Month: September 2011

When I left the Tony Williams Lifetime, when I was still in New York, I had the chance to work and record with Sheila Jordan.  We made a record called Confirmation, with Roswell Rudd, Beaver Harris, Cameron Brown and Norman Marnell. Sheila really taught me so much about learning to trust oneself in the spirit of creating. She encouraged me to take chances, and really helped me getting my creative feet planted in terra firma.  Whenever she comes to the West Coast, we work together. Sheila continues to inspire whomever she touches, wherever she is. I love her madly. Check out this inspirational video, done by Bret Primack.

Good news for TWIN BILL fans….I just received word that Twin Bill has debuted  at #16 on Jazz Week Radio Airplay charts. It was the third MOST ADDED recording and the second MOST INCREASED AIRPLAY for the week!

Hi gang,

Here is a track from my latest CD, TWIN BILL, which will be released on Friday. If you are in Los Angeles, please come and hear myself and Larry Koonse on guitar playing some of the tracks of this new recording. Why guitar you ask?  Because Vitello’s the venue in Studio City does not have 2 pianos.  And because Larry Koonse is incredible. 8PM.

I am so very happy about this. It is called TWIN BILL, (BFM Jazz) and it is TWO piano music of BILL EVANS, my biggest influence throughout my life. I have recorded it like CONVERSATIONS WITH MYSELF, so I am overdubbing myself on the second piano track. The recording has lots of space, to let my beautiful Yamaha S6 shine.  I hope you all enjoy this.  It really has been a life’s worth of work and reflection to make this record. My ultimate goal was to pay the ultimate respect to Bill Evans.  There is also a very funny tie in with baseball.  Those of you who know me, know that I love baseball as much as I love the Jazz culture. I hope that both are alive and well on TWIN BILL I would love to hear what you think.

Alan