Demo Recordings
Jazz Trio Recordings with the Bijan Taghavi Trio, featuring John Koh and Samuel Buldoc at Bop Stop Studios
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Wonderful to work with Bijan, John, and Samuel on this great project. Some Original compositions and Jazz standards recorded but this exciting trio. Creative and dynamic music and top quality musicians were the recipe here.
This coming December will be Bijan Taghavi's first tour to Japan and if you happen to be in Japan for the holidays Dec 23rd to 28th, which sounds great, definitely go check out one of their tour dates. They will cover four cities: Chiba, Sendai, Aomori, and Tokyo and will be featuring John Koh on bass and Shogo Hamada on drums. The link to ticket info is https://t.pia.jp/pia/event/event.do?eventCd=1835293 "Bijan Taghavi is a jazz pianist, composer, and educator currently based in New York, NY. Well-versed in many styles, Bijan has performed with jazz saxophonist Joe Lovano, Grammy Latin artist Nestor Torres, Metropolitan Opera Singer Eric Jordan, and as a soloist with the South Coast Symphony. A recipient of the Presser Foundation Scholarship, Bijan currently attends the Manhattan School of Music and has studied with Fred Hersch and Phil Markowitz. Bijan remains active performing with various groups and leading his own Trio, recently having performed at Jazz at Lincoln Center, Blue Note Amsterdam, John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, and the Apollo Theatre." |
For more info on Bijan, please visit his website at: http://www.bijantaghavi.com "New Reality" written by Bijan Taghavi Piano: Bijan Taghavi Bass: John Koh Drums: Samuël Bolduc Recorded at: Bop Stop Studios (http://www.bopstopstudios.com) Engineer: George Trksak Videography: Matthew Chang |
Classical Violin and Piano Recordings at Bop Stop Studios
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I had the great pleasure of working with the exceptional violinist Kyung Ah Oh for an International Violin Competition submission. Kyung Ah is currently performing internationally and completing her performance Masters at Yale University.
The following piece features the Beautiful playing of Kyung Ah Oh on violin and the Exceptional piano accompaniment by NEC faculty, the wonderful Dina Vainshtein. Certainly a pleasure working with Kyung Ah and her tremendous skill and sound! An honor to have had Dina Vainshtein as she is one of the worlds finest collaborative pianists! Prokofiev (op. 63)- Violin and Piano |
Tom Dowd - Solo Voice/Guitar Recordings at Bop Stop Studios
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Two New Videos featuring a Solo Vocal/Guitar performance by Tom Dowd of Tom's composition "Big City Lights" and a second of Tom's rendition of Led Zeppelin's classic, "What Is and What Should Never Be". More music to come from this session:)
Thrilled to be working Tom as his talent, organic delivery. and creativity are immense. Be sure to check out his New Website at www.thomasdowd.com/music to hear more of Tom's great music and his upcoming performances. |
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Ukrainian Folk - Voice and Classical Guitar Recordings, "Favorite Ukrainian Songs"- Ludmila Koval and Igor Golger
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Please have a Listen to this beautiful music of Ukrainian lullabies. I think regardless of the likely language barrier that you can appreciate the emotion and sweetness of the performance, by Ludmila Koval (voice) and Igor Golger (guitar). Despite recording, mixing, and mastering, sadly, a sudden and miraculous comprehension of the language did not take place. However, I greatly enjoyed every moment of working on it and listening to it. As an aside, I lived with a Russian-American roommate during college and while he was a great great guy, the Russian language I heard daily was lots of intense yelling. So, it was really nice to hear the Russian language sound so sweet and elegant. For sure Ludmila has a beautiful voice and more importantly she carries emotion and context to the music!! Igor in addition to providing such excellent guitar accompaniment, he also hand built the guitar he played!!
So, you can get all the tracks for FREE if you go to my Soundcloud page and I hope you listen many times!! These are demo recordings, but I think Ludmila and Igor sound just Lovely!!! If you know them or not, please let them know you enjoyed it if you can:) and I hope to work with them in the future! 
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Skyfall - Pop Demo Recording
Joe Reid (Piano), Sydney (Vocals), Dan Fox (Bass), Miki Matsuki (Drums)
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Skyfall - Pop Demo Recording - Joe Reid (Piano), Sydney (Vocals), Dan Fox (Bass), Miki Matsuki (Drums) -
One of Five video tracks from a wonderful young vocalist, Sydney. Joe Reid, Dan Fox, and Miki Matsuki provided the musical accompaniment. Tracks ranged from Adele and Christina Agulara to Cheek to Cheek:) Of course a pleasure to work on the session and putting these application submission-style videos together. Many Thanks to all of them for sharing their music:) |
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Vocalist Maria Amalia Quesada Chavarria and pianist Jose Arturo Soto Gamboa
Rabo de Nube
First of Two Videos from the Wonderful duet comprised of Vocalist Maria Amalia Quesada Chavarria and Pianist Jose Arturo Soto Gamboa.
