On Sunday, June 28th, The Jimmys rocked the Briggs & Stratton stage from 7:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. at Milwaukee’s Summerfest. Here’s some music from my mobile recorder. It was set up between our monitors on stage, so it’s not a perfect recording, but it still turned out remarkably well considering.
Recently, I’ve been recording our Clyde Stubblefield Show sets at The Frequency. Last night, June 8th, 2009, was a lot of fun and the recording turned out pretty well. The horns are still a little hot in the mix, but most everything else is coming through better than last week’s effort.
Man, if you know Laith, you know he is one unending musical talent. He can play the meanest guitar, sing with the strongest vocal and write wicked tunes. Here’s one for you. If you live near Detroit, Michigan, be sure to check him out. You will be a fan!
Fun time! The Clyde Stubblefield Show had the honor of being the first act to perform by opening the event. Here’s a nice write up of the night and a photo of us playing.
See ya in 2010! Until then, we’ll be playing at Madison’s Downtown tonight, our last night there before we move to The Frequency. Come join us for a “thank you” filled evening, as we pay our respects to Andy, Matt, Chris (http://www.christhebartender.com/) and the rest of Madison’s staff who have been gracious hosts for the last 16 months. We really appreciate everything you did for us post-King Club.
For all you funk fans that have wished we would start earlier, your wishes have been granted! We will now begin our evenings at 9:30 p.m. We will also no longer have an opening band, so it will just be us.
We expect to do two long sets featuring our vocal talents, Karri Daley and Charlie Brooks. Join us at 9:00 p.m., have a drink, then enjoy the music from 9:30 p.m. to 10:45 p.m. We’ll take a 30 minute break, then funk you with another long set from 11:15 p.m. to 12:30 p.m.
We’re even lowering the cover from $8 to a flat $5 for everyone. You can’t find a better Monday night. I hope you’ll all join us for our first night at The Frequency, Monday, May 18th!!
Before my pal Alex Leong, a.k.a. “Axel Noel” (his fabled anagram) decided to discover the world and move to Chicago, he spent countless (actually, he counted them…I think 57?) Monday nights playing trombone with the Clyde Stubblefield Band. During his tenure with the band, he purchased a Zoom H4 digital audio recorder and amassed quite a collection of bootleg recordings of our weekly shows. The device was pretty darn cool. It was small and light-weight, recorded to an SD card, made nice recordings, as well as had XLR inputs for use with a high-quality stereo field mic, like my Audio Technica 825. Together, we made and recorded some great music!
Sadly, when Alex moved last fall, we not only lost a trombone, but the ability to record our shows!
So this week, while I had a cold and home sick, I found myself surfing the Net and discovered the Zoom H4n, a newly released and significantly upgraded version of the Alex’s recorder.
This video quickly highlights some of the cool new features.
Sitting at home with too much time created too much temptation. Plus, when I found a package deal that included a 16 gig SD card, a tripod, a boat load of other standard accessories, free shipping and no tax, I couldn’t resist. It even doubles as a USB recording interface for a laptop. Needless to say, I think this puppy will be seeing a lot of use…
P.S. Anyone interested in purchasing a lightly used, very good condition Tascam DA-P1 stereo DAT field recorder? It’s rapidly becoming obsolete in my array of recording equipment.
I know it’s best to write these out yourself, since the process is what really internalizes the learning. That said, here’s a nice site for a number of sax solo transcriptions…
James Carter plays “I Wonder Where Our Love Has Gone” (Jazz Festival in Japan, 1997)
If you’re curious about his horn, from his agent, “his horn is a custom-made Conn from 1926, and to date only five of them exist!
