Atmospheric piece of music jim, great playing and control.
Zoltán Jakab
Great piano playing plus you published it in the group the
day when I turned 60. Thank You for the present. I suggest you like Chick Corea.
Tom Hendricks
I enjoyed the mix of different parts or moods. Never
predictable with lots of twists. The front reminded me a bit of Keith Jarrett,
then you went through those inventive change ups! Was this structured, sort of
structured or improvised? Well done! If you have a YouTube version, I'll
nominate it for Shared Secrets - Facebook page for YouTube Playlists if you
like.
Marty Nolan
That’s terrific. Really picks up the vibe of the video
shown. Didn’t escape me that it slowed down to the pretty woman in the bikini.
But that was the music reacting to the visual. All good.
Neil Fromm
Very polished keyboard play with that always varied and
dynamic jazz feel. Love the sound of the piano in this piece Jim.
Jim Barrett
Ah this was a treat for the ears and I especially loved the
later stages from just before when them gals were walking around in a circle
there to the end. It was all brilliant but there especially had me transfixed.
It could have been an instrumental Joe Jackson piece.
Wonderful playing and composing. Thank you Jim. A delight to
listen.
***
“Atlantic Avenue” was inspired from the countless trips down
Atlantic Avenue usually on the way to a shoot. This road travels along the
Virginia Beach Oceanfront and whether it’s in season or off, this is a very cool
stretch of road. At the bottom end just a block or two west lies the Creative
Arts District.
The left hand work is based on a Jazz improv that I worked
on years ago. This is another one of those, “Composing over my pay grade again”.
But, it not only keeps you sharp, but expands ones ability, no complaints here.
This track has been featured in some of my video projects
and will also be used during the 2025 /26 Astrophotography Short Film Projects.
We had just returned from a long day of filming a show on sea bass for JBOTV when we got word we needed to get back to the dock pronto. All I can saw is congrats to Jake Hiles and crew for catching the new VIrginia Stat Record (pending) Bluefin Tuna at a wopping 708 pounds! We shot an interview with the captain and shot lots of film for an upcoming show.
Here is the story in the captains own words, and it truly is amazing! Great job. JB
708# *PENDING Virginia State Record Bluefin Tuna caught by Matador Charters:
By Jake Hiles, originall posted on his FB Page.
This is going to be lengthy, I wanted to write down the details while they were still fresh in my memory, so please bear with me on the long read.
Saturday morning Jeff Landis and I set out of Rudee Inlet on a mission to go catch bluefin tuna. There have been some really big fish around and I saw an opportunity to re-set the Virginia State record for bluefin tuna. The current Virginia record is 606 pounds caught April 6, 2015, aboard CJ Dawson's "Ate Up" by my late friend Chase Robinson. I was a part of the crew that caught that fish and I always thought since Chase's passing that it would be fitting if one of Chase's friends broke his record. Earlier in the week, I saw a weather window that looked good for fishing and made some calls attempting to recruit anglers to come crank fish for me on an over night trip on my 35' Henriques Maine Coaster "Toro". I even invited CJ and Phil Casone, but neither could make the trip. No one could. I cant really blame people. Cranking giant bluefin tunas isnt much fun. It's hard work, and when you tell someone they can go crank on a potential record fish, I think their reaction is "I'm not your fool today!"
Jeff agreed to go though, but the deal was I had to crank. So we left to go hunting giants, just me and Jeff. Jeff and I have been friends for a while and we make a lure that is just basically a 3d printed soft plastic tinker mackerel called "Stinky Tinky". Jeff wanted to test the baits, but the rule was, he didnt want to crank.
We made our way down the beach, approximately 80 miles southeast of Rudee Inlet to an area off North Carolina called "the tuna hole". The conditions were fairly nasty with a choppy confused swell, whitecaps, and a cold northeast wind, but we arrived in the warm waters of a gulf stream eddy in the afternoon and began trolling. We hooked up pretty quickly with a large fish and I fought that fish into the night. Fishing for the state record, we are not allowed to use harpoons, and must use flying gaffs, so getting a big fish close enough to gaff is a real challenge. I got the fish close, a big 110-115" class bluefin, but at the last second the fish went berserk and swam directly into my propellor, killing the fish, but cutting the line and losing the fish in the process. It was sad watching the sonar as that amazing creature just drifted to the abyss. But it happens. We cant win them all and we were determined.