They perform a wonderful arrangement of Rabo de Nube for a submission to the Latin Grammy Cultural Foundation. Needless to say, it was a great joy to record these talented musicians and these artists have lots of great music to share:)
They perform a wonderful arrangement of Rabo de Nube for a submission to the Latin Grammy Cultural Foundation. Needless to say, it was a great joy to record these talented musicians and these artists have lots of great music to share:)
Jazz Demo: Bob DiCicco sings and Bill Duffy plays Piano - Just The Way You Look Tonight
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If you enjoy straight ahead Jazz Classics Click on the PIC for a Demo Clip, a rough cut from a one track recording of Bob DiCicco (Vocal) and Bill Duffy (Piano) for a rendition of Just the Way You Look Tonight
Visit Bob's Website at http://www.rdicicco.com |
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Jazz Trio Recordings with Jenny Herzog and The "Three Blind Mice". Jenny Herzog - Vocals/Tap Dance, Jacob Hiser - Piano/Vocals, Umar Zakaria - Bass/Vocals
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Smiles and Positive Vibes are certainly the underlying spirit of this Superb Trio, Three Blind Mice Jenny Herzog, Umar Zakaria, and Jacob Hiser. Their remarkable group cohesiveness is driven by key aspects they share in common, such as musical interests and tremendous talent. Many thanks to Jenny, Umar, and Jacob for sharing their music with me and allowing me to be a part of sharing it with many others. Be sure to check out Three Blind Mice performing around the New England Area:)
Visit www.jennyherzog.com |
Jazz Piano Trio Recordings with the Yuki Futami Trio
Yuki Futami (piano), Simon Willson (Bass), and JK Kim (Drums)
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What a great pleasure recording this Outstanding and Dynamic Trio! Having these cats bless my recording space with their sound is a blessing and I am fortunate to be able to watch these players from their early beginnings of sharing music with many many people.
Please keep an eye out for the release of their demo recording tracks and also there will be video from our upgraded Video setup. You would not be disappointed in their playing and exciting but tasteful approach to the music! |
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Jazz Piano Trio Recordings with the Will Lyle Trio
Will Lyle (Bass), Rina Yamazaki (piano), and Danny McGonegle (Drums)
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Fortunate to have worked with the Will Lyle Trio here at Bop Stop. Will assembled a powerful and skilled group, with Rina Yamazaki and Danny McGonegle, this is most certainly a dynamic and talented trio! Will and Danny have graduated Berklee and will most certainly be performing, teaching, and sharing more music! Rina is a current Berklee student that is active performing at Berklee and around the Boston Area, be sure to check her playing out if you have the chance.
Below is a Soundcloud playlist with some of the tracks from their recording session here are Bop Stop Studios. |
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Jazz Guitar Trio Recordings with the Erich Johnson Trio
Erich Johnson (Guitar), Will Lyle (Bass), and Clemens Grassman (Drums)
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A great pleasure recoding the Erich Johnson Trio featuring Erich on Guitar, Will Lyle on Bass, and Clemens Grassman on Drums! These cats can really play tastefully and they yielded a very sweet Guitar Trio sound for sure!! Check out some of the clips form the session.
There are more tracks on the way from this killin Trio.
For sure keep an eye out for these Jazzers on performance stages around the country!! |
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Jazz Duet Demos with Raynel Shepard - Vocals and Joe Reid - Piano December 2015
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I have been fortunate to have done some recordings with Joe Reid this last year. We are continuing tweaking the room acoustics and recording approaches and Joe was the first to work with our new piano. Certainly a great pleasure working with Raynel Shepard. She imparted her smokey sparkling voice throughout the sessions and I look forward to more recordings with Raynel in the near future.
You can listen to one of the tracks here, "Spring Can Really Hang You Up the Most" lyrics by Fran Landesman, music by Tommy Wolf. |
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Jazz Fusion Recording of Original Composition by Vaibhav Mohanty, "Coasts" June 2015
www.vmohantymusic.com
It was a great pleasure to provide the recording and impromptu video recording for the JAZZ FUSION QUARTET RECORDING SESSION - for the piece "COASTS" COMPOSED BY VAIBHAV MOHANTY. Vaibhav while now beginning his journey to studies at Harvard University this Fall 2015, he has already composed and had his pieces performed at some wonderful concert halls in the US. He is certainly a talented and eclectic musician, composer, and artist.
This piece "Coasts" was composed based upon the Odissi Raga Bajrakanti an Indian Classical raga and it performed by this jazz quartet that included:
Anton Derevyanko - Tenor Saxophone Michael Wooten - Piano
Conner Duke - Bass Benny Woodard - Drums
This piece "Coasts" was composed based upon the Odissi Raga Bajrakanti an Indian Classical raga and it performed by this jazz quartet that included:
Anton Derevyanko - Tenor Saxophone Michael Wooten - Piano
Conner Duke - Bass Benny Woodard - Drums
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It was a great pleasure to record with Dan Fox and the wonderful musicians he brought. I have had the pleasure of recording Dan before for a Guitar Bass duet, and the opportunity to record with him on trombone was another session to look forward to. Of course, Dan comes prepared and with his musicians in two hours, they produced four demo tracks with just two takes each. Despite being short, it was a joy to record these fine musicians and it is our first recordings with our new Focusrite Rednet system as well as utilizing some of our new microphone acquisitions. The result was some creamy intimate jazz recordings.
Dan Fox - Trombone
Mike Duke - Guitar
Conner Duke - Double Bass
Santiago Hernandez - Drums
Dan Fox - Trombone
Mike Duke - Guitar
Conner Duke - Double Bass
Santiago Hernandez - Drums
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