John Goldsby Trio/Quartet

[chop_1992]

Ladies and Gentlemen, I have uploaded a couple of YouTube videos with previews of a new CD that is coming out in August: *Space for the Bass*

Francesco Cafiso, Martin Sasse, John Goldsby, playing "Clockwise"

If you have never heard Francesco play—he is the real deal. He was 19 when he recorded this (he turned 20 a week later). Martin is a great pianist in the Cologne area.

and

Karolina Strassmayer, Martin Sasse, Hans Dekker, John Goldsby, playing (my ballad) "Blue Dahlia"

Karolina is also a wonderful alto player . . . and Hans is a bass player's best friend We all play in the WDR Big Band here in Cologne.

Enjoy!

[txstatebass]

Great stuff John! Very musical! I look forward to the whole album! Will it be on itunes?

[chop_1992]

Thanks Adam! Yes, it will be on iTunes and all of the other usual spots. I will also post it on lastfm for those who really want to give it a good hard listen before they "buy" (or not).

[Treyzer]

Thanks for the links. Both tunes are beautiful! Great playing all around!

[Paul Warburton]

Beautiful, John.

[chop_1992]

Thank you Trey & Paul . . . !

[Mark Perna]

Great! I'm looking forward to checking out the rest of it. What a great idea to video the session.

mark

[chop_1992]

Thanks Mark. The video was easy to shoot, but a bit of work to edit. In the quartet session, I am in a booth and there is not a lot of room for a wide shot—so I just put the camera as far away as possible and it does kinda get a nice angle on the right-hand stuff, then some thumb position left-hand in the solo. In the trio session, we were all in the same room.

I am getting my iMovie chops together trying to do these things.

As I mentioned, I will put the stuff up on lastfm when the CD is out officially, so anyone can check out all of the tracks for free.

[Mark Perna]

Dude, I'm here to support the music. I'm buying a copy when it is available.

mark

[Johnny L]

Originally Posted by chop_1992

...Hans is a bass player's best friend

No question about it.

However it's all great stuff