mosby Group Missouri Folk Song

 

Todd Ferris Mosby Mosby Indian Music

 

 

 

 

 

View, print and listen to completed scores. Currently up is Falling Leaf-5 short pieces for solo guitar and a piano work. Guitar Circus I will soon be ready. Students check for lessons and updates. These are free downloads or you can listen and play along.Tempo is adjustable.You need to download the Scorch plug in available from the site. Good luck and thanks.