horn arrangement by Jonathan Freilich

My latest credit is somewhat high profile. The late Hal Willner was making a tribute album to T.Rex and asked me to write and contract the horn section for the track. It’s the single from the record. It’s also the great T.Rex number, Bang A Gong. I see it’s now available on iTunes and elsewhere so I thought I’d throw the post up. Hit the link and check it out.

I got some of my favorite fellows from New Orleans to play on it-

Ashlin Parker-tpt
Charlie Halloran & Jeff Albert&Trombone Shorty-tb
Brad Walker/Ray Moore-sax

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Interview with Mark Bingham on Michot's Melody Makers Live album and Peter Stampfel's 20th Century

A new interview with Mark Bingham. There are a few different interviews with him on the site but this one is narrower in scope and hinges around a couple of very cool recent records he is playing on and producing. (One of them I have an Associate Producer credit on…so look out for that.)

The interview is on the page with them all…HERE.

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Tonight with Sarah Quintana and others at Siberia 10pm

Tonight at Siberia with a wild lineup. The Fool Moon people!!!

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Alison Fensterstock, Times Picayune article connects to the interviews

Piety St. Studios will be shutting its doors shortly. Mark Bingham talks about it in this article...

The Mark Bingham interview referenced and another, earlier one are available on the interviews page...

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Satchmo Fest: Celebration of Louis Armstrong's writings

On Sunday 4th of August at 8pm, come to readings from the work of...

Louis Armstrong- premier jazz journalist

New Orleans music journalist, John Swenson will be curating this presentation of Armstrong as first 'jazz journalist.' The show is an effort by the New Orleans chapter of the JJA. Come by and see notable New Orleans voices including Chuck Perkins (poet), Mark Bingham(engineer/composer), Joe Cabral (musician/composer), and many more reading selections from the writings of the jazz, and 20th century music mastermind, Louis Armstrong. This will be towards the end of the festivities for the Satchmo Summerfest at Cafe Istanbul, New Orleans. Armstrong was an all-round artistic voice; a prolific writer to boot and, as always his distinctive artistic bent and style pervade this medium as well as his colossal music contribution. Of course, he was also a central shaping figure of the 20th century art so his stories are ground central for an important viewpoint of the world in his time. For more information and times check the calendar entry...

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Follow up Interview with Piety St. Studios founder/engineer/producer/musician/composer, Mark Bingham

Check out the concluding, second interview with Mr. Mark Bingham, a large contributor to the current face of New Orleans music. Sometimes how he contributes is less than obvious. Find out here, on the music interviews page, and get a lot of other juicy stories on music and the less-than-slick machine that keeps it "out there."