Edito de Musician With A Day JobNotes about the musicians: by Akbar Muhammad Harold Land, Jr. is the son of a very famous tenor saxophonist and is the pianist on this date. (UPDATE: HAROLD LAND SR. DIED OF HEART FAILURE IN AUGUST, 2001 and we will miss him dearly. He was 72 years old. Our condolences to his wife and Harold Jr.). It was through Harold Jr.'s recommendations that the other musicians were booked for this album. I wanted people who were familiar with each other, but most of all, I wanted them to be comfortable with each other. We did not have the benefit of a lot of rehearsal time. I have known Harold for quite some time and I think he is one of the finest young piano players in town. He and I are the primary soloists on all of the songs and the bass player is featured on at least two or three. The bass player is Jeffery Littleton and he has played with Nancy Wilson, Herbie Hancock and Freddie Hubbard, among others and was available at the right time. This was very fortunate for me. I really enjoyed his playing and it was the first time we had played together. He loves to solo so room was granted for him on a few selections, but our drum- mer thought that this was not a good idea. His thinking was that the smooth jazz stations, such as Wave 94.7 FM, would not react too kindly to it. Jeffrey was given the room to do his thing anyway. The drummer is Gerald Brown and Harold recommended him be- cause he plays the funky stuff real good. This is the first time for me meeting Gerald and I was extremely happy with the way he played, no matter what the rhythm was. He was very helpful with technical advice that drove the session along with very little wasted time. I appreciated his thoughtfulness about the economics of it all, because I was working with a very limited budget. It took us only two days to lay the tracks down. All of these guys are union musicians and conducted themselves like the professionals that they are. Of course, the mixing and mastering took a little longer, but this only involved the engineerer and myself. I really did enjoy this session and not just because it consisted of all original compositions of mine. God Willing, I will bring another on the scene real soon. Peace. NOTES UPDATE: It is now 2005 and I have hit a flat spot in bringing forth more of my music. I am doing mostly weddings, birthday parties, business brunches, family reunions and the like. Some of these have been solo gigs and some with a three-piece group. I have material to go into the studio and make enough cuts for another album, but I need investors in this current product to raise the cash. The digital revenue is happening, but it is so small...sometimes only $.002 of a percent. I need dollars and I am asking all of my fans to buy a song, not just listen! Buy a digital album for just $10 or buy the CD for the same low price. I understand that if you buy 2 or 3 CDs at one time, you can get them all for $5. Hell, if you contact me through my website, I will send you a CD for $5 and I will pay postage. Get on board now! Anyone who supports me in this way will get a complimentary copy of my next CD...guaranteed. Lire la suite