We recorded a new jazz CD!
On Monday, George, Paul, amazing saxophonist Donny McCaslin and I went into the studio (Donny played four tunes). We also played five trio tunes and I did one solo piece. Skyline is about an hour and a half away from where I live (it’s kind of a haul) but it’s a really great studio with an expert engineer, Paul Wycliffe. This CD was jazz, which is a lot less expensive to record than multi-layered pop.
The session went pretty smoothly until I started getting tired towards the end! We got there around 11 and left at 6. We took the tunes at faster tempos than I realized. Since we didn’t have a lot of time, we didn’t really listen to anything after we played (except during our lunch break). But I think editing will be minimal… we might splice a couple of the drum fade-outs, and I have to fix a chord in the solo piece. I personally don’t find recording to be that pleasant, but I think I’m learning to live with the results a little more. On my second album, Watercolor, my solos drove me so crazy that I actually went in and edited some phrases out.
After the session, Paul kindly drove George and me into Midtown (he had a gig at the Algonquin) and dropped us off at Yakitori Torys, where we totally pigged out.
Now we have to schedule a time for mixing!