So we changed tactics to fish at night and started drifting baits. We were fishing a combination of dead bluefish and stinky tinky, but the sharks ate all our bluefish early on. We had a nice run, but pretty soon I could tell it was sharky, a few minutes later, Jeff assisted me in safely releasing a 10' long scalloped hammerhead. Put baits back out and soon after hooked up with a big strong fish in the dark, but something seemed wrong. After 2 hours, we found that a full grown adult bottlenose dolphin had swam into our line and not hooked itself, but had somehow managed to lasso itself with our fishing line. In 20 years of professional fishing, that's the first time I have ever had to crank in a dolphin much less one that wasnt even hooked. It fought really hard but when we realized it was a dolphin, we made sure to send it away safely, untangled from the line, and unharmed.
After cranking a giant bluefin, a giant hammerhead shark, and then a 2 hour battle with a tangled porpoise, I was completely exhausted. I asked Jeff to but the baits back out and watch the lines so I could get a little shuteye. At 4:17am I was awakened to Jeff screaming "we're on!". I rushed to put my boots on and when I walked into the cockpit, I found Jeff cranking in one rod, and the other rod bowed over, losing line incredibly fast. I grabbed the bent rod and started to get settled in to fighting the fish, but as Jeff cleared the other rod, he hooked up with something close to the boat. He pulled it up quickly and a 100 pound class mako shark was thrashing around on the surface just a few feet from the line that is hooked up with an obvious very large tuna that is checking out- running straight for the bottom in over 1 mile deep water. Not good! But Jeff handled it well. He got the shark beside the boat quickly and cut it off to get it away from the fish I was working on.
While that was happening, the tuna was still in the midst of its initial run. The fish was hooked up on the right stuff. The rod is an 8 foot unlimited class Anglers Envy custom rod and the reel is a 2 speed penn 130 vsx, spooled with nearly a mile of line. Jeff had just checked the baits before we hooked up on a green glowing stinky tinky with 20 feet 250# momoi extra hard monofilament leader , a Spro 370# wind on swivel on one end, and an Eagle Claw 10/0 Trokar hook on the other, fished 30 pulls from the rod tip. There was approximately 40 pounds of drag on the fish at strike.
There was so much drag on the fish that it took all the strength I had just to get the rod out of the rod holder so I could get strapped to the rod and settled into the chair for the fight. I watched all the monofilament peel off the reel. Then 700 yards of dacron backing peeled off the reel. Then my reels are set up so that they have 200 yards of Johnny Brown hollow core backing at the very end of the spool of line to act as a warning that we are getting close to the end. When I saw the hollow core backing come off the reel with no sign of slowing down, I knew I was going to have to do something or I was going to lose this fish by losing all my line.
When the hollow core started coming off the reel, I pushed the drag over strike, close to full. That would be about 65 pounds of drag with a full spool of line, but with such a small spool of line, the drag multiplies and I dont know how much drag was actually on the fish at that point, but it was a lot. It was enough to finally slow the fish down. After 6 or 7 minutes of steady losing line straight down, after losing nearly a mile of line, I was able to stop the fish with about 100 feet of line remaining on the reel.
I had been holding onto the rod for dear life at the point and hadn't turned the handle any, but now, after pushing the drag down, he was coming towards me. The saying is "break his will or break him off". I broke his will without breaking him off and now I had a still very angry fish, a very long ways away. I figured since the fish held that much drag on a low spool, might as well keep that much drag, and so I put the reel in low gear and got to work.
I cranked the hollow core back on the reel. Then I cranked for what seemed like forever but eventually all got the dacron back on the rod. I was super relieved to see the monofilament come back onto the reel because I knew that the fish was only a couple hundred feet away. But as I cranked the mono back onto the reel, the fish turned and made one more strong but short run, then its head just turned towards me. I think the fish may have had a heart attack and died because after that it was just dead weight. I put the reel back into high gear, and just cranked as fast as I could. The line started to scope out like the fish was coming up and after 53 minutes, we had the behind the boat. It actually came up belly up and Jeff was easily able to sink the flying gaff into the fish at 5:10am.
