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So excited to announce the release of “Home in America,” the new collaboration between Analog Players Society and legendary Brooklyn MC Masta Ace, produced and mixed by me! We’ve been doing a lot of press around the song so there will be lots of interviews and podcasts to follow. Thanks so much to Okayplayer.com for […]
Some new releases for you from House of Cha Cha! First up is Jon Irabagon‘s new solo tenor saxophone record called “Bird with Streams,” from Irrabagast Records. This record of (mostly) songs from the pen of Charlie Parker, was recorded completely outside in a canyon in South Dakota. Since it’s Jon, the results are sublime […]
So honored to have the podcast Reparations: The Big Payback starring Erika Alexander & Whitney Dow use the new Analog Players Society x Masta Ace track “Home in America” as the closing song of the final episode, which is titled “Can Reparations Find a Home in America?“ Please take the time to listen to the […]
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!
So excited that these two records are finally being released as I mixed them both in 2018. First up is Lower Power‘s One Planet at Time. This is some political hard rock for hard times. Excellent, excellent singing and songwriting from Pat Daugherty. Full disclosure: not only did I co-produce and mix this record, I […]
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 […]
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
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 […]
