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As many of you may remember, a few months ago, we here at The Witzard hosted, assembled, and compiled a 7-track remix contest/compilation dubbed The Witzard's Andy Cooper "COMPANION PLAN" Remix Comp. playlist . It included a selection of original genre-eschewing submissions from Places & Spaces' Naturetone , Djar One, Broken Machine Films Presents... (Illuminated Paths) Australian beat-maker Dros, Mike East , UncleRussie, and Three Tree Posse AKA 3TP 's Getro . After receiving a moderate amount of praise from The Witzard 's trusty readership, the participating producers, and Andy Cooper and his label, Rocafort Records , I decided to start planning for The Witzard 's second remix contest. I soon reached out to my friend, frequent collaborator, and Baltimore -based producer John "Jumbled" Bachman . Together, we collectively agreed to field an instrumental composition to be flipped, sampled, re-constructed, etc. for this second remix ...

Greetings, friends and fans! It's time for the second official The Witzard's Remix Challenge ; we're inviting producers and beat-makers—as well as emcees, singers, etc.—to tackle this instrumental track, "COMPANION PLAN," by New York quintet Cowboys & Frenchmen . Do your absolute best to flip this original Blues/Jazz composition into a new creation! "COMPANION PLAN" is currently available for FREE download for potential remixers and contest participants at C&F sax player Ethan Helm 's Bandcamp page. Remix submission deadline is Monday, April 30, 2018. Please send completed remixes to The Witzard at sharpcheddar856@gmail.com . For inspiration, feel free to ch-check out The Witzard 's comprehensive 2017 interview with Cowboys & Frenchmen 's baritone/alto sax players Owen Broder & Ethan Helm . Cowboys & Frenchmen 's latest album, Bluer Than You Think , is now available on Outside In Music . Happy remixing and g...

Cowboys & Frenchmen (C&F) are a wonderfully named, New York-based Modern Jazz quintet that describes itself as an act who "produces music that is expressive and fiercely creative, taking co-improvisation to new heights," as their Facebook About section fitting describes. I'll be the first to readily admit, I'm not the most well-versed on Jazz's formative late greats, but I've always enjoyed a Jazz-minded Hip-Hop sample and the Neo-Jazz stylings of Flying Lotus and his BRAINFEEDER crew, BADBADNOTGOOD AKA BBNG, Wu-Tang Clan-indebted El Michels Affair, Polish Jazz septet EABS, and even "The Greatest Band In Late Night," Philly's own The Roots. I received a cold-sent email last month from Massachusetts-based PR company Braithwaite & Katz Communications high-lighting the title track from Cowboys & Frenchmen's innovative, alto sax-led sophomore album, Bluer Than You Think—to be released today, Friday, October 13th, on Outside-In-Mu...

Cowboys & Frenchmen (C&F) are a wonderfully named, New York -based Modern Jazz quintet that describes itself as an act who "produces music that is expressive and fiercely creative, taking co-improvisation to new heights," as their Facebook About section fitting describes. I'll be the first to readily admit, I'm not the most well-versed on Jazz 's formative late greats, but I've always enjoyed a Jazz -minded Hip-Hop sample and the Neo-Jazz stylings of Flying Lotus and his BRAINFEEDER crew, BADBADNOTGOOD AKA BBNG, Wu-Tang Clan -indebted El Michels Affair , Polish Jazz septet EABS , and even "The Greatest Band In Late Night," Philly 's own The Roots . I received a cold-sent email late last week from Massachusetts -based PR company Braithwaite & Katz Communications highlighting the title track from Cowboys & Frenchmen 's innovative, alto sax-led sophomore album, Bluer Than You Think —to be released on Outside-In-Music ...