Week 14: Dimensional Inversion

Live at Easy Tiger Beer Garden, Winston-Salem, NC

This week felt like a phase shift. A new energy entered the room and opened a portal—tight grooves, deep feel, and melodies that seemed to write themselves in the moment. We welcomed keyboardist Melchi Kpade, a masterful jazz musician originally from Benin who brought a whole new language to the session. From the first downbeat, his playing connected everything: rhythm, harmony, mood, movement. It was the sound we didn’t know we were missing until we heard it.

The trio this week—John Daniel Ray (bass, synth, computer), Jonathan Greene (drums), and Joseph Dowdy (saxophones and flute)—locked into a powerful, organic chemistry with Melchi. The result was music that was funky, thoughtful, joyful, and strangely profound. Some pieces landed like full compositions with dense melodies and counterpoint; others drifted into trancey earth-tones and cosmic textures. There were moments that made us laugh and moments that gave us chills.

We skipped the plant music this week—the humans were in full bloom.

Support the band. Join the journey. Flip dimensions.

Credits

Joseph Dowdy // tenor, soprano sax, flute, effects

Melchi Kpade // Keyboards

Jonathan Greene // drums

John Daniel Ray // bass, computer, effects