The first tune comes from the classic Charlie And The Chocolate Factory film featuring Gene Wilder, and is entitled "Pure Imagination." Second is Cole Porter's "In The Still of The Night". Recorded from in the audience, so don't mind the "raw" recording sound quality! :)
Here are a couple raw unedited tracks recorded at a live concert! The first tune comes from the classic Charlie And The Chocolate Factory film featuring Gene Wilder, and is entitled "Pure Imagination." Second is Cole Porter's "In The Still of The Night". Recorded from in the audience, so don't mind the "raw" recording sound quality! :) Pure ImaginationIn the Still of the Night
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"In Between Moods" will be #12 on the next CMJ Jazz Chart, Issue 1135 of CMJ's New Music Report Magazine to be published in a few weeks. The album marks the debut of Canadian-born pianist and composer Tony Foster, and mixes up some inspired Foster originals with some cover tunes (where Foster pays tribute to some of his influences like Oscar Peterson and Ahmad Jamal) to create several different moods on the album. In Between Moods was at #6 in the Top 20 Jazz albums for December 2009 on the !EARSHOT Charts for the National Campus and Community Radio Report! Check it out here ! TONIC on CBC Radio 2 The weekend host of CBC Radio's "Tonic" show, Tim Tamashiro (which airs on CBC Radio 2 from Monday to Sunday at 8pm (8:30 NT) named "In Between Moods" to his list of the "Top 10 albums of 2009"! Here are Tim's picks for '09 (he'll also play them on the Jan 1 edition of Tonic), in no particular order: Lovelight - Michael Kaeshammer Cuatro Caminos - Bomba! Mercy - Bill Mcbirnie Contradictor - Ndidi Onukwulu In A Dream - Gretchen Parlato The River - Rubim de Toledo My One And Only Thrill - Melody Gardot In Between Moods - Tony Foster Alex Cuba - Alex Cuba Second Side - Brandi Disterheft The 2009 release of pianist/composer Tony Foster and his trio entitled "In Between Moods" starts off this week at the #2 spot on the Canadian campus radio charts tracked at ChartAttack.com! Starting 12am Pacific time on Wednesday November 24th until Monday November 29th, Tony Foster's 2009 jazz debut album "In Between Moods" is on special for $4.99 as a downloadable album over at CDBABY! (regular price is $9.99) A review of "In Between Moods" has been posted over at an excellent blog called "This Is Book's Music" The blog provides "Music reviews, news, opinions + more"!
Some excerpts: "a trio album (the other musicians on here being Joe Poole on drums and Russell Botten on bass) that is truly a brilliant statement and piece of work." "The musicianship is powerful, the recording sounds incredible" "The 9-song strong In Between Moods (self-released) is an album of performances Foster, Poole, and Botten did for radio broadcasts, and the songs they play are just top notch." You can read the entire review over at the blog! In Between Moods will debut on the CMJ Jazz Chart at #23 in issue 1129 of CMJ's New Music Report Magazine (which will be published in a couple of weeks.)
Hi everyone!...just a quick note to mention my new 2009 jazz trio album "In Between Moods" will debut on the JazzWeek chart at #48 next week!! It's a very good start, and it will move up from there!
For those of you who don't know, JazzWeek tracks airplay of jazz releases for the USA. You can check out JazzWeek for more info. Thanx for your support, Tony |
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