Sons
of Sound eNews: April 2004 |
In This Issue…
1. Featured Artists: Bob
Sneider & Paul Hofmann get
interconnected
2. Radio Report: Moon
Over The World rising over
the charts
3. Print Reviews: Acoustic Romance #1
Acoustic Guitar Album
4. Digital Downloads: More titles in the iTunes Music
Store
5. Distribution Update: Sons of Sound signs with SunnyMoon in Germany
6. Gigs: Mark Your Calendars
7. Music Education: Learn something during Swing 'N
Jazz
8. Up Next: New recordings by the Mike Holober & the Gotham
Jazz Orchestra and the Jay Leonhart Trio
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Featured Artists…
  Guitarist Bob
Sneider is a two-time winner of the DownBeat Outstanding
Performance in Jazz award who has performed
with Chuck Mangione, Nat Adderley, Houston
Person, Etta Jones, Lou Donaldson, Freddie
Cole, and Jon Faddis.
Pianist Paul
Hofmann has toured and/or recorded
with Kevin Mahogany, Karrin Allyson, Ron
Carter, Steve Gadd, Richie Cole, Fred Wesley,
and Steve Turre.
In the tradition of the classic Jim Hall/Bill
Evans recordings of the 1960s, Intermodulation (Verve)
and Undercurrent (United Artists),
Sneider & Hofmann have just released Interconnection on
Sons of Sound. Like their inspirations Nat
Cole & Oscar Moore, Oscar Petersen & Joe
Pass, Gary Burton & Chick Corea, “…their
empathy extends beyond technique and harmonic
intelligence…” — Bob
Blumenthal
 Interconnection is
Bob's second album on Sons of Sound. About
the previous recording, entitled Out
Of The Darkness, David Adler for All
Music Guide wrote: “Bob Sneider
has developed one of the most refreshingly
original jazz guitar styles you’re
likely to hear… tremendous
technical facility… impeccable
lyricism.”
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 Radio
Report …
 Akira
Tana's Moon
Over The World has been on the JazzWeek charts
with a bullet for four straight weeks, hitting #25 for
the week ending March 26, 2004. The CD also
hit #27 for the same week
on the CMJ Jazz chart.
Mark Rini & Josh Ellman at Groov Marketing
will continue to promote the disc into April.
Moon Over The World was also featured
this week on the syndicated radio program The
World, heard in the US on National
Public Radio. The spot Global Hit for
March 29th can be heard here.
 Listen
for Sneider & Hofmann's Interconnection on
national jazz radio later this month. Led
by Mark Elf and Jen Bay Radio Promotions,
we are going for adds on April 15th. On April
16th, Jason Crane and WGMC 90.1 FM in
Rochester, NY, will feature Sons of Sound
artists, including Bob and Paul in the studio
to discuss Interconnection.
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 Print
Reviews…
 Writer
Bill Milkowski named Gene Bertoncini's Acoustic
Romance first among the
Top 20 Acoustic Guitar Albums to Have in
the March issue of JAZZIZ magazine.
Gene is profiled and interviewed in the article
that begins on page 46.
Akira Tana scored another four-star
review for Moon Over The World,
this time from George Fendel in Jazz
Scene in Portland, OR: "There
is a real palette of feeling to this album
and certainly much credit must go to the
subtle playing of the leader… The
more you listen, the more appealing it
all becomes."
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Digital Downloads…
 Four
more titles from the Sons of Sound catalog
are available now from Apple Computer's iTunes
Music Store:
Please download the iTunes software for
Macintosh or Windows, then search the store
yourself or follow the links from our website.
 
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 Distribution
Update…
Sons
of Sound is proud
to announce that
we have signed a
distribution agreement
with SunnyMoon
Distribution GmbH for
the country of Germany.
We thank Volker Dueck
and Gottfried Bruckner
for their support
of this label and
of independent jazz
from the US.
We
will now be warehousing
our catalog in The
Netherlands, courtesy
of DistriTop/Challenge,
and encourage our
friends in Europe
to contact
us now
that the catalog
is available in the
EU. |
 Gigs…
Please
mark your calendar
for some notable
appearances:
On
May 7th and 8th, Akira
Tana will
celebrate the release
of Moon
Over The World with
a release party at Jazz
At Pearl's,
256 Columbus Avenue
(at Broadway) in
San Francisco. The
two-night stand will
feature his trio
performing material
from the disc.
On
May 25th, Mike
Holober will
celebrate the release
of Canyon at
the Jazz
Standard,
116 East 27th Street
in New York City.
The gig will feature
Tim Ries, Wolfgang
Muthspiel, Brian
Blade, and John Patitucci.
