Weston / Saxon Groove Assembly’s new CD discussed in the Sunday edition of the Antelope Valley Press.
“…an avant-garde collection of lively jazz beats and intricate rhythms released this month on Orenda Records.”
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New album available September 1, 2015 on Orenda Records.
Original music by the Weston/Saxon Groove Assembly
features legendary drummer Grant Calvin Weston and creative L.A.
musicians Jonathan Saxon (percussion), Wayne Peet (keyboards), and
Steuart Liebig (bass).
CD contains original artwork by Eron
Rauch and poetry written by Steve Shelton. Music only digital downloads
are also available for purchase.
Pre-orders can be purchased now at http://www.orendarecords.com/shop/orenda0018.
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DESERT SOUNDS…From my set of solo mbira and percussion music at the Wonder Valley Experimental 7 on Saturday, April 11, 2015 (Wonder Valley, CA).
NEW ISSUE OF TAPE OP
WAYNE PEET ARTICLE
Check out my article about musician and recording engineer Wayne Peet in the newest issue of Tape Op.
http://tapeop.com/interviews/99/wayne-peet-bonus/
Subscribe to the mag to read the print version of the article.
My new CD, Translation Meditation: Solo Percussion + 2, featuring appearances by Joey Vera (Armored Saint, Fates Warning, Anthrax) and Wayne Peet (Nels Cline, Vinny Golia, Brad Dutz, Emily Hay) is now available on Clarity Records. You can preview tracks at https://soundcloud.com/jonathan-saxon.
New Music by Jonathan Saxon
In August I recorded six new songs at Newzone Studio in Mar Vista, CA. All of the songs were engineered, mixed, and mastered by Wayne Peet.
Check them out at:
http://soundcloud.com/jonathan-saxon
East Coast Sojourn
It’s every musician’s dream to perform in New York city. That dream finally came through for me when I performed with Armored Saint at The Studio at Webster Hall. The venue was great and the show was sold out.
The New York/New Jersey based band 7 Witches accompanied us on our east coast jaunt. They gracioulsly supplied the backline for Armored Saint which included using Paulie Marciano’s (Belladona, 7 Witches) drum kit. It was a beautiful chrome Yamaha kit circa 1988. Paulie’s a great guy and was real easy to work with.
Webster Hall’s soundwoman, Marie, did a nice job mic’ing the drums and percussion. I’m not a big fan of using triggers on a drum kit, as I think good tuning will do the job, but Paulie’s Yamaha kit had triggers and Marie made it all work rather well. For the congas, instead of mic’ing each drum individually, Marie used an overhead condenser mic. Listening back to some of the videos recorded at the gig, the congas surprinsingly sat well within the mix. Marie studied engineering at Berklee (Boston) and really knew her stuff. The Women’s Audio Mission in SF, CA would be proud http://www.womensaudiomission.org/!
We had a travel day in between our performances in Long Island, NY and Allentown, PA. Rather than drive to Allentown where there’s not much to do, we decided to spend the day in NYC and then drive to our hotel in Allentown in the evening. It was truly a perfect NY day. The air was cool and brisk, but just right for walking around SoHo. Whether stopping for coffee and some cognac or enjoying the neighborhood sights, it was a thoroughly enjoyable day. We topped it off with all of us relaxing over a long dinner at a classic Italian restaurant. Wine and grappa!
Playing congas with Armored Saint on the tune “La Raza” at the Key Club in Los Angeles on July 9, 2011.
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