Thanks very much to Avery Logan and Postgenre.org for running this interview with me about the making of the two Analog Players Society records, TILTED, and Soundtrack for a Nonexistent Film.
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“Reckoning” by DONNY MCCASLIN and ME is out today!
Excited to announce the release of “Reckoning,” my jazz-meets-boom bap collaboration with the great tenor saxophonist Donny McCaslin! Available now on all streaming platforms!
RACHEL ECKROTH – “5”
JOSH LAWRENCE – Lost Works Live – Part 1 – YELLOW
“Freebird” by Walking Distance feat. Jason Moran garners NY Times best-of and more!
Freebird, the new record by Walking Distance feat Jason Moran, produced and mixed by me, has been out now for a few months and has garnered quite a bit of praise. It was named to the “Top 20 Jazz records of 2018” by the New York Times. The Times also covered the record in their […]
“Dred Scott Rides Alone” album release show this Sat Oct 13
Come out to the Rockwood Music Hall Stage 3 this Saturday October 13 at 8:30 to celebrate the release of Dred Scott Rides Alone on Ropeadope Records. Join Dred Scott on piano, Ben Rubin on bass and Diego Voglino on drums as we play the new record in its entirety as well as some DST […]
Today is Release Day for Walking Distance ft. Jason Moran & Dred Scott Rides Alone
Big day for me today. Two records I worked hard on are reaching your earholes! First up is Freebird by Walking Distance feat. Jason Moran, on Sunnyside Records. As the producer and mixer of this record, I worked super-hard on this one. Here’s a brief description: Freebird, the new recording from Walking Distance, uses the […]
Today is Release Day for Caleb Wheeler Curtis’s “Brothers”!
Brothers, the record I mixed for Caleb Wheeler Curtis earlier this year, is out now on Imani Records and I’m excited for it to reach your earholes. This is a wonderful record, produced by Orrin Evans, featuring Seamus Blake, Eric Revis, Josh Lawrence, Luques Curtis and Mark Whitfield, Jr. It goes a lot of unexpected […]
Today is Release Day for Johnbern Thomas Trio’s “Mesi, Merci, Thank You, Gracias”!
I really enjoyed mixing and tracking this record by the Haitian band Johnbern Thomas Trio. They’ve managed to combine legit New York swing with the dance rhythms of their homeland in a really fantastic way. With some help from pianist Aaron Goldberg, this record really rocks. Check it out! Amazon Spotify Apple Music
Ergo’s “As Subtle As Tomorrow” is out now.
Last year I had the chance to work on this record with Brett Sroka and his band Ergo. This record is a really cool mix of live trombone, piano and drums along with a bunch of cool electronics as effects. Sam Harris on piano and Shawn Baltazor on drums. Shawn mixed the record with Brett […]
WILL SELLENRAAD/RENE HART/ERIC MCPHERSON – “Greene Street Vol. 1” trailer
Tracking BOB WIJNEN’s “NYC Unforeseen” w. DEZRON DOUGLAS, BILLY DRUMMOND & PETER BERNSTEIN
Mixing BOB WIJNEN’s “NYC Unforeseen” at House of Cha Cha
My Downbeat MasterClass on producing live jazz records
On the heels of producing and mixing over thirty live records for SmallsLive, the record label of the New York jazz club Smalls, late last year I was asked by the magazine to write a story for their “Recording School” section on how to produce live jazz records. While my approach to producing isn’t much […]