I just found out that the publisher of Jazz Exodus, a quarterly independent newsletter, announced his "Top 10 Progressive Jazz CDs for 2004," and my album Two Days in November was #7. This is made even cooler by the fact that some of the other albums on the list were from Al Jarreau, Stanley Jordon and Jeff Hamilton--all amazing players.

Two Days in November, of course, is the album Dot recorded in my personal studio. It features my trio, JAZZOOO, in an intimate setting with minimal isolation between players for maximum good music!

You can check the album out at http://www.thelisteningsessions.com/jazzooo.htm

Congrats, Dan!

heY!

Way Kooool.!!!

Congrats !!!!

Doug,

I just received "2 Days.." recently and I'm totally blown away! I've never spent much time listening to jazz, but that's all about to change. This CD is incredible. The songs are well written, the playing is impeccable and the recording is top notch!

I'm running sound for the local high school spring music concert this weekend and am playing this CD before the show, as people are being seated. Very relaxing background music. The sound of the brushed snare coming out of the horns is just gorgeous!

My hat is off to you, Duncan, Ken and Dan on a job most certainly "well done"!

Joel Glaser
Studio 52

P.S. To those who haven't heard this CD.... GET IT NOW!!

Oh, Doug.... congratulations on #7... that is way cool!!!

Jole, what kind words--thank you. They actually kind of 'send me' right now!

The mic used on that snare was my Studio Projects C1, run through a Millennia preamp and then ito the VS2480's analog inputs. I dig the C1 for snare, lemme tell ya.

Thanks for using my music that way--I hope everyone digs it. Did I also include the live CDR? Did you have any problems playing it? My Masterlink seems to be spitting out CDs with bits of crackle and pop lately...

Congrats all around Doug and Dan and the rest of Jazoo!

Well deserved accolades.

It's number one in 2004 on my jazz list and I conitnue to be blown away that it was recored on the Roland!

Excellent! Congrats to 2DIN and thanks on my end.

Great job, guys.

The stuff I heard was outstanding...makes me realize that I've still got a lot of work to do before I start getting cocky about anything I've recorded yet.

Congratulations!

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Originally posted by Jazzooo:
Jole, what kind words--thank you. They actually kind of 'send me' right now!

The mic used on that snare was my Studio Projects C1, run through a Millennia preamp and then ito the VS2480's analog inputs. I dig the C1 for snare, lemme tell ya.

Thanks for using my music that way--I hope everyone digs it. Did I also include the live CDR? Did you have any problems playing it? My Masterlink seems to be spitting out CDs with bits of crackle and pop lately...

Jeez, Doug.... the least you could do is spell my name right!!

No, I didn't get a live CDR, but I did buy "Let Freedom Swing" which I haven't gotten around to listening to yet. Looking forward to giving it a spin.

Joel

My spelling is much more creative, Joel, but if you insist...

That's right--I sent your CDs out on the ame day with a few other packages, sorry. I hope you'll enjoy Let Freedom Swing--it's a really interesting CD for me. It was a really delicate thing to arrange and play, taking those classic Americana songs and trying to do something new with them without sounding goofy.

Favorite cut: Wade in the Water, which I like to think sounds a bit like a Ray Charles instrumental. Jazz a Go Go!

Thanks everyone for your comments!

Jazzoo,

Wow! Very awesome dude!