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JazzTimes feature/high praise from Robben Ford
Posted January 8, 2011 in General Blog, Performance/Press
JazzTimes, widely regarded as the world’s leading jazz publication, featured Christian Howes in their January/February 2011 issue. In the article, author Geoffrey Himes, paraphrases the musical awakening of Howes which culminates in his latest album, Out of the Blue (Resonance Records).
Christian Howes’ new album explores that transitional passage as music comes out of the blues and into jazz. The recording is called, aptly, Out of the Blue (Resonance), and the title track, a Howes composition, examines that journey in slow motion. When the 38-year-old violinist, his small brown fiddle tucked under his enormous square jaw, first played the tune at Baltimore’s An Die Musik Live! in November, it was as a slow blues with a slippery, syncopated rhythm and a suggestive vocal-like purr. But the second solo was something different: a slow hymn, all humble reverence and sustained tone. Howes seemed to be explaining how gospel music was the midwife that delivered jazz out of its blues womb.
Himes intersperse his article with praise for Christian’s playing and insights from both Howes and Robben Ford, legendary guitarist and guest artist on the album.
“It was a different kind of music making than I’d ever experienced,” Howes says in relation to his introduction to jazz through the gospel church music experience, “because there was a different relationship between the musicians and the listeners…”
“I first met Christian when we were both working with Bill Evans at Jazz Alley in Seattle,” Ford recounts over the phone. “Christian was mind-blowing; he’s a straight-up virtuoso of the violin. It was ostensibly a jazz thing, but we were also playing blues and rock in that context, and it was astonishing to me what he could do in each setting. A guy like Christian, all they have to do is give him a stage and everybody is going to dig it.”
Read the full article, Christian Howes: Bowing the Blues, at JazzTimes Features.
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Christian Howes String Production featured in MusFormation.com
Posted July 28, 2010 in General Blog, Production
Thanks to MusFormation.com for featuring Christian Howes String Production:
In these days of endless plugins and synthetic sounds, sometimes having the real thing can mean all the difference in the world. If orchestral is the sound you’re going for on your recording it can often seem ridiculously impossible to organize people, record the parts and absorb all the costs. Christian Howes String Productions attempts to offer remote recording of strings and orchestral arrangements at a very affordable price.
by Todd Thomas, July 28, 2010.
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Another Satisfied Client
Posted June 21, 2010 in Production
John Presley recently featured our production efforts in his Music Composer Blog after we recorded strings on a piece composed by his collaborator Tyler Vahldick.
Read his blog and listen to the song, here.
An excerpt:
I highly recommend using Christian on your next string project. This really shows the possibilities for creating music around the world, using technology not just to make music faster and cheaper – but to make music that comes to life with the spirit of collaboration. Being able to write a piece and put it in the hands of professionals makes the creation process a lot more fun!
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solo and multi-tracked strings on Richard Bona’s new album!
Posted November 12, 2009 in General Blog, Production
For those of you who don’t know him, Richard Bona is one of the most admired voices on electric bass today, having played with Pat Metheny, Mike Stern, Bobby McFerrin, and a wide range of stars in the jazz world. He’s also an amazing singer, originally from Cameroon, and now living in NYC for more than 15 years. I’ve had the pleasure to record with him several years ago on my good friend, D. D. Jackson’s record, “Anthem” for the former major label, RCA Victor (an album which also included James Carter and Jack Dejohnette.)
Besides being an amazing pianist, composer, and producer, D.D. Jackson also maintains an excellent regular column called Living Jazz which has been published for years by Downbeat magazine and can be found at D.D.’s website:
www.ddjackson.com
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