MIGUEL KERTSMAN
in the moment
with Ernie Adams on drums
From genre-smashing composer and keyboardist Miguel Kertsman and drummer Ernie Adams comes IN THE MOMENT, a true-to-its-name album that leaps over musical boundaries and defies any label. The single-take, minimally microphoned recordings capture the raw emotional potential of music and the spontaneity of an intimate recording session. Kertsman’s vintage analog keyboards, bass pedals, and Adams’ drums work in tandem to duck and weave between musical forms, mingling with progressive rock, jazz fusion, Brazilian, Eastern, and more, all seamlessly fused together into one cohesive musical journey.
ABOUT
This album was made in the moment. It features first-take, live-to-two-track recordings with little or no rehearsal. Drummer Ernie Adams joins composer Miguel Kertsman in transcending music genres and boundaries. Prior to recording IN THE MOMENT, Kertsman and Adams had never played a single note together. Kertsman’s vintage analog keyboard setup includes multiple sets of bass pedals, allowing two musicians to achieve a wide range of musical expression. Bass or melody lines are switched between keyboards and pedalboards.
The recordings were made via minimalist microphone placement techniques, capturing sounds emanating from amplifiers, loudspeaker cabinets, and the drums, all within the actual space in real time. One track may delve deeply into progressive rock, whereas others travel into jazz or jazz-rock-fusion, experimental, Brazilian, or eastern music atmospheres. East West, West East, Southern Ipanema, or Northern Blues Bop…music is global.
