SPOTIFY ITUNES AMAZON produced by Lee Townsend

Recorded and mixed at In the Pocket Studios, Forestville, CA
Mastered at Sterling Sound, New York, NY

Engineered by Adam Munoz
Assistant Engineer: Jonathan Chi
Mastered by Greg Calbi

Artwork by Andrew Cunningham
Photography by Michael Didonna

Blue Note Charlie Hunter – 8-string guitar
John Ellis – Tenor Saxophone, Bass Clarinet, Flute
Derrek Phillips – Drums

REVIEWS

The Village Voice
By Francis Davis

“The Charlie Hunter Trio’s Friends Seen and Unseen is lean and slyly funky, with Hunter creating the illusion of a Hammond B3 here and there. The speed of Hunter’s chords gives drummer Derrek Phillips plenty of room to thrash around, and his New Orleans parade rhythms are especially bracing on the slinky “Lulu’s Crawl,” where tenorist John Ellis (who elsewhere occasionally switches to bass clarinet or flute) slap-tongues to telling effect, a fine companion to Hunter’s wah-wah. Not surprisingly for a guitarist who got his start behind Michael Franti in the Disposable Heroes of Hiphoprisy and made his first big splash with a Nirvana cover, Hunter takes advantage of echo and feedback and other rock devices. But not even the staunchest conservative could deny that he plays jazz. In its uninsistent […]

SPOTIFY ITUNES AMAZON

produced by Lee Townsend

Recorded at Avatar Studios, New York
Mixed at Sony Music Studios, New York
Mastered at Masterdisk, New York

Recording and mixing engineer: Joe Ferla
Mastering engineer: Greg Calbi

Photography by: Andreas Feininger
Design by: Gwen Terpstra

All compositions by Joey Baron

A Songline / Tone Field Production
on Intuition Music Arthur Blythe – alto saxophone
Bill Frisell – guitar
Ron Carter – bass
Joey Baron – drums

REVIEWS

“A gutbucket marvel”
-Billboard

“The most intriguing ensemble of the season,”(New Yorker) “is not only all-star, but fascinatingly so.” – Village Voice.

“In his work with John Zorn and in his own band, Barondown, it is drummer Joey baron’s deep sense of groove and greasy funk that lends weight to his witty dances with chaos. On “Down Home,” Baron flips the coin and brings his Southern roots to the fore, with eight melodic, soul-jazz tunes full of groove. At first, it sounds very familiar – the bluesy alto, the chunking rhythm guitar, the James Brown vamps. Not to worry, Baron’s humor and weirdness aren’t gone, just shifted to the background. What sounds at first like another typical jam proves to be in a non-standard time signature: James Brown with the hiccups. […]

1. Slow Charleston
2. Closer Than You Think
3. Junior
4. Time to Cry
5. Wisely
6. Bit o’ Water
7. M
8. Equaled
9. Contact

Arthur Blythe – alto saxophone
Bill Frisell – guitar
Ron Carter – bass
Joey Baron – drums AMAZON

Produced by Lee Townsend

Recorded and Mixed at Avatar Studios, New York
Mastered at Sterling Sound, New York

Recording and mixing engineer: Joe Ferla
mastering engineer: Greg Calbi

Photography by: Andreas Feininger
Design by: Gwen Terpstra

All compositions by Joey Baron

A Songline / Tone Field Production
on Intuition Music

REVIEWS

“Is there anything Joey Baron can’t do? Put a tricky chart in front of him, and he’ll clarify complicated passages like a great actor doing Shakespeare. Turn him loose on simpler forms, and his witty phrasing and impossibly deep groove will make you smile almost as widely as he does whenever he’s seated at the kit. The latter is the case on We’ll Soon Find Out, Baron’s second release with his Down Home quartet. The tunes – all capably written by the drummer – are a friendly mixture of boogaloo, latin jazz, swing, and ballads, without an avant-garde honker in the batch. And though the CD is chock-full of delicious, sprightly drumming, Baron knows when to step back and let his “sidemen” do […]

SPOTIFY ITUNES AMAZON Produced by Lee Townsend

Recorded at Sound Emporium and Brown Cloud, Nashville

Recorded and mixed by: Jason Lehning
Engineered by Jason Lehning
Assistant engineer: Adam Munoz
Mastered by Greg Calbi at Sterling Sound

Nonesuch Records Viktor Krauss – bass, electric guitar, vocals
Jerry Douglas – slide guitars
Bill Frisell – electric and acoustic guitars
Steve Jordan – drums
Alison Krauss – vocals, viola

REVIEWS

BOSTON GLOBE
by Tristram Lozaw

“Solo albums by sidemen are notoriously hodgepodge affairs. Not so with Viktor Krauss’s debut. Krauss has helped Lyle Lovett, Bill Frisell, Elvis Costello, the Cox Family, and dozens more redefine bluegrass, jazz, rock, and Americana styles. Now the bassist-composer brother of Grammy-laden singer Alison Krauss has his own all-star band and his own shimmering gem of a CD. The largely instrumental album’s modern roots-music hybrids and wide-open sound yield some of the dreamiest passages since Daniel Lanois’s 1989 classic “Acadie.” As he has for countless others, Krauss contributes the intuitive craft and resonant beauty of his upright bass work. And as bandleader, he balances a melodic ease with the roughened grind of funky chops, pushing his crack crew — guitarist Frisell, drummer Steve Jordan, dobro master Jerry Douglas on steel […]

