Archive for August 2014
Vignettes by Richard Fote
I recently bought the book of 28 Vignettes for trombone off Bob McChesney’s site. He provides some great demos being played by the likes of himself, Bill Watrous, Dick Nash and others. I think this is a terrific collection. You get a wide variety of styles – both in swing and straight, stuff you can…
Read MoreHow to remove high overtone analog artifacts in recording trombone
Recording my trombone I use a Neumann M149 tube mic that is fed into a Joe Meek tube pre-amp. The signal that they create then goes into a Universal Audio Apollo 16 A/V converter. That combination is the best reproduction of the alto trombone I’ve found, but there is a problem. Between the mic and…
Read MoreRoads Less Traveled charted this week
On our first eligible week, Roads Less Traveled made it into the CMJ top 40 jazz album chart.
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