end of year review...

hello people of the interweb!

well it was a lovely 2015 indeed.

Crow Nuts on vinyl was completed, mixed by the masterful John Paterno and released in October.  it is available for sale on HQ virgin vinyl (2 record set!) here on my website, and we're really happy with it.

excited also about the new M83 record... on which I contributed lots of CP70 and piano...

I have a little giggypoo at our favorite club to create, THE BLUE WHALE in Little Tokyo THIS Saturday January 2 w/ Tim Lefebvre, Steve Hass, Gabe Johnson & Jeff Parker.  What a band!  we'll be debuting some new music of my own as well as Gabe's, and also songs by Jeff Parker.

also recently made a "chamber jazz" record w/ Gabe Johnson which is quite nice so stay tuned for that release.  this year also saw fun live collabs with Donny McCaslin, Steve Lukather & Larry Carlton, and Steve Martin & Martin Short w/ the Steep Canyon Rangers.  can't forget the special surprise appearance in San Antonio from Dave Letterman, my hero-- one of the great days of my life!

recording in Nashville in late Sept. w/ Will Lee, Keith Carlock, Jeff Coffin and Nir Felder recorded by Niko Bolas at Blackbird was an exciting experience, and I've been going through choosing takes and I have to say- it's really good!  look for a spring release.

thanks everyone.

ps. sorry my website was down for a while.  man, I don't know how to do complex things, it turns out.

jb

CROW NUTS released and new recording project...

after much anticipation, well, from me anyway, CROW NUTS featuring myself w/ Tim Lefebvre, Tim Young, Louis Cole and horners Dan Rosenboom, Alex Budman, & Dave Ralicke is now available on vinyl.   I'll be setting up a store/link on this site very soon.  it's also on the iTunes and all that stuff, but totally mixed and mastered for the vinyl release.  kudos and thanks to the masterful (no pun intended, ok maybe a little) John Paterno for his wondrous mixes and attention.  it's a wacky record!

also, just over a week ago, in Nashville (!), assembled 5 knuckleheads:  myself, Will Lee, Keith Carlock, Jeff Coffin and Nir Felder.  we recorded 11 kick-ass songs and I can't wait for you all to hear them.  it's sort of an expanded follow up of sorts to my record with Coffin from years back, Mondo Trio.  "Mondo Five-o"?  we'll see.  

these represent the first two offerings from TudorTones Records, which is essentially me putting out stuff that I want to share with you. 

thank you all so much-- whoever reads this, your support of this musical madness really keeps this jalopy of an artsy human runnin'.