[Dixielandjazz] Matt Weiner & Del Ray

[Ron L'Herault]

The first track is clearly "Ory's Creole Trombone".  It is sad that they are
not giving credit where credit is due but probably are trying to avoid
paying fees.

Ron L

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[mailto:dixielandjazz-bounces at ml.islandnet.com] On Behalf Of Allan Brown
Sent: Thursday, February 03, 2011 9:14 AM
To: lherault at bu.edu
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Subject: [Dixielandjazz] Matt Weiner & Del Ray

Dear Listmates,

I stumbled across a very interesting sounding album recorded by double
bassist Matt Weiner and guitarist/ uke player Del Ray. I've only heard a
handful of tracks but it seems it's made up of a mixture of original songs
and some covers. They feature a lot of bowed double bass and lots of ukulele
and apparently, in the little info I've gleaned, Matt transcribed and
reworked some Kid Ory trombone lines/ Duke Ellington bass sax  parts and the
uke arrangements were built up around them. As an aspiring uke and double
bass player this was a real eye-opener, to me at least, about how these two
instruments can work together. They're both fantastic players.

You can hear a couple of tracks on Matt Weiner's Myspace page. The album is
called "At the Ukeshack".

http://www.myspace.com/matthewweiner/music

(A bit more info on the project...)

http://hobemianrecords.com/ukeshack1notes.html

http://hobemianrecords.com/ukeshack.html

All the best,

Allan Brown




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