With such a solid rhythm section already in place, timing was never an issue.įirst up:- Julian Nicholas came to record Baritone Sax and Tenor Sax. Mike had written parts for the horns for all the ‘heads’ and sectional work so it was easy to adhere to social distancing by having one player at a time come to the studio. His 4-mallet chord work on the ballads is sublime. ‘Octopods’ particularly was a ‘bit of a headache’, but as this was a ‘no cut, copy and paste’ album, (all you hear on the album is played for real by all the musicians), we took time to rehearse and perfect. Studio friend Richard Horne popped in to record the fiendish vibraphone parts. In the meantime, taking the opportunity of being allowed out of our houses, we arranged for Terry Pack (Double Bass) and Dave Cottrell (Drums) to record for a couple of days (Terry in the booth, Dave in the live room) which gave all the pieces a real lift as well as finalising the feel and layout of the arrangements. Later on in the process Tom returned to record some fantastic piano solos ( ‘Above’, ‘Octopods’, ‘Hue 6’ and ‘Palm Thievery’). This gave Mike Saunders (resident engineer and orchestrator) enough of a framework to write horn section parts. Next a call to Tom Phelan (another regular at the studio) who Lewis had met years previously and we were recording piano parts. The challenges of recording an album when so restricted with opening hours and numbers of players at once became the next hurdle. Kate Hogg – Saxes and FluteĪs the world came to a grinding halt in early 2020 Lewis, out of gigs and the studio closed, used the time to write more melodies and chord lines with a jazz feel in mind.īefore long there was an album worth of tunes and as life briefly eased up Lewis came to The Playroom to start laying down guide chords and melody lines so that we could work on the arrangements. “Maybe you should write a jazz album”, someone said to Lewis. The two tracks ( ‘Above’ and ‘Hue 6’) were originally destined for an ambient guitar-based album, but had taken on a definite jazz feel with Kate’s lyrical Sax melodies and improvisations. Regular client, Lewis, was at the studio one day having just recorded a couple of his new tracks with Kate Hogg featured playing Alto and Tenor Saxophones.
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