2CD MASTERS COMPLETED!
Thanks to Steve Epstein, producer and Todd Whitelock, recording engineer from the bottom of my heart.
Recording itself was finished last year: classical album for solo marimba, and duo with Richard was taken in March at recital hall of Purchase Performance Center, while Jazz-Pop-World one with Steve Gadd and Eddie Gomez others was done in August at Power Station Studio, NY.
Since then it took us a lot of time and money for editing, mixing and mastering maily because it was a project without crowd funding, but I believe all these helped as a result give us enough time to elaborate CD’s to the highest satisfactory level.
Classical CD Track List
1. CHROMATIC FANTASY & FUGUE J.S. Bach Richard Stoltzman (arr.)
2.CHACONNE FROM PARTITA FOR VIOLIN No.2 J.S. Bach Mika Stotzman (arr.)
3. PAVANNE Maurice Ravel
Richard & Mika Stoltzman (arr.)
Richard & Mika Stoltzman (arr.)
Marimba, Clarinet
4. MOSTLY BLUES Nos.2,8 & 12 W.T.McKinley
Marimba, Clarinet
5. PALIMPSEST John Zorn
Marimba, Clarinet
6. ETUDE No.5 Piazzolla
Clarinet Solo
7. FUGA Y MISTERIO Piazzolla
Jazz-World CD Track List
1. SPAIN Chick Corea Tim Garland (arr.)*
2. AFRO BLUE Santamaria David Matthews (arr.)
*I’ve been working with these musicians for ten years now, and on hearing the mix for this track, I was filled with a great feeling of
3. TAPEREBA Hamilton de Holand
Vitter Santos (arr.)
Vitter Santos (arr.)
*My favorite track. Though melody is simple, it turns into a grand piece. A Brazilian Bandolim genius, Hamilton de Holand joins us.
4. RETURN TO BAHIA Bill Douglas
6. LETTER FROM HOME Pat Metheny
Peter John Stoltzman (arr.)
Peter John Stoltzman (arr.)
7. DJ DOUG DEMOCKRACY Julie Spencer
Mika Stoltzman (arr.)
Mika Stoltzman (arr.)
8. RHAPSODY IN BLUE G.Gershwin
Kazunori Maruyama (arr.)
Kazunori Maruyama (arr.)
MISICIANS
Marimba Mika Stoltzman - All tracks
Clarinet Richard Stoltzman - 1,2,3,5,6.8
Drums Steve Gadd - 1,2,3,4,5,7
Bass Eddie Gomez - 1,2,3,4,5,7,8
Percussions Duke Gadd - 1,2,3,4,5,7
Brazilian Hamilton de Holand - 3 & 5
Bandolim
Piano Kazunori Maruyama - 8
Strings Sybarite5 - 1 and 4
Strings Sybarite5 - 1 and 4
Lastly thank you Steve Gadd and Eddie Gomez, with whom I’ve been playing together for ten years, for your participation.
Also huge thanks to beloved our friends Eiko & Hiroki from Japan for their financial support to cover vast expenses incurred from this recording project,
and my dearest husband Richard Stoltzman, who made all this possible.
Words cannot express my appreciation very well. Thank you all.
Words cannot express my appreciation very well. Thank you all.
Two CD’s will come out soon.
Classical CD will be released from Avie Records, leading London/US basis label, hopefully in June. Warwick Thompson, noted UK journalist is supposed to write liner note.
Classical CD will be released from Avie Records, leading London/US basis label, hopefully in June. Warwick Thompson, noted UK journalist is supposed to write liner note.
On the other hand, I’m looking for suitable label for Jazz-World CD. It would be 3rd Mikarimba CD album with Steve Gadd and Eddie Gomez.
This time I’ve concentrated on giving the recordings distinctive categorization, which was not so clear in my previous albums.
This time I’ve concentrated on giving the recordings distinctive categorization, which was not so clear in my previous albums.
My Dream. My Goal: To be the first marimbist to win Grammy. I feel it’s getting closer little by litte. Just my imagination? LOL
Make dream come true by any means.
It’s my style of life. If not this time, I’ll keep on trying of course. I will continue to make new recordings which no other marimbist have ever done before.
It’s my style of life. If not this time, I’ll keep on trying of course. I will continue to make new recordings which no other marimbist have ever done before.
Thinking it’s my mission to leave wonderful new tunes and performances to the history, I keep struggling hard every day.
My thanks to everyting that enables me to pursue my dream right now.
Love, Mika
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