SPOTIFY ITUNES AMAZON produced by Lee Townsend

Engineered by Jason Lehning
Additional engineering by Adam Munoz, Fred Remmert, Jim Karwan
Assistant tracking engineer: Jason Mott
Assistant mixing engineer: Loredana Crisan
Mastering engineer: Greg Calbi

Recorded at Sunset Sound Factory, Los Angeles

Additional recording: Cedar Creek Studio, Austin; Fantasy Studio, Berkeley; KSPOR Traxx, Nashville; Emerald, Nashville; Sony Music Studios, New York

Mixed at San Francisco Soundworks, San Francisco Mastered at Sterling Sound, New York Back Porch Records Viktor Krauss – bass, electric and acoustic guitars, keyboard instruments
Dean Parks – electric and acoustic guitars, cimbus
Matt Chamberlain – drums, percussion, electronics

with special guests:
Shawn Colvin
Bill Frisell
Shweta Jhaveri
Lyle Lovett
Ben Taylor

REVIEWS

TIME OUT NEW YORK
By Steve Smith

“One nice thing about being an in-demand session musician: You’ve got all the right names and numbers in your Rolodex. Viktor Krauss, an Illinois-born bass player who currently resides in Nashville, has recorded and toured with Emmylou Harris, Elvis Costello, Chet Atkins and Jewel. On his own debut album, 2004’s Far from Enough, he enlisted two of his employers, guitarists Bill Frisell and Jerry Douglas; hotshot drummer Steve Jordan completed the band, and […]

SPOTIFY ITUNES AMAZON Produced by Lee Townsend

Recorded and mixed at Power Station, New York
Mastered at Sterling Sound, New York

Recording and mixing engineer: James Farber
Mastering engineer: Greg Calbi

Blue Note

Tracks 1, 3, 4, 6, 10 & 11 by John Scofield
Tracks 2, 5 , 7, 8, 9 by Pat Metheny John Scofield – electric and acoustic guitar
Pat Metheny – guitar, guitar synth, nylon-string acoustic guitar
Steve Swallow – electric bass
Bill Stewart – drums

SPOTIFY ITUNES AMAZON Produced by Lee Townsend

Recorded at Power Station, New York
Mixed at River Sound, New York
Mastered at Sterling Sound, New York

Recording and mixing engineer: James Farber
Mastering engineer: Greg Calbi

Blue Note John Scofield – electric and acoustic guitar
Eddie Harris – tenor saxophone
Larry Goldings – piano and organ
Dennis Irwin – bass
Bill Stewart – drums
Don Alias – percussion

SPOTIFY ITUNES AMAZON Produced by Lee Townsend

Recorded at Power Station, New York
Mixed at River Sound, New York
Mastered at Sterling Sound, New York

Recording and mixing engineer: James Farber
Mastering engineer: Greg Calbi

Blue Note John Scofield – electric and acoustic guitar
Larry Goldings – organ and piano Dennis Irwin – bass Idris Muhammad – drums Don Alias – percussion Howard Johnson – tuba, bass clarinet, baritone saxophone
Steve Turre – trombone Billy Drewes – tenor saxaphone, flute
Randy Brecker – trumpet, flugelhorn

SPOTIFY ITUNES AMAZON produced by Lee Townsend

Recorded at Avatar Studios, New York
Mixed at River Sound, New York
Mastered at Masterdisk, New York

Recording and mixing engineer: Joe Ferla
Mastering engineer: Greg Calbi

Verve John Scofield – electric and acoustic guitar
Billy Martin – drums, tambourine
John Medeski – organ, wurlitzer, clavinet, piano
Chris Wood – acoustic and electric bass

SPOTIFY ITUNES AMAZON Produced by Lee Townsend

Recorded and Mixed at Avatar Studios, New York
Mastered at Sterling Sound, New York

Recording engineers: Joe Ferla and Kevin Killen
Mixing engineer: Joe Ferla
Mastering engineer: Greg Calbi

Verve John Scofield – electric and acoustic guitar
Mark De Gli Antoni – keyboard sampler
Chris Wood – electric and acoustic bass
Tony Scherr – electric and acoustic bass
David Livolsi – electric bass
Eric Kalb – drums
Kenny Wollesen – drums
Johnny Almendra – percussion
Johnny Durkin – percussion

REVIEWS

“Guitar star John Scofield drives a gritty funk-mobile with a new model sheen. Scofield’s interaction here with his new young collaborators is still organic and elegant. Scofield has drawn from a hip group of downtown New York players, including bassist Tony Scherr, drummer Kenny Wollesen, and keyboard/sampler whiz Mark De Gli Antoni of Soul Coughing. The guitarist has long been a purveyor of what are essentially ultra-sophisticated party tunes, and ‘Bump’ features a bumper crop of Scofield compositions aimed at engaging the head while moving the hips, with his expanding palette of six-string sonics making each variation on a theme sound fresh. Jazz vets often make noise about connecting with a new generation, but Scofield actually walks […]