Monday Off CD is Released
Mon Nov 13, 11:44 am
Vocal group Monday Off has released its long awaited CD. I was the producer for the project. You can check it out on CDBaby. We will be celebrating the release on December 4th at the Jazz Standard. See the Jazz Standard’s Website for more information.
Bikel's In My Own Lifetime is out
Sun Oct 15, 08:58 am
You can now purchase Theodore Bikel’s latest release In My Own Lifetime: 12 Musical Theater Classics on CDBaby. It features 12 of my arrangements.
Recording with Amy Cervini Quartet
Wed Sep 27, 06:23 am
I am producing a recording for Amy Cervini Quartet – with Michael Cabe, Mark Lau and Ernesto Cervini. The music is a blend of standards and not-so-standards, including originals by Amy and myself.
Anzic Orchestra Recording is Done!
Sun Sep 10, 09:47 pm
I am very very happy with the result, and can’t wait to start mixing. The whole experience from writing the arrangements, through rehearsals and recording has been a joy thanks to the many people I got to work with. Watch this site for updates on release date etc.
Anat Cohen and the Anzic Orchestra
Sat Sep 9, 10:33 am
I was commissioned to write arrangements for a new project featuring my friend Anat Cohen. It’s a large ensemble project due to be recorded in the Summer of 2006.
The instrumentation is 3 Saxophones, 3 Trumpets, 2 Trombones, Guitar, Bass, Drums and 3 Cello. Its an ensemble I’ve been thinking about for a while, and I am very excited to get to write for it.
The repertoire for the project will include pieces Anat loves and played for a while, as well as other carefully selected material. I’ve known Anat – personally and musically – for a long time, so this should be a very interesting collaboration.
Arrangements for a Theodore Bikel CD
Tue Sep 5, 08:10 pm
I finished 12 arrangements of broadway tunes for an upcoming release by Theodore Bikel. I got to work on some broadway classics and one of my favorite songs, Brel’s La chanson des vieux amants [I first heard it sung in Hebrew by Yossi Banai – my friend Anat recorded it recently for an upcoming album]. Also on the album are two songs by Kurt Weill, some Fiddler on the Roof, and other broadway favorites.
A Bridge To Peace - Did you see it?
Tue Sep 5, 07:53 pm
From the press release:
“A Bridge To Peace is a documentary chronicling the remarkable concert tour in 2005 of Theodore Bikel, stage and screen legend, and other musicians from the Mostar Sinfonietta orchestra, an ensemble of Christian and Muslim survivors of the war in Bosnia,
on a powerfully symbolic concert tour of Poland where they discuss their European cultural roots and reflect on performing in Poland 60 years after WWII and 10 years after the war in Bosnia.”
I wrote some arrangements for these performances – I haven’t seen the film yet but would love to hear from anyone who has.
Arrangements for Theodore Bikel in Poland
Tue Sep 5, 07:49 pm
I was commissioned to write 7 arrangements for Theodore Bikel’s performances with the Mostar Sinfonietta orchestra conducted by Tamara Brooks at the Jewish Festival in Poland. I am very excited to work with Tamara again, and thrilled to work with Theo.