In the meantime,
catch Mike with Dave
Pietro's Banda Brazil
in New York City.
For
other gigs featuring
Sons of Sound artists,
please check out
our calendar online.
There you will find Gene
Bertoncini supporting Acoustic
Romance at
the University of
Alabama and in New
York City; Jay
Leonhart on
tour of Japan, Bob
Sneider & Paul
Hofmann supporting Interconnection in
Rochester, and the Andy
Parsons Quartet
supporting Flip! at
KaveHaz in New York
City. |
 Music
Education…
In
association with Swing‘N
Jazz VII, The
Commission Project (TCP)
is proud to announce seven
free jazz education
workshops on
Saturday, June 5,
2004, from 9:00 AM
to 11:00 AM. The
event is sponsored
by Senator Jim Alesi.
Students, young and
older, please bring
your instruments
and friends and join
workshop leaders
to listen, to play,
and to learn about
performing and improvisation
with some of the
world’s
leading musicians,
including many Sons
of Sound recording
artists:
FEATURING:
Carl
Atkins • Chris
Azzara • John
Bagale • John
Beck • Keter
Betts • Rod
Blumenau • Aleck
Brinkman • Richard
DeLaney and Mambo
Kings • Jon
Faddis • Bill
Freiberg • Steve
Green • Paul
Hofmann • Mike
Holober • Clay
Jenkins • Mike
Kaupa • Mark
Kellogg • Malcolm
Kirby • Jay
Leonhart • Mark
Manetta • Andy
McGhee • Mike
Melito • Josh
Rutner • Paul
Smoker • Bob
Sneider • John
Sneider • Bob
Stata • Tim
Sullivan • Akira
Tana • Rich
Thompson • Dan
Vitale • Fred
Wesley • Steve
Wierenga
SCHEDULE:
1. James Monroe School, 164 Alexander Street, Rochester
Carl Atkins, saxophone; John Sneider, trumpet; Steve Green, guitar; Dan
Vitale, bass; Bill Freiberg, drums
2. Arcadia
High School,
120 Island Cottage
Road, Greece
Fred Wesley, trombone; Jon Faddis, trumpet; Mike Holober, piano; Malcolm
Kirby, bass; Josh Rutner, saxophone; Rich Thompson, drums
3. School
of the Arts,
45 Prince Street,
Rochester
Keter Betts, bass; Rod Blumenau, piano; Clay Jenkins, trumpet; Andy McGee,
saxophone; Akira Tana, drums
4. Eastman
School of Music,
26 Gibbs Street,
Room 120, Rochester
Bob Sneider, guitar; Paul Hofmann, piano; Mike Kaupa, trumpet; Mark Kellogg,
trombone; Jay Leonhart, bass; Mike Melito, drums; Bob Stata, bass
5. Abelard
Reynolds Elementary
School,
3330 Lake Avenue,
Rochester
Paul Smoker, trumpet; John Bagale, drums; Mark Manetta, guitar; Tim Sullivan,
bass; Steve Wierenga, piano
6. Eastman
School of Music,
26 Gibbs Street,
Room A-902, Rochester,
Voices
Chris Azzara, voice and piano; John Beck, drums; Aleck Brinkman, bass
7. Hochstein
Music School,
50 North Plymouth
Ave, Rochester,
Latin Jazz Workshop
Richard DeLaney and Mambo Kings
Complimentary
$10.00 student tickets
to the Saturday,
June 5, 8:00 PM Gala
Hochstein Performance
Hall Concert are
available the day
of the workshop from
workshop hosts. For
additional information,
please contact Alan
Tirré at
tirre97@aol.com,
or at 585/242-7682,
ext. 1170. Workshop
lineups may change
without notice
Sons
of Sound and its
artists proudly support
music education through
the efforts of TCP,
which is why you
might notice their
logo on many of our
releases. |
 Up
Next…
Our
release calendar
includes Mike Holober
leading the Gotham
Jazz Orchestra on Thought
Trains,
scheduled for release
later this spring.
Then
look for the fall
release of the Jay
Leonhart Trio (with
Ted Rosenthal and
Joe Cohn) on Cool!
On
the recording front,
April 21-23 sees
Akira Tana, Dr. Lonnie
Smith, and Rodney
Jones reunite as
the Secret
Agent Men for
a highly classified
recording session
featuring our own
Bond Girl, Jodi Stevens.
On
May 27-28, Mike Holober
will return to the
studio with Wolfgang
Muthspiel, Tim Ries,
Brian Blade, and
John Patitucci for
the small group follow-up
to Canyon.
The band will be
featured at The
Jazz Standard for
one night only, on
Tuesday, May 25th. |
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