Wednesday, September 6, 2017

Mark Whitfield - Live & Uncut (CHESKY RECORDS 2017)



Come along for the ride as Chesky Records transports you to the Lower East Side of Manhattan for a live Jazz performance from Mark Whitfield and his band consisting of Billy Drummond and Ben Allison. Recorded live at Rockwood Music Hall, experience the interplay between three seasoned Jazz veterans embracing the moment on Live & Uncut. 

Mark Whitfield has been a celebrated guitarist for nearly three decades, performing with Dizzy Gillespie, Art Blakey, Quincy Jones, Ray Charles, Herbie Hancock, Carmen McRae, Gladys Knight, Burt Bacharach, Jimmy Smith, Clark Terry, Shirley Horn, Wynton Marsalis, Branford Marsalis, Joe Williams, Stanley Turrentine and his greatest teacher and mentor George Benson.


Released September 1, 2017 

1. Without A Song 10:16
2. Invitation 07:32
3. Willow Weep For Me 09:36
4. Changes For Monk and Trane 08:05
5. Jackie-ing 06:17
6. Dubai 07:43

Band:
Ben Allison: Bass
Billy Drummond: Drums
Mark Whitfield: Guitar

Produced by: David Chesky
Executive Producer: Norman Chesky
Recorded, edited, and mastered by Nicholas Prout
Second Engineer: Mor Mezrich
Assistant Engineer: Janelle Costa
A&R: Jeff Lanier

Recorded February 19th, 2017 at Rockwood Music Hall, New York
Equipment Used: B&K Binaural Head, MSB A/D Converter, and Crystal Microphone Cable