Teal Creek News

Greetings, friends, and best wishes for 2010!

With the new decade comes a new episode of our podcast, Teal Creek Music Sampler. This one is entitled Baía Grande, and it’s from the newest CD from TCM, No Caminho (”On the Path”). If you haven’t checked this one out yet, you’re missing a South American treat!

This cut was composed by Wagner Soares, bassist for the Brazilian trio Dialeto Brasileiro (”Brazilian Dialect”). I met this band in Buzios, a small resort town not far from Rio de Janeiro. They were holding forth in a most groovacious manner at a restaurant called Havana Patio. One thing led to another and now Wagner and Cassio Vianna are here in Oregon and their first record has been released on the Teal Creek label.

So if you haven’t yet subscribed to the Teal Creek Music Sampler, now’s a great time to do so. Through the podcast you’ll have access to this and other samples in plenty of time for your own Carnaval celebration.

Abraços,

Tom

The composition Blues for Julia recently took third place in the Just Plain Folks 2009 Music Awards in the Instrumental Jazz category. Just Plain Folks is a grassroots organization that recognizes small-label and independent artists much like the Grammys recognize major-label artists. Blues for Julia is a cut from the Clovis CD written by guitarist Garry Hagberg.

We are proud and excited to announce that the Brazilian trio, Dialeto Brazileiro, has joined the Teal Creek Music label! The first recording by the band is now available through CD Baby. Information about the band and the CD can be found on the TCM site. I met Wagner Soares and Cassio Vianna at Patio Havana, a very classy nightclub in the Brazilian resort town of Buzios. Check out their music!

I’ll be at Iovino’s in Corvallis Friday 24 October, 6-9 pm. The band will include Jeremy Winkler on guitar and Kimberly Cullen on percussion.

The July episode of the TCM Sampler comes from an out-of-print CD by The Tone Sharks. This band, fronted by drummer extraordinaire Dave Storrs, put out a handful of CDs in the early aughts that featured spontaneously-composed pieces. This album is entitled “Intention,” and the cut is “Skates.” The personnel are: Tom Bergeron, alto sax; Tom McNalley, guitar; Page Hundemer, bass; and Dave Stoors, drums. Teal Creek is considering reissuing this album. Let us know what you think!

This episode features a podcast exclusive: A live recording of Western Rebellion, WOU’s faculty jazztet, taken from a performance at the WOU Jazz Festival on 15 November 2007. The composition, by pianist Gordon Lee, is “Loss is Freedom.” If you’d like to hear more, check out the band’s studio CD.

Listen to the Podcast.

The May podcast features a cut from Dave Camwell’s new CD, Aeterna — the newest release from Teal Creek. Dave is a brilliant saxophonist currently on the faculty of Simpson College in Indianola, Iowa. This track is the third movement of Bach’s Double Concerto for 2 violins (BMV 1043), which Dave transcribed for two alto saxophones. You can hear the other two movements and lots of other great music on his CD, available here.

More information about Aeterna.

More information about Dave Camwell.

The podcast has been on an unplanned vacation, but it’s back! The April episode was surely worth waiting for, as it features the opening track from the new Whirled News CD, BUGBEAR: Whirled News Plays the Music of Adam Bates. If you like that track, head on over to the Bugbear album page where you can hear excerpts from the other tracks. But don’t stop there: Buy yourself a copy — either an actual disk in a very cool eco-pak or a your very own digital copy. Happy listening!

This month’s podcast episode features Polish composer and bassist Krzysztof Majchrzak. His composition Balladak was recorded October 2004 in Lyon, France, and appears on Labirynt’s second album, Exit. In the piece, you’ll hear the impressionistic theme carried and varied by the violin, alto sax and trumpet, while Krzysztof waxes eloquently on the bass.

Next month, we’ll feature a cut from Bugbear: Whirled News Plays the Music of Adam Bates. Stay tuned!

The next date at the Boathouse is Friday 1 February 6-8 pm. I’ll be joined by the Eugene-based guitar master, Don Latarski.