The Shapeshifter from Speaking Hands by Curtis Andrews

The title is derived from the shifty way in which the main theme is displaced by a pulse as it develops, under a slow funk head-bopping' groove. The end of the tune features a treatment known as trikala ('3-speed') in which an idea is played in 3 different speeds. In this case the A section of the tune is played in 8th-note triplets, 16th-note triplets, and finally 32nd-notes.

Features a ripping guitar solo from Jared Burrows.

Curtis Andrews is a Canadian-based musician with global persuasions. A percussionist/composer/teacher who creates music that is informed by his many years of experience with West African, South Indian and jazz traditions yet transcends categorization.

He has toured and recorded nationally and internationally with dozens of artists on drumset, mridangam, mbira, and percussion.

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