4/30/08
Bethesda Summer Concerts
For the umpteenth year in a row Music Unlimited
has teamed up with Bethesda Urban Partnership to bring you
the best bands in the DC area. The featured bands cover
the gamut from pop and rock to jazz and classical to Reggae.
Lunchtime concerts are every Wednesday May through July
12 - 2 PM at Bethesda Place Plaza and evening concerts happen
every Thursday 6 - 8 PM.
And don't forget the Bethesda Fine Arts Festival on Saturday
5/10 and Sunday 5/11.
Summer Concerts Schedule
Bazen Produces Brown,
Release Party 5/7/08
Over the spring and
summer of 2007 James Bazen had the great pleasure of producing
Larry Brown's latest CD. It was doubly gratifying because
Larry has been a long time member of the James Bazen Big
Band and his jazz is dear to Bazen's heart.
It features drummer
Greg Holloway, bassist Kent Miller and special guests drummer
Leland Nakamoura and JBBB trombonist Jerry O'Sullivan. We
are having the CD release party on Wednesday 5/7/08 at Blues
Alley. Shows are at 8 and 10 PM.
"Peace" is available on the Music
Unlimited web site.
JamesBazen.net Redesigned
JamesBazen.net has always been a good place
to find out about public performances and check out recordings.
But over the past year I have been doing a lot more producing,
engineering and writing so it was time for a change. Here
are some highlights:
The Arrangements/Compositions page now includes
the complete recordings and sample pdf files of the scores.
The Producing/Engineering page is new. There
you will find a few samples of my studio work. You can compare
the rough mixes with the final mixes.
The Recordings page has been updated to include
sound bites for every tune on the CD's. There are links
to the Music Unlimited online store as well as cdbaby and
iTunes.
A juke box for your listening pleasure while
you browse. You operate it just like your CD player (does
anyone have those anymore?) or your iPod: fast forward,
rewind, go to the next or previous track. Or, if you get
no pleasure listening to the tunes while you browse you
can just turn the damn thing off.
iTunes Downloads
All James Bazen CD's are now available for
download on iTunes. Here are the links:
Stranger
Things
Tonight
He's Mine
Merry
Christmas Take One
The
Wednesday Night Pizza Band
USA
Canteen
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