♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ Where did we go wrong?

♪ ♪ Is this the final song?

♪ Yeah.

♪ The love has gone away ♪ ♪ today.

♪ ♪ Where did we go wrong?

♪ ♪ Time to say goodbye ♪ ♪ to broken hearts and empty lies.

♪ ♪ They said, love never dies, ♪ ♪ for you and I.

♪ ♪ Where did we go wrong?

♪ ♪ Wounds can heal with time, ♪ ♪ when you leave regrets behind ♪ ♪ and then youll find ♪ ♪ what lays in store ♪ ♪ to life is so much more.

♪ ♪ Where did we go wrong?

♪ ♪ Why cant we get along?

♪ Yeah.

♪ We gave our love a try.

♪ ♪ You and I.

♪ ♪ Where did we go wrong?

♪ ♪ ♪ Wounds can heal with time ♪ ♪ when you leave regrets behind ♪ ♪ and then youll find ♪ ♪ what lays in store ♪ ♪ to life, is so much more.

♪ ♪ Where did we go wrong?

♪ ♪ Why cant we get along?

♪ ♪ We gave our love a try ♪ ♪ you and I.

♪ ♪ Where did we go wrong?

♪ ♪ oooh ♪ ♪ > Eric, thanks for joining us at KUVO today.

> Thanks for having me.

I love it.

>Yeah.

>My pleasure.

>Of course.

Always great having you here.

Who do you have here today joining you in studio?

>Jeepers.

You know, there's so many great musicians in Colorado, but I decided that I really wanted to work with some of my good friends, which is Hunter Roberts on bass.

We have, Braxton Kahn on drums, and Tom Amend on the piano and keyboard.

>Amazing.

Those guys are doing great things in the city as well >Yeah.

>Bunch of different bands.

>Top call musicians.

>You got you got them.

You got who... Who does Eric need?

He's got the top people.

>I got the top cats.

Because, you know, if you're going to do it, do it right.

>So some of the songs we heard today are some of your kind of first ever jazz focused compositions.

Newer at least.

And, tell us about some of the inspiration behind some of those tunes we heard.

>You know, I don't consider myself a great writer or a prolific writer.

I think I'm a I'm a good performer and soloist.

So I'm trying to take this move to Colorado five years ago, I'm trying to take more time to write.

And so I was just sitting there on my little keyboard, and I was just playing some kind of cool, open, happy chords.

And I came up with this kind of Keith Charity sounding song I called “Lucky #7 which is great.

And then I was in the...

I was in the shower one day.

All the good stuff comes in the >Thats Right.

>Don't stay in there too long, you know, keep the water, you know what I mean?

But, I came up with this really cool song, “Where Did We Go Wrong?” Just about relationships and stuff like that.

Not super cliche, but just on the border.

And, I just came up with this kind of R&B slight ballad, which is just... and it just took shape.

You know Tom and these guys, I play a lot of music in different contexts all over the state.

And, they just really get me and see where things need to go.

And they kind of help shape the song without even doing anything It's just, without talking about it...

It just took, shape.

>Yeah, the vocals sounded good on that.

>Thank you.

>Get it, get it, get it, get it.

>Trying to be a...

Trying to sing.

>Yeah.

Get some singing in.

Yeah.

Because a lot of times, like the funk, like you're doing horns and with the funk horn section.

>Yup.

>It's kind of like accenting the rhythm section of the band.

And I think with the jazz playing some more, it's.

You're kind of more than melodic voice of the group.

Like how do you kind of transition from that funk mindset and going into like being like the leader of the group and playing some jazz stuff like that?

>Yeah.

Great question.

You know, I, I really think that you know, all music, unless it's classical and even then, you know, all black American music, you know, just just so much similarities.

So I try not to think of it as switching as much.

It's just like in my first stuff was playing like Louis Armstrong and then, you know, and Freddie and Clifford and Charlie Parker and all the, all the cats.

But I also very much listen to Stevie Wonder and Bob Marley and like, early hip hop, like, you know, Cypress Hill and Tribe Called Quest.

So you start putting all those things together and you're just speaking and soloing.

So, you know, obviously when we're swinging, you know, in a more jazz, quote-unquote, situation, you want to know that language a little bit.

You know, I won't be playing a bunch of like, you know, Q-Tip kind of phrasing from Tribe Called Quest.

But when I play in some more R&B things, so you just want to just if you a little bit about cooking and all of the different things you can, you don't need the recipe anymore, and you can just look and you can do your own thing.

>Kind of like the ingredients you're putting together the recipe.

>100%.

>You're the chef.

>You've done all these dishes and you've done them enough separately.

And there's like, you know, I'm going to just do something, just kind of bring them all together today.

>Like a little sprinkle of this, little sprinkle of that.

>That's just a modern, modern living anything.

>Totally.

I think a lot of modern music is very genre fluid now.

>Thanks.

Genre fluid.

Thank you.

>See were on the same page.

>Teaching the old guys.

>For some of the people who don't know, like what, what can they expect for a night out with Eric Benny Bloom?

>You know, in one way, I want to be, kind of like Miles and Kool and just let the music do the talking.

But I'm also like an entertainer like Louis Armstrong or Dizzy.

Nat King Cole.

I like to I like to be an entertainer.

I like to entertain.

You know, ride the line, a little bit of comedy.

Just, you know, just talking about me and the band and everyone and being a little bit funny, but having a lot of serious moments, and just doing some singing, you know, and I just want to have fun.

I just like to have fun.

Just.

Everything is.

Everything kind of stinks right The world's a little stinky.

I'm happy to be alive, but I'm just trying to do my best.

And I think giving everyone a break from their jobs and all the problems.

I think that's one, so lucky I get to do that.

So I'm really looking forward to you know, having everyone just clock out for a little bit.

>We're lucky.... >Come on down.

>Yeah.

Spread your positivity like you do so well.

Well, Eric, thanks so much for coming in the studio today, performing some great songs with your band.

Your quartet.

Thanks again for always coming in, sharing great positivity.

>Oh, you're the best.

Thanks Wes.

>Yeah.

No problem.

>I appreciate you.