News and notes for Spring '12

Spring is here - it has Jumped Up! - Here's what's happening...

American University Jazz Orchestra news - This Saturday April 14th, 2012, awesome sax player Paul Carr will join the Jazz Orchestra for an evening of killer big band Jazz! The concert starts at 8 pm! Save the date!  Info here.

Jazz at Taste in Olney news - had a killer time last weekend with bassist Bhagwan Khalsa.  I will be there again on April 21st with Saxman George Oakley and bassist Nathan Garret.  Food, drink, tapas - yum!  Taste Mezze info here.

Some new/old tracks are up on Myspace/JoshuaBayerJazz. They are free to download and enjoy. Paul Carr is on Sax, Bob Sykes is on rhodes, Steve Novosel is on Bass, and Dominic Smith is on drums.

And if MySpace geeks outs it usually does, here are the links; 8 Whole, 6 Blue, Be Bell Bop, Jazz Cloud Lullaby, and SweetG in 3.

You can also check out a couple recent videos: conducting the American University Jazz Orchestra, and performing with AU Faculty Jazz. You can see it all on my YouTube channel.

How about a copy of my CD, NEW VOICE : OLD VOICE? You can get it here.

You can still see the reviews for my third CD, NEW VOICE : OLD VOICE. JazzReview and All About Jazz had some nice things to say. There is also a new interview by Fred Gerantab on JazzReview.com here. Joining me on the recording are the same bunch from Lines and Grooves- Bob Sykes on piano and Rhodes, Marty Nau on alto sax, Luther Gray on drums. And please welcome Lyle Link on alto sax.The CD has 10 tracks - 5 original tunes as well as tunes by Scott Joplin, Jerry Bock, Vince Guaraldi, Charles Mingus, and Sam Rivers. To get a copy, you can email me or you can go to CD Baby here. The CD os also on a bunch of the download sites - ITunes, Emusic, Napster, Amazon, etc.

And of course, thanks to all the folks have picked up (and listened to) a copy of Lines and Grooves as well as New Voice ; Old Voice. The CD's are still in rotation on commercial and NPR stations all across the country as well as on syndicated shows like Fritz the Night Owl, Jazz Nightly, and Jazz after Hours. You can get it at Amazon, CDBaby, and other online outlets and in stores like Tower, Olssons, Borders, etc. Also, we are on Emusic and Itunes and a load of other modern-cool download sites.

Remember, any questions, request, and comments are always welcome. You guys are great. Have a great summer and hope to see you at a gig!