Hi and
welcome! Here's the opportunity
to share with us in the final
completion of the long awaited
Jazz Praise IV with
Jim Martinez and Friends. Three
years in the works and
the project has never been
completed due to various glitches
and a
hard drive crash with partial
recovery (we have learned
our lesson!) We were able
to salvage
a few of the key guest appearances.
We are will be attempting to
save these previously recorded
guest artists, as well
as recording brand new tracks.
Although this project is
not associated with Artist
Share, a process which
allows artists to raise the finances needed and in turn share the experience
of the
creation with
the audience, the concept is the same. This is set up by Invisible
Touch Music and you can
participate
at whatever level suits you (click HERE).
For example, Jazz Praise II (Praise
Him With Jazz) was completed
at the cost of $22,000. For
JPIV, we've already invested over $6,000
but because of the data loss
we
are nearly starting over from
scratch. But to borrow and
slightly alter a quote from the Six Million Dollor Man TV show, "we
can make it better than before".
As a participant in Jazz Praise IV, you will be able to see the
inner workings of the project through my personal insights into
the arranging process, the
recordings
themselves in the studio through video clips (on DVD), and photos from
the session (DVD and web links). You will also receive credit and/or
a photo
in the CD liner
notes (qualifying catagories only), as well as other perks, like a trip
to this recording session here in Sacramento.
Through
this process, we retain complete
artistic and financial control
of the work (a budget sheet
is available upon request to
donors). We are NOT non-profit
status so we are unable to
offer you
a write off in that department.
However, we ARE offering you
a unique involvement with this
recording.
If you are not able to financially
participate, we would still
appreciate your prayers for
a smooth and quick completion.
The musicians that are scheduled
for the live session will
be vocalist Freddy Cole,
dummer Clayton Cameron (12
years with Tony Bennett),
myself and bassist
Hans Halt from
Reno, NV. Guests that
previously recorded included guitarists Bucky Pizzarelli and John Stowell,
saxophonist Lance Bryant (musical director
of the Lionel Hampton New York Big Band), vocalist Dee Daniels and Evelyn White and
drummer
Daryl VanDruff.
These artists will not be present during the session. ***Jim Martinez***
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