[Dixielandjazz] Matt Weiner & Del Ray

[Marek Boym]

Although it seemed no more than a gimmick, I gave it a try, and found
it was not.  Actually - very interesting, even though I am not sure it
will stand repeated listening.
Cheers

On 3 February 2011 16:14, Allan Brown <allanbrown at dsl.pipex.com> wrote:
> 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
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> http://hobemianrecords.com/ukeshack.html
>
> All the best,
>
> Allan Brown
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