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Mike Cunningham: The New York Sessions
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In this era of ProTools technology & multi-track recording, I recently recorded 3 tracks of music in 3 cities: Chicago, Los Angeles & New York. First sequences were recorded in ProTools in December 2006. Then the string orchestra & sax quartet over dubbed their parts at different session around that time in Chicago. Later 2 alto flutes & a fluegelhorn were added as well as acoustic guitar, bass & drums parts. The Chicago rhythm section players were replaced at the Los Angeles session in January 2007 when Jimmy Haslip & Vinnie Colaiuta were added in their place. Finally Mike Stern’s guitar part was added to the ensemble in NYC in April. Rick Fritz-who engineered the Chicago session & prepared the tracks for LA & New York-will mix the assembled tracks in Chicago this summer. This is very different from recording a group all at once in a studio like I did with the big band session in March 2007 in Chicago, but this is just another way it is done today. It may be a more difficult way to record in that the rhythm section always records before the soloist & must anticipate how much texture is needed. That takes some imagination & studio experience.
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Track Excerpts
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Highwire (M. Cunningham) 1:04
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Sandbox (Leni Stern) 4:06
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Roadhouse (M. Cunningham) 1:11
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Caswell/Cunningham Duo
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To be released Summer 2007
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Sarah Caswell: vn
Mike Cunningham: pn
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Recorded at Airtime Studio, Bloomington, IN
Dave Weber, Engineer
Click here to see photos from the session.
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Track Excerpts
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Prelude from Ma Mere l'Oye (M. Ravel) 1:24
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Adagietto (G. Bizet) 1:58
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Lullaby for Helene (Bill Evans) 0:55
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Theme from The Bad & the Beautiful
(D. Raksin) 1:20
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Only a Dream (Mary Chapin Carpenter) 1:21
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Tender is the Night (M. Cunningham) 1:16
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Son Binocle (E. Satie) 0:54
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Letter from Home (P. Metheny) 1:00
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Dawn in Db (M. Cunningham) 0:52
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No. 3 from Four Piano Blues (A . Copland) 1:37
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On Home Ground (M. Cunningham) 1:06
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Anyone Can Whistle (S. Sondheim) 1:11
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Elegy (M. Cunningham) 1:11
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There is a Boat (traditional) 1:15
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La fille au cheveux de lin (C. Debussy) 1:10
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Sparky's Creole Adventure (M. Cunningham) 1:14
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Michael Cunningham: Entering the Stream
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Recorded at Airtime Studio, Bloomington, IN
Dave Weber, Engineer in June 2001.
CD to be released Summer 2007
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Featuring:
Frank Glover, cl-ten sx
Frank Smith, bs
Dale Prasco, gtr
Ernie Adams, dms
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Track Excerpts
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Entering the Stream (M. Cunningham) 1:22
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CJ in Central Park (M. Cunningham) 1:25
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Something So Real (M. Cunningham) 1:31
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Thimble Rigging On Broadway (M. Cunningham) 1:23
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It Never Entered My Mind (R. Rogers) 1:53
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Bitter Wind (M. Cunningham) 1:14
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Waltz Triste (M. Cunningham) 1:18
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'Round Midnight (T. Monk) 2:39
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Hours Before the Dawn (M. Cunningham) 1:09
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Greeting the Day (M. Cunningham) 1:15
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Michael Cunningham: There Was a Time
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2003
Various groupings that include a 12-piece string orchestra. The rhythm section is made up of Richard Drexler (bs) & Danny Gottlieb (dms), and also includes Chicago musicians, Art Davis, Janice Borla & Rick Vitek.
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Track Excerpts
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I Loves You Porgy (Gershwin) 7:34
Piano solo
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At the Edge (M. Cunningham) 1:05
Piano and String Orchestra
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Journey's End (M. Cunningham) 1:43
Piano and String Orchestra
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The Night We Called it a Day () 2:00
Piano solo
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Procession (M. Cunningham) 1:43
Drums and String Orchestra
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I'm a Fool to Want You (F. Sinatra) 1:56
Clarinet, String Orchestra, Rhythm Section
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Michael Cunningham: Arranger Reel
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Track Excerpts
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Route 66 (B. Thorpe) 1:36
Big Band
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Blue Twilight (M. Cunningham) 3:04
Big Band
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One for My Baby (J. Mercer) 4:13
Big Band and Vocal
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The Masquerade is Over () 2:24
Clarinet solo with String Orchestra
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Breaking the Bonds (M. Cunningham) 3:07
String Orchestra
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Gotta Travel On (arr. M. Cunningham) 1:09
Big Band
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The Christmas Song (M. Torme) 2:46
Clarinet solo with String Orchestra
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Michael Cunningham: CD Sampler
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Track Excerpts
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Danny Boy (arr. M. Cunningham) 1:03
String Orchestra
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Michael Cunningham & Four Corners: The Road Home
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Present Tense Recordings PT 101 ©1994
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Featuring:
Mike Stern, guitar
Mike Cunningham: pno & synth
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Guest Musicians:
Jim Farrelly, sax
D. Onderdonk, gt
Mark Walker, perc
Sandy Williams, gt
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Selected Tracks
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Heading West (M. Cunningham BMI) 7:43
featuring Mike Stern
River Run (M. Cunningham BMI) 7:17
(featuring Mike Stern)
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City of Sound: Beneath the Smooth Surface
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Rhythm & Groove Records 30805750273-2 ©2002
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Featuring:
Mike Stern, gt
Jimmy Haslip, bs
Bob Mintzer, sax
Mike Cunningham: pno & synth
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Selected Tracks
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Techno (M. Cunningham BMI) 3:59
(featuring Bob Mintzer)
Kegon Falls (M. Cunningham BMI) 5:04
(featuring Bob Mintzer)
Across the Years (M. Cunningham BMI) 7:06
(featuring MIke Stern, Jimmy Haslip)
Against the Grain (M. Cunningham BMI) 4:22
(featuring Mike Stern)
Higher Ground (M. Cunningham BMI) 6:59
(featuring Mike Stern)
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Dave Seabaugh: Live
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Dave Seabaugh Records, Inc. 2002
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Live Recording
Orchestra conducted by Mike Cunningham
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Selected Tracks
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Moonlight Serenade (Miller/Parish) 4:46
(arr. and conducted by M. Cunningham)
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