Recording Session Notes

Recording the Manhattan Brass playing Paquito D’Rivera and Wynton Marsalis

Here are some photos of the Manhattan Brass recording Paquito D’Rivera’s “Four Songs For Brass” and Wynton Marsalis’ “Spiritual and Blues.”

The recording sessions took place in April 2009, at the Middle Collegiate Church in the East Village of NYC.

Recording Manhattan Ramble with Mike Boschen

I followed Mike around Manhattan for two and a half hot summer days to make this recording. We wanted to record trombone improvisations at a wide variety of NYC locations. Mike would be accompanied only by the sounds of the city, and would improvise while inspired by the sounds of his environment at each location. Many of the spots had significance to Mike. Some of them we included because we just thought they would sound cool. All the spots were outside; some secluded, some crowded, some popular, some unknown, but all very “New York”.

Recording David Sampson’s Breakaway With Ray Mase and Kevin Cobb

Bove Audio Recording Session Notes

Musicians: Ray Mase and Kevin Cobb, trumpets

Music: David Sampson: Breakaway for Two Trumpets and Electronics

This challenging piece for two trumpets is performed along with a recording of a pre-recorded synthesizer. We want a recording where we can remove each part separately, and play along with the other!