BLUE BASSOON

Blue Bassoon!

Recently recorded in NYC with an all-star band, BLUE BASSOON will be released world-wide in 2009.

Along with Martin Bejerano on piano, Edward Perez on bass, and Ludwig Afonso on drums, the album also features Bob Dylan's guitarist Larry Campbell as special guest artist on two early-blues selections (*).

Further details as to release date, label, and more to be announced on this website in the coming weeks. Album contents indicated below:

1. The Jody Grind (Horace Silver)
2. The Double Up
(Lee Morgan)
3. Sack O' Woe
(Julian 'Cannonball' Adderley)
4. Things Ain't What They Used to Be
(Mercer Ellington)
5. My Baby's Gone
(B B King) *
6. Billie's Bounce
(Charlie Parker)
7. Nostalgia in Times Square
(Charles Mingus)
8. Equinox
(John Coltrane)
9. Scotch and Water
(Joe Zawinul)
10. From Four Till Late
(Robert Johnson) *
11. Break Out The Blues
(George Shearing)
12. Footprints
(Wayne Shorter)
13. Solid
(Sonny Rollins)



Hear samples from 'Blue Bassoon':


Note: These music clips are edited versions of the actual tracks.



'Daniel Smith and The Making of Blue Bassoon'

(YouTube show)

See Daniel Smith and the band recording 'Blue Bassoon'
(Click on arrow on centre of screen to play)

See 'Daniel Smith & The Making Of Blue Bassoon' on YouTube.

MUSICAL AMERICA VIDEO

Newly launched on the website of Musical America: a video consisting of film clips taken from the You Tube show ‘Daniel Smith And The Making Of Blue Bassoon’

Click here for video: www.musicalamerica.com


Early reviews … what to expect from BLUE BASSOON reviews in 2009!

 

"Listen to him cook on Billie's Bounce and Solid".

- D. Oscar Groomes, www.OsPlaceJazz.com

 

"I never heard anyone play jazz on a bassoon this way!"

- Arnaldo, Jornal O Globo, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

 

"… a fabulous CD arrives … Blue Bassoon will knock you out."

-Marc Myers, www.jazzwax.com


"Blue Bassoon is a bold, spectacular disc, already one of the best of 2009!"


-Michael J. West, Jazz Times/All About Jazz/Village Voice

 

"Jazz's premiere bassoonist…"

-Andrea Canter, www.jazzink.com

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