Recording with Shelli LaTorre

On Saturday January 10th 2015, I was on a record date for a longtime friend and a great singer, Shelli LaTorre. Shelli and I were both Jazz performance majors at William Paterson years ago. The band was Steve Ash on piano, Tim Givens on double bass, myself and Shelli. 

The next day we were joined by guitarist, Joel Perry and my daughter Leonieke, (still 12 years old for a few more days!) on the Hammond B-3 organ.Both the studio and engineer, Jeremy Gillespie are excellent. (The studio is called Barbershop Studios in Hopatcong, New Jersey). Things went smoothly and beautifully-quite a number of first takes!

The CD is in production, with a release date of November 15, 2015. (The CD release party will be held at Shanghai Jazz Restaurant in Madison New Jersey, Sunday November 15 from 6:00-8:30 pm). Please come and enjoy this special event!