We put a swim tool in the fish and cleated the flying gaff and the swim tool and started pulling the fish towards the northwest, waiting for the sun to come up. Jeff and I talked for a few minutes. He didnt think the fish was very big at all, but he was deliriously tired and I told him that when the sun came up, I think the fish was going to be bigger than he thought. The sun came up at 645 and looking back at the fish behind the boat, I knew it was going to be the new state record. I sat there and thought about Chase for a few minutes, thanked God first and Chase second for watching over me, for giving us such a beautiful morning, and giving me that fish.
Then I hollered down to wake Jeff. Looking back at that fish, I knew we had a big problem. I didnt have my chainfall or a ratchet strap on the boat, and just exhausted me and exhausted Jeff were going to have to figure out a way to get this giant fish on the boat. In the dark, Jeff didnt think the fish was that big. But in the sunlight, I think we both knew how big of a chore getting that fish through the tuna door was going to be. So we pulled and grunted for a while to no avail. Then I took a moment to think about it and came up with an idea. I brought the anchor rope from the bow and cleated one end of the ropemidshipmen, then ran the other end of the rope down through the fishes mouth, then pulled the rope tight as I could get it and tied it firmly to the base of my greenstick. I stuck a gaff in between the two ropes and started turning it. I think that's called a rope screw, but either way it worked. Every time i turned the gaff, the rope tightened a little more and it took a long while, but after nearly 2 hours, we had the fish on deck of the "Toro", heading back to Rudee Inlet.
When we started getting closer, I started taking measurements. Being on the crew of "Ate Up" for Chase's record fish, I knew that fish was 103.5". The fish laying on my deck was 109". I new then that my bluefin was probably the new Virginia State record. I made arrangements at the Virginia Beach fishing center to use their scale and called some people to come to the dock to take pictures.
When I got into the slip at the marina, there was a large crowd waiting to see the fish. Weighmaster Charlie Laurens was there with the boom and scale out ready to weigh the fish. We put the fish on the scale, and watched it count 300, 400, 500, 600, 700. As the scale settled at 708#, the crowd cheered and people were coming up and shaking my hand, congratulating me, taking pictures, and celebrating the new state record.
We laid the fish on the dock and covered it with ice, and I started the state record application process, and tried to get a representative from the state to come certify my catch. After a couple hours, Lewis Gillingham from the Virginia Saltwater fishing tournament came out and asked me and Jeff questions, made sure everything was on the up and up, and certified my fish.
With this being a state record, it means that the fish was captured recreationally and laws say that any recreationally caught fish cannot be sold commercially. Coronavirus has asian markets all messed up and bluefins arent drawing a lot of money right now because people in asia arent going out to eat as much, so restaurants arent spending big money on big fish. Theres a lot of supply right now and low demand commercially but to me, breaking Chase's record is much more valuable than selling the fish.
But I had a 708# bluefin tuna on the dock. Bluefin tuna doesnt freeze well. It is excellent sushi when fresh, but I couldnt eat that much, so I decided to pay it forward and give back on a little bit of the fortune that was given to me. I put a post on facebook asking people to come to the fishing center and get a free small piece of the fish if they would like to eat some fresh sushi grade bluefin. Most sushi restaurants in Virginia dont sell quality bluefin tuna because it is too expensive, and I thought it would be neat for people to come experience this amazing fish.
Within an hour of posting to facebook, a huge crowd of hundreds of people had gathered at the fishing center to see the fish and take home a little bit of dinner. Even though I was completely exhausted, both physically and mentally, I cut the fish and gave pieces to anyone who wanted it. My little buddy Brandon congratulated me for the fish and brought some knives to help clean the fish. Jeff cleaned and organized the boat while I cleaned the fish and within an hour the entire fish was accounted for. Hundreds of people went off with sushi. Not an ounce of the fish was wasted. I kept the tail. Someone claimed the entire head. The rest of the fish was picked so clean that a sea gull would have struggled for a nibble. I made off with a couple maybe 2 or 3 pounds of prime Toro sashimi, but I was very happy and excited to see the fish put to such great use and see everyone get a little enjoyment out of my fish so the animal was not wasted.
