ICARUS ... The first jazz album I've done in a while, and my
first real "playing" album. I pushed the racks of synths aside and revisited my first love, the Hammond
Organ. Most of the CD is in the classic organ trio format and
features great performances by guitarists
Joe Beck and
Mike DeMicco,
and drummer Danny
Gottlieb. My brother Tony is
sitting in on bass, playing lead on a beautiful Jimmy Giuffre ballad. The album has a few originals and several
of my jazz arrangements of classic pieces - Erik Satie's
"1st Gymnopedie", Steely Dan's "Deacon Blues", Ralph Towner's "Icarus" and the Beachboys’
"Sail On Sailor."
The cover photo was taken by photographer
Sally Anderson-Bruce.
It was supposed to be used for a CD cover but was rejected. I've been using it as my PR image shot for years and finally
got to use
it on a CD cover as I had hoped to. Thanks Sally.
ICARUS is available now from
Woodstock CD. I'm looking ahead toward a wider release in the
fall of 2006. Meanwhile, I've got stacks of CD boxes!Any help cleaning my basement will be much
appreciated.
I was keeping a log here on the home page, but there's too much stuff
here anyway so I moved it to it's own page - the
Icarus Log.
The Nearfest Festival - Tony's been
trying to get the band to this one for a long time. They
take over the beautiful Zoellner Arts Center at Lehigh
University, and the joint rocks all weekend. With the big
stage and great lighting, I had no trouble roaming around - and
got some pretty interesting photos. Artsy, even!
After the show at our merchandise
table.
These 3 kids not only had 3 King Crimson LPs for Tony to sign,
but they had the matching T-shirts! How cool is that?
09/07/06 Princeton, NJ at Quark Park
We added a last minute East Coast date, an outdoor concert at
Quark Park in Princeton, NJ. A very unique and unusual place, Quark
Park is a garden of installations celebrating the mysteries of science
and art and the contributions of Princeton area scientists and
designers.
