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A psychedelic Cuban-jazzified pop song that started with a bass line that flowed out of me while playing cruise ship gigs in the Caribbean. Every time I played this magnetic groove, musicians would start jamming, people would start dancing... Cuban and Caribbean music is animated and easeful to me, rhythmically and harmonically, making me feel like I’m moving with confidence, no matter what’s going on in the world.

The song title came from an airline magazine article, written by an articulate gardener whose specialty was plant life that blooms at only night. As to the lyrics, Donald Fagen said he’d write lyrics simply because the words suit his mouth and a melody. He’d let words flow until they find their own meaning. That was the case with “Night Garden.” Lyrics & melody lines grew into “a song novelette” about a couple of lovers heading south of the border, on the lam because of an unspecified crime.

The music bed was recorded in Brooklyn, Los Angeles, and Williamsport PA (final mix by Xavier Francis). It features the indispensable drum/trumpet/co-production work of Eric Biondo (a.k.a. Beyondo) + magnificent piano by Mike Garson, a composer-artist in his own right, but he’s best known as David Bowie’s longtime keyboardist.

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from I LIKE THE STREET, released November 23, 2020
Eric Biondo a.k.a. Beyondo: drums, drum program, keyboards, co-production, & trumpet
JJB: bass, electronic drums, keyboards, co-production, songwriting, & all vocals
Scott Francis: mixing
Mike Garson: piano

Recorded in Bell Canyon CA, Brooklyn NY, and Williamsport PA

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