I put the boat in my slip. Went home. Showered. And slept like a zombie. This morning I woke up super sore. EVERYTHING HURTS, but I'm just beyond happy with this whole thing. Thanks to everyone who congratulated me. Enjoy your sushi. I just feel so blessed and lucky. What an amazing experience! Thank you to everyone who came out and took pictures and helped out yesterday.
Thank you Jim Baugh for this awesome gift! This is a photo painted on lexan of a close up of my tunas eye. Very cool. Thank you!
NEW SHOW JBOTV features the Mid Atlantic Rockfish Shootout 2019 at the Oyster Farm. Also scenes from Festive Fridays in Cape Charles. Watch now on FB worldwide release Amazon Prime Video Jan 10, 2020. Tight lines. Jb
DISCRIPTION: Similar
to some artist during the Windham Hill era of the 1980's, all the music on this
DVD is set to film. Ranging from scenes of the Milky Way Galaxy filmed from
never before seen dark sky sites over the Atlantic Ocean, to the bucolic underwater
canyons and reefs of Cozumel, to timelapse sunsets over the majestic Chesapeake
Bay, this music and film presentation you will find most enjoyable, relaxing,
and inspirational.
This music is
inspired from the works of many artist and labels including Windham Hill,
Oregon, Metheny\Mays, and Keith Jarrett.
Tracks included on
this DVD
Underwater Improv
Piano Concerto -Piano and Orchestration
~Dixie Arrow
~Palancar
~Baja
This was filmed of
the coast of North Carolina, the Palancar Reefs and Canyons in Cozumel Mexico.
and Baja.
Mermaid Bay -Piano
(Live)
Live from the
Peninsula Youth Benefit Concert and film of the Chesapeake Bay in winter.
Nightscapes
-Piano and Organ
Filmed on four never
before published dark sky locations on the Eastern Shore of Virginia. “The
milky Way Galaxy Our Home” played in several film festivals after it’s debut at
the Palace Theater in June of 2019.
“KE”-Piano
(Live)
A composition
dedicated to the style and works of Keith Emerson.
Twilight Sonata
~Prelude -Orchestra
~Dusk -Piano
Astrophotography
time lapse and sunsets over the Chesapeake Bay
November Sky-Piano
and Orchestration
Filmed on a late
November Sunset at 400 feet overlooking the Chesapeake Bay.
***
Sample from DVD November Sky
Some reviews on
tracks featured on this DVD
·The music sounds great. Very moving piece of
music, classical in style with a new age feel, the video goes well with it. ~One World Radio UK
·Really amazing!! ~Santiago Vera, Italy
·long dives in to the raw emotional shards of
extended composition with no pop structure in sight. This piece floats and
wafts, sometimes sad and buoyant to be broken by the quick flourish and bite of
the trill fish, darting between the semibreves and bottom ooze. I think that it
is adventurous and bold, it does indeed remind me of some of the drama of
Beethoven and is more European to me in its currents and eddies. I could talk
of production and sound sources but not today, l just want to listen and be
washed by my mother the deep mysterious sea. Bravo.~ David Hill, Australia
·It's the best and it made my day, God Bless you.
~ EM Nestsoul, Cape Town South Africa
·Nice job Jim. ~ Mike Meyer, USA
·For late night listening, I quite like it and I
am always impressed by anyone who can actually make piano keys actually
"tinkle". Improv skills really show! Also, it's simply beautiful!
~ Michael Sirois, Denmark
·An amazing composition, sounds and performance.
Well done with this Jim. ~ D William, USA
·Man that was so good I just had to rub my face
to help come out of the trance so I could try and compose some thoughts on what
I've just heard. Without even the need of a title of any imagery I was
immediately drawn under the waves, bubbles floating around my head as I swam
deeper and deeper into this piece. There were some truly masterful parts
counterpointed by "wash over me" phases that worked so well as a
whole. Can you tell, I quite liked it?~
Ray Chapman, United Kingdom
·Nice video man and great playing, good work,
keep it up ~ Andy Dawson, USA
·Absolutely beautiful.. realizing I don't
typically listen to anything less than 30 minutes, but I figured what the heck
I really don't have a lot going on in my life so I decided this one time ..
seriously amazing piano and shows the bar as of right now has been raised by
more than several degrees .. I actually never did lose interest straight thru.
