I wrote that song around 1984/85. I don’t remember exactly when, I know I was a student at the Concordia University in the Jazz program with my palls but which year was it?
Anyway. I called that song Suivez La Ligne ( Follow the Line) in honor of all the cocaine addicts that were following each other in line to the bathroom to take a good line while we were playing… It was impossible to urinate in those bars. We had to go outside…
Go back to the song: it’s a really fast 3/4 song based on an unusual bar structure and a completely crazy chord progression. Actually there’s no logic in those chords. The only important thing was the soprano and bass movement. The inside voicing are just colors that suit well going from one chord to another… Damn impossible to solo over.
Jocelyn Menard did a really good job on that song.
Line up:
- Tenor Sax: Jocelyn Menard, solo
- Trumpet: Pierre Lafrenaye
- Guitar: Hervé Senni
- Keyboard: Normand Devault
- Percussion: Normand Bock
- Bass: Alain Picotte
- Drum: Gilbert Trahan