In Tune
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In college, Paxton Barrilla and Mars Hudson built a strong foundation for lifelong friendship. Then their careers take them to opposite sides of the country. When they walk into a recording studio in Las Vegas, Pax as producer and Mars as clarinet player, they haven’t seen each other for almost twenty years.
At first, Pax’s plans are simply to make the best jazz record he possibly can. Mars? He wants that, too. But what he wants more is a chance to see if long-ago friendship and a gift for working together might add up to more.
The overture is a surprise, but Pax is interested. After three weeks of the kinds of conversations they never had with anyone else, are they ready to see if they’ve struck the right chord?
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In Tune - Alexandra Caluen
In Tune
By Alexandra Caluen
Published by JMS Books LLC
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Copyright 2023 Alexandra Caluen
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Published in the United States of America.
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This story is dedicated to all the musicians I’ve known and loved.
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In Tune
By Alexandra Caluen
Chapter 1
Pax
February 13, 2017
Pax got back to his hotel room with just enough time to shower, dress, and finish packing before checkout. His flight to New York was at three, which should put him in his loft by midnight LA time. Along the way, he could clean up all the messages that landed while he was offline the night before.
Usually, the Grammy Awards meant a watch party at home: relaxing with some friends, some takeout, and plenty of drinks. It was a whole different experience to be in the audience, trying not to visibly bite his nails until one of the albums he’d produced didn’t win. He was a guy who would say it’s an honor just to be nominated
and mean it, but it was still a letdown last night when somebody else took the trophy.
You’re only forty,
he told himself out loud, ignoring the curious looks from other people at the gate. He had earbuds in; they probably thought he was on the phone with someone. Whatever. It was good he was going straight into another producing gig. And this one was going to be fun.
The sound design was sent on January 20, a month ahead of when they’d go into the recording studio. Pax and headliner Scott Easton had gone back and forth a few times, discussing previous recordings of the songs on the track list and debating the backup instrumentation. Scott said he’d handle booking the musicians. Pax had no idea who that would be, or if anybody he’d recorded before was in that area now; it was going to be an adventure.
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February 19
The flight was on time, the cab was clean, and the hotel was completely satisfactory. An oversized suite at a bargain price, with world-class food and entertainment a few snow-free minutes away: Las Vegas in a nutshell. Pax had barely finished unpacking when his phone rang. He snatched it up and tapped to connect. Easton! What’s the word?
The horn expert answered with a smile in his voice. Hi, Pax, the word is go. The guys and I have been lining up the rest of our players. You probably know most of them already. Want the list in advance?
I actually don’t, unless there’s something I really need to know before we’re in the studio. Don’t plan to do much besides eat and sleep tonight.
I won’t send over the charts then.
Yeah, don’t do that.
A laugh at the other end. Pax smiled. You’ve been to the Grammys, right?
Oh yes.
One party after another till crazy o’clock, man. Ended up at an all-night diner with some good friends I just met, talking trash about the winners and puffing up our next projects. Some people out there have heard about this one.
Pax wasn’t blowing smoke. The word got around fast when a well-regarded session player, one of only a few jazz trumpet players people knew by name, decided to headline an album. One question, though.
What’s that?
About piano. You decide to get Gloria Louise?
She said she could come in toward the end, if I need her,
Scott said. I played her the dirty demo you heard. She’s the one who suggested marimba. They used it on the sessions they just finished with Gino Corsetti.
Pax liked that idea even more now than he did the