Ryan Cohan’s new CD “The River” is out. This is a GREAT CD, with a terrific band that’s been playing together for years, knows the material cold, and is really going for it on this CD.
We recorded this last year in Chicago at Hinge Studios. The CD is co-produced by Ryan and Steve Rodby, and it was a wonderful project to work on – one of the highlights of last year for me. I strongly recommend it!
More info on Ryan’s website here.
The new Yellowjackets CD “A Rise In The Road” just came out. As usual, a beautiful CD from the fellas. We recorded this at Bill Schnee’s studio in Studio City. A wonderful room, Bill designed and built this room completely around his preferences; all the gear is highly modified, and he has an amazing console built from scratch with his own Jensen topology mic pres, modified B&B equalizers, and a minimal signal path. The room is LARGE and sounds wonderful, a great piano, and a terrific mic selection.
This CD is the first without Jimmy Haslip on bass, and Felix Pastorius is the lucky guy to try and fill his shoes – Bob played for years with Jaco (Felix’s dad), and knew Felix, so there was a nice connection, and it was great hearing and meeting Felix. On a couple of the ballads I even got to record his daddy’s bass!
More info on Mack Avenue’s web site here.
