New tunes recorded and more on the way
A day in the studio with Keith Goddard on bass and Angus Bishop on drums produced four tracks of previously unrecorded original material. Just one day spent with the impressive skills of these two lovely musicians and the intuitive and sympathetic recording techniques which Dave Bee Bee provided made the whole thing a very relaxed and enjoyable day.
The Yamaha grand piano is a joy to play in Dave's studio and the set up is comfortable, well environmentally controlled plus with a separate drum room and facility to record separately in the control room. Add this to Dave's years of expert experience as a recording musician and his great hospitality and kindness and you could search a long way to find such a good facility for recording on the South Coast.
The four tunes recorded are Unsaintly Thomas - a calypso tipping a wink towards the Sonny Rollins tune of a similar name; Parkinson Behaving Badly - a funk/swing number which treads a careful path between the Michael Parkinson TV theme tune and the TV theme from Men Behaving Badly; A Simple Kindness - a ballad composed in response to the altruistic behaviour of Manchester citizens towards the victims of the blast last year after the bombing disaster; and The Last Straw - a jazz waltz to complete the "Straw" trilogy which began with Short Straw back in 1985!
The rough mixes are complete but final mixes will be done when Dave gets back from his walking holiday in Nepal. Just can't wait to share these with you.