~ Ray Pitts, USA
·Beautiful. Mesmerizing, I love it! ~ Janice
Lewis, USA
·Love George Winston. December is a holiday
staple around my home. As such, you can imagine I really enjoyed the piano work
here. Very beautiful and very relaxing. Can’t say I honestly listened to the
entire piece, but what I did listen to was beautiful (about 10 minutes)I’ll be
back for the rest. Nice. ~ David Becker, USA
·This is very good ! You really captured the feel
of the water. ~ Mary McEwan, USA
·I've given the concerto a listen. It is really
quite nice. I like the inclusion of band elements in the 2nt movement. And
again, the use of effects, which I've not heard you use prior.. reverb, delay..
is handled very well. Enjoyed this a great deal!!P.S. Your technique is really
stunning...whether used for subtlety or bravado.~Richard Lumpkin, USA
·A wonderful composition, performance and video.
Top marks for me Jim. Well done! ~ Douglas Williams, USA
·So Soothing,I Loved It! ~ Eva Winters, USA
·I was overloaded by fish-school & glissandi,
& decided to eliminate the visuals, & immediately memories of Keith
Jarrett's improvisations on piano came to mind. Another movement arrives, &
here the atmospherics contribute, connection to 3rd movement, Jarrett full
chords played with gusto & glissandi reprise. Your command of the keys is
sublime. Finishing with a spiritual surprised. ~ James Pembroke, Brisbane
Australia
·Beautiful music Jim! ~ Adam Abbity, USA
·I can’t look at the ocean without thinking about
how we’re killing it. The frenetic pace of the playing stirred me. ~ Trudy
Fielding, Sydney Australia
·Really nice film, keep up the good work! ~
A.D. USA
·Well this is cool. A beautiful stirring piece
full of emotion and possibly angst. you've hit the reaction mark, with this,
loved the sweeping addition of the strings and orchestra washing away behind
the frantic keys. Some beautiful highs and lows and superbly glued together for
a truly dramatic experience. It had to be about water. Great stuff. ~ Alan
Pullen, Strawberry Records Australia
·After several weeks of travel, I finally had
enough internet service to watch Jim Baugh's musical video composition. From
the first few moments I was totally enthralled. The music truly accentuated the
beauty of the underwater video. A true master piece of music bringing the video
to life. Very nicely done. ~ Jack Normand, USA
·I couldn't listen to all of it Jim but what I
heard was just magical. ~Carol Ratcliffe , Oakham United Kingdom
·WOW!!!Music and diving both incredible! ~ Louise Tutka Scott , USA
·Absolutely amazing Jim...CONGRATS and keep it
going! ~Ernest Mathewson, USA
·Totally awesome! You are truly a man of many
talents! Congratulations! ~Joyce Dick , USA
·"Very
Impressive" ~Andy Tremayne, England
·Continental plates shift and grind creating
great earthquakes that can destroy beyond imagination. Climate fronts of hot
and cold air collide and can generate massive tornados that rip across the
plains and give the great mother nature a facelift. And so 12 notes colored
black white on a piano over and over again can evoke such tension and release.
With Jim’s fast and furious right hand glancing across the keys of his piano
grace and beauty roll off the soundboard and into the air. From the power of
his left hand it almost feels as if he can on his own construct massive
mountain ranges. Truly a seasoned talent in conjunction with his passion Jim
creates where others merely observe. You will find yourself wishing to take
flight like a hawk in its prime, so that you can soar high into the air where you
can savor the notes longer and truly realize that vastness on display. A
specific treat is his original composition entitled “KE”, while a dedication to
Keith Emerson Jim seems to also excel in channeling the greats into his own
playing. Even if you are not a fan of Jazz or Progressive Rock I would highly
recommend taking an opportunity to watch this talent on display. For even those
that like a catchy tune on the radio will appreciate the true artistry on
display here. Michael. Music Reviews
Many thanks, and hope you folks wil enjoy the new Piano DVD. 52 min run time, lots of underwater film, astrophotography, live concert, and many sunsets over the Chesapeake all set to beautiful Piano music. JB
