Bop Stop Recording Studios

Jazz Trio Recordings - w/ Will Lyle, Rina Yamasaki, and Julian Pardo at Bop Stop Studios

A Great Pleasure to work with Bassist, Will Lyle and the trio with Rina Yamazaki (Piano), Julian Pardo (Bass).  Fortunate to have worked with Will and Rina maybe a year or two ago and awesome meeting and working with Julian Pardo!  I am sure if you know Will, Rina, and Julian you already know their tremendous musicianship and furthermore, what kind and positive people they all are.  To me that's just a winning combination, as the tacks they recorded exemplify that energy and of course highlight their instrumental and musical abilities.  

Many Thanks to Will, who returned to Bop Stop, as he now lives in Los Angeles, where is active teaching and performing.  A testament to his dedication and professional focus to put together a recording session with these fine players, while visiting NY, Boston, etc....  

Keep an eye out for some awesome dynamic Jazz tracks from the recordings and they will have a couple of videos as well!!

Enjoy the pics below from the session, including the first, which is the all important millennial media meeting:)

Just awesome working with Guitarist, Ryan Carraher again.  Had the great pleasure of recording Ryan and this super DYNAMIC and Creative Group!!  If you don't know Ryan's playing be sure to check out his music at www.ryancarraher.com!!  Outside of his incredible guitar work, his sound and playing is just years and years ahead of his age.  The group features Erik Van Dam on saxophones, who I have been thoroughly enjoying working with on several projects.  Erik's playing is just monstrous, skillful, and creative every time and very proud to be working with him and his music.   Ryan and Erik had the good sense of bringing Alexander and Rory, resulting in an energy of synergy and freedom!  Alex's Bass sound and tasteful playing was a great match with Ryan's guitar work and Rory added tasteful and dynamic drumming and a range of percussive textures, that were supportive, expressive, and musical.  The recordings carried an air of concessive creativity that the group slipped right into and was unwavering throughout.  

Excited to be  apart of sharing this Excellent Music!! Keep an eye out for the upcoming album release.

Manys thanks to Ryan, Erik, Alex, and Rory!!!

It has been a great pleasure working with Erik Van Dam and Evan Waaramaa on some really fantastic piano sax duet recordings.  Their sessions covered both an album of Jazz Standards and and album of Free Improvisation Jazz.  Outside of Erik's Monstrous Sax sound and technical proficiency, it becomes quickly obvious that he and Evan have collaborated often across various types of music and I enjoyed hearing Evan play the piano here:).  Combined with Evan's Class piano playing, the duo engaged quickly into synergistic grooves, concepts, and sonic textures.  I felt them musically lock in together after a few minutes and I think you will like the musical results.  It certainly has been a pleasure working on the music!

Keep an eye out for the release of these dynamic, expressive, and I think highly captivating albums!!

A Great pleasure working/recording with the Contemplation Quartet on some excellent Jazz music!!  The group features Tim Blackman (Piano), Sabrina Larkin (Alto Sax), Lisa Noordergraaf (Tenor Sax), and James Clark (Bass).  Certainly a cohesive, focused, and musical group and the resultant recordings are going be a wonderful album for the group!  (I am not just biased because James and I worked together for a while)  Additionally, they are all excellent people and I look forward to them sharing their excellent music and working with them in the future:)  Many Thanks Contemplation Quartet!! and keep an eye out for their music release!

​https://www.facebook.com/ContemplationQuartet/

Awesome to record an album for Erik Van Dam and Ryan Carraher.  If you know these cats then you know they have serious chops and furthermore they recorded their fantastic free improvisational explorations here at Bop Stop Studios.  Erik's huge Sax tone and crushing lines were a great blend with Ryan's guitar textures and harmonies.  Talented players and shared musical perspectives combined to create a wonderful album.  I thoroughly enjoyed recording, mixing, and mastering this album's creative and masterful music.  
I will update regarding the albums release and be sure to check out these artists performing around the Boston and New York areas.
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If you haven't please do check out
Erik's music here on FB and with numerous groups. https://www.strangechangesmusic.com/erik-van-dam 
Ryan's website http://www.ryancarraher.com

Recording Alto, Soprano, Clarinet, and Flute with Richard Garcia - Classical Piano/Sax Duet, Jazz Quartet, and Solo Excerpts at Bop Stop Studios. Jiarong Li (Classical Piano), Chris McCarthy (Jazz Piano), Simon Willson (Bass), Avery Logan (Drums).

Great to work/record again with Sax talent Richard Garcia!!  Richard really displayed his range, tremendous control, and musical depth for a submission project involving Classical Piano/Sax duets, Jazz Quartet pieces, and a bevy of solo flute, clarinet, alto sax, and soprano sax excerpts!  Of course Richard brought the heavy cats for accompaniment for the classical piano duets with Jiarong Li and trio section of Chris McCarthy, Simon Willson, and Avery Logan.  Always great to record talent like this and this type of submission would not be possible without Richard's high level of determination, organization, and perspective on bringing all the pieces together with such excellence and precision.  

Few session videos to follow shortly!!!!

If you haven't please do check out Richard's music at www.richardgarciamusic.com

And all these AWESOME PLAYERS are also on FaceBook!!

A Great Pleasure working/recording with Trombonist, Leo Fish and his Jazz Quintet.  Currently he and his group are Berklee Students and are already both at a point of authority on their instruments and putting together some great music!  The group consisted of Leo Fish on Trombone, Zach Gilbert on Clarinet and Tenor Sax, Bernard Jonathan on Piano, Miles Burger on Bass, and Doug Choi on Drums.  A joy to work with both of these talented and professional musicians.  Keep an eye out for the release of this recorded music. Leo's compositions are dynamic, well developed, and musical.  Certainly these musicians will be putting out lots of excellent music while at Berklee and way beyond........

A Great Pleasure recording vocalist Maria Amalia Quesada and pianist Jose Soto.  The session was focused on a submission to Latin Grammy Cultural Foundation and Maria and Jose brought some gorgeous songs with excellent arrangements.  A joy to work with both of these talented, professional, and warm people.  They are a wonderful couple and very glad to have had the opportunity to work with them both.  A couple videos from the session are posted to YouTube and I will put a link for them.  I am sure you will appreciate both Maria's vocal renditions and Jose's tasteful accompaniment.  Certainly a bright future for these artists and I look forward to working with them in the future, seeing their careers blossom, and watch them share their great music. :)  

Greg and Kevin, the super cool video duo.  Great to work with these guys from Hang Imagery, hang imagery.com  

It has been a pleasure to work with Steve Koretz on a few recordings sessions, both with Vocal Piano Duets with the great Steve Heck on piano!  Steve K is such an authentic person which is prominently conveyed in his singing/music.  Steve K's music really compels based upon his personal connection to the music, his admiration of the composition, and the spirit of sharing.  Of course this is only amplified when joined by someone who shares all these qualities, such as Steve Heck.  The recording session with both Steve's was as you might expect one of a sense of calming satisfaction in classic sounding JAZZ!
Keep your ears out for some heartfelt Jazz:)  

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Enjoyed working with Vocalist Zishen Zhao and Yitong Yu with some classical duets and for solo piano work as well. Certainly they brought some wide ranging and challenging pieces.  Both Zishen and Yitong study at New England Conservatory (undergraduate and graduate respectively) and despite many accomplishments already, they will most certainly be enjoying wonderful music careers and I look forward to hearing more music from them:)