Hey, thanks for tuning in. I thought I’d start letting you all in on what’s cookin’ from on “The Road” (the infamous “Road” which basically means playing gigs and being anywhere and everywhere except home. Don’t get me wrong - it’s great) with entries into our new “Notes From The Road”. — Chick
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Entries from July 2007
Greetings
July 20th, 2007 · 1 Comment
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A musical discovery -
July 19th, 2007 · 1 Comment
I made I’d like to share with my music-loving friends is the piano music of a French composer I had heard of through John McLaughlin. It took me a year or so to finally get a CD of this man’s music - performed by a wonderfully spirited and technically immaculately pianist named John Chen. These […]
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Bluegrass and the Beatles -
July 19th, 2007 · 4 Comments
Two great album cover designers– Marc Bessant {Peter Gabriel and Chick’s Latest} (right), and Marc’s hero, Sgt. Pepper’s designer, Peter Blake (left)
A cool thing happened on that tour. I overheard Béla and my friends talking avidly and deeply about the Beatles. I was kind of out of it since I never really delved into the […]
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Béla and I -
July 2nd, 2007 · 1 Comment
Last month, Béla Fleck and I finished our June tour at the Telluride Bluegrass Festival. That was wild! I didn’t know what to expect from the bluegrassers because our duet music isn’t really blue grass. But it was pretty cool the way the audience dug on our “Joban Dna Nopia” (banjo and piano) wanderings.
2 Jul […]
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Summertime here in the UK -
July 2nd, 2007 · No Comments
Weirdly cold weather for July - but the concerts with Gary Burton have been going great so far and we’ve got another five weeks of fun to go. We’re recording the gigs as we go and will have a new recording coming sometime soon. This should include the duet’s live performances as well as […]
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Road mixing -
July 2nd, 2007 · No Comments
Some more recreation I’m having on this tour is mixing a new recording project of mine. I call it “long distance mixing” or “road mixing”. The project is a box set - five CDs of five different trios I have recorded over the last few years (mostly this year). Big Fun making this music with […]
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