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Mike Garson Demonstrates the Yamaha Disklavier
Mike Garson helped to launch Yamaha’s Disklavier Pro earlier this week in LA and Fort Wayne, Indiana simultaneously. How did he do it? Take a look: Read the extensive news coverage: “Playing a piano from 2,000 miles away” – The Orange County Register“Sweetwater retail expands, gains Yamaha inventory” – Fort Wayne Daily News“Sweetwater Sound Expands To Include Yamaha Pianos” – IndianaNewsCenter.com“Sweetwater strikes new chord” – The Journal Gazette
What Hi-Fi? Publishes a RAVE review of The Bowie Variations
Andrew Everard published a simply outstanding review of our latest release “The Bowie Variations” on WhatHiFi.com yesterday. The review is incredibly thorough and paints a wonderful picture of Mike Garson’s history with David Bowie (including some insight into how he got the gig). We’ll give you some quotes from it here, but we can not encourage you enough to read this fantastically entertaining review on WhatHifi.com. Excerpts from “Spiders, the Disklavier and Aladdin Sane –…
Allmusic review of Brubeck/Gandolfi/Foss
Allmusic.com has published a review of the new Concord Chamber Music Society release. We had a quote we just had to share, but encourage you to read the full review on Allmusic.com. From Allmusic:By James Manheim “Here’s an attractive trio of contemporary American chamber works, straightforward that make use of tonality in various guises, as well as jazz and other vernacular influences, but explore both novel concepts and rigorous formal devices and could not in…
Amazon Review of Concord Chamber Music Society Release
We had a customer review on Amazon.com for the Concord Chamber Music release that had some great parts we just had to share! From “Dingane”: “I will start this off by saying please read the accompanying booklet. It provides insight into the Concord Chamber Music Society and the composers Brubeck, Gandolfi, and Foss. Additionally the back cover picture has a stunning picture of the Mechanics Hall venue. I would love to have a 16×20 of…
Mike Garson News
Independent Ethos is at it again with an incredibly thorough Mike Garson interview. Here Mike Garson talks about working with David Bowie. Click here for “From the Archives: Mike Garson on working with David Bowie (Part 1)” from Indie Ethos. If you missed the interview on The Bowie Variations between Mike Garson and Indie Ethos click here. Amazon Review of The Bowie Variations John C. Bowerman “pop culture fan” has posted the first Amazon review…
Boston Globe Reviews Concord Chamber Music Album
Boston.com (The Boston Globe) has published a quick review of RR’s recent Concord Chamber Music Society release. We’ll excerpt it here, and let you read the full thing on Boston.com. “In its first CD, the Concord Chamber Music Society, a fine group of Boston Symphony musicians (launched and directed by violinist Wendy Putnam), has enshrined pieces by three composers that have appeared on recent programs. All three composers have ties to the Boston area; two…
The Bowie Variations – The Originals Part Two
Just for fun, we started sharing some of the original David Bowie music videos for the tracks featured on Mike Garson’s “The Bowie Variations” on Twitter. They’ve been a real hit, and so we thought it would be fun to share them here on the blog as well. We posted the originals from the first five songs featured on “The Bowie Variations” on Wednesday, and for your weekend, we’ll feature videos from four more tracks.…
The Bowie Variations – The Originals
Just for fun, we started sharing some of the original David Bowie music videos for the tracks featured on Mike Garson’s “The Bowie Variations” on Twitter. They’ve been a real hit, and so we thought it would be fun to share them here on the blog as well. We’ll put the originals from the first five songs featured on “The Bowie Variations” today, and four more on Friday. Enjoy! Space Oddity John, I’m Only Dancing…
Behind the Scenes of an Upcoming Release
We are excited to give a “behind-the-scenes” look at one of our upcoming releases featuring flutist Viviana Guzman and guitarist Jérémy Jouve. Making of Album of French Music with Viviana & Jeremy from Viviana Guzman TV on Vimeo. “Interview of the making of the album of French music with flutist Viviana Guzman and guitarist Jeremy Jouve for the Audiophile Record Label, Reference Recordings at Skywalker Sound with Grammy Award Winning Sound Engineer, Keith O. Johnson.”…
Independent Ethos Interviews Mike Garson
Independent Ethos has an exclusive interview with Mike Garson and they are talking about none other than his newest Reference Recordings release “The Bowie Variations.” From Independent Ethos: “Now comes Garson to step forward with a tribute album to Bowie, entitled The Bowie Variations For Piano. There is probably no other side musician more qualified to interpret Bowie’s music than the classically trained jazz musician who happens to be, as Bowie once put it, ‘the…
BowieZone Interviews Mike Garson
BowieZone.com has done a fantastic interview with Mike Garson all about his new Reference Recordings release “The Bowie Variations.” We’ll give you some of the great quotes here, and give you the link to the full interview! From BowieZone.com: BowieZone: Your new album has been a long time coming Mike, as far as the content goes I mean. I personally have been waiting for many years for a Mike Garson album of Bowie songs. What…
New Release – Mike Garson and “The Bowie Variations”
MIKE GARSON The Bowie Variations RR-123 “Whatever Mike lends his hands to invariably becomes something magical.”–David Bowie. Beginning in 1972, super-versatile pianist Mike Garson performed, toured internationally and recorded with one of the most creative figures in popular music, David Bowie. Garson writes, “When I met David, I sensed that he was an immense artist and a songwriter with a flair for great melodies and unique harmonies. The Ziggy Stardust tour changed the course of…
Introducing Viviana Guzman
In 2012, Reference Recordings will release a new album featuring renowned flutist Viviana Guzman and guitarist Jeremy Jouve. The two just finished their recording session with Reference at the Skywalker Sound studio. Today we wanted to introduce you to the remarkable Viviana Guzman, as well as tell you about a very exciting Kickstarter Campaign she is running to create a music video for the album! Described by the New York Times as “an imaginative artist,”…
Mike Garson Featured on BowieNet
Mike Garson’s newest release on Reference Recordings, “The Bowie Variations” will be coming out this month, and THE David Bowie website and fan forum is just as excited about it as we are. BowieNet not only did a great feature on the album, but also gave some ways to pre-order autographed copies and hinted that they will be running a giveaway contest very soon. Here’s a great bit from the BowieNet post: “I asked Mike…
Celebrate America With American Composers
Happy Independence Day from Reference Recordings! Celebrate America with American Composers Chris Brubeck, Michael Gandolfi, and Lukas Foss! Chris Brubeck: BRUBECK – danza del soul: I. Introductions and Flirtations; II. The Loneliness of Secrets; III. Celebraçion de Vida. Artists: Wendy Putnam, violin; Thomas Martin, clarinet; Vytas Baksys, piano; Owen Young, cello; Lawrence Wolfe, bass; Daniel Bauch, percussion Christopher Brubeck continues to distinguish himself as an innovative performer and composer. During the 70’s he began touring…