Beezwax Records LLC

Beezwax Records LLC Beezwax began on October 31, 1997 and carried on with accumulating 23 jazz and blues recordings until it was set aside in February of 2018.

In April of 2024 the decision was made to start a second chapter while using the first as a stepping stone.

The first date stamp for this Beezwax CD album was December 6, 2003. These images bear out what we received and what we ...
05/21/2024

The first date stamp for this Beezwax CD album was December 6, 2003. These images bear out what we received and what we changed in the way of graphic arts. They show the label owner's copy, and the demo copy as received.

Rafe Bradford remastered the recording. Beezwax adopted it as a kind of novelty, knowing that Straw Weisman's approach to the filming of this movie was innovative, just like our idea to deliver recorded physical media in a personalized way.

This was the last film John Ritter worked on before his sudden and untimely departure from this life.

The music is meant to be background, so it is not especially inviting of any smash hit success. The musicians are outstanding.

Many hours were spent bringing this recording onto Beezwax. These scans will allow you to see all the text involved without need of a magnifying glass.

Take your time. There's a lot here, just like every Beezwax release. Like most of them, few people have yet to hear it.

This stack from top to bottom represents the history of Beezwax Records from 1997 to 2015.23 CD albums in the jazz and b...
05/21/2024

This stack from top to bottom represents the history of Beezwax Records from 1997 to 2015.

23 CD albums in the jazz and blues genres. We have yet to release a brass CD album, which would be classical in nature.

All of this going forward will be subject to the more able ears of the visually impaired.

There are three parts to our story, namely the past, present, and future.

Here is a list of our 23 CD albums and release dates from 1997-2015:01-BW1580A-Uncle Art-Transmogrified-10/31/199702-BW1...
05/19/2024

Here is a list of our 23 CD albums and release dates from 1997-2015:

01-BW1580A-Uncle Art-Transmogrified-10/31/1997
02-BW1132A-Bill Boris-Hold Back-07/10/1999
03-BW37997-Catman & The All-Niters-Blues from the Heart-07/23/1999
04-BW3277A-Franklin Clover Seales-Three Worlds-02/03/2001
05-BW2624A-Bob Guthrie Quartet-Steppin' Slick-07/29/2000
06-BW6676A-Lori Bell-Lori Bell-03/19/2002
07-BW2878A-Grant Levin Trio-The Bust-07/06/2003
08-BW6736A-Franklin Clover Seales-Ears Wide Open-04/07/2003
09-BW6689A-Original Jazz Soundtrack for Man of the Year-12/06/2003
10-BW5637A-Joe Robinson Quartet-While I'm Waiting-06/02/2004
11-BW2443A-Big Three Trio-We Got Rhythmn-11/23/2005
12-BW8746A-Roger Harris Trio-Live from Chicago-07/05/2007
13-BW3274A-Franklin Clover Seales-Summer Serenade-07/06/2007
14-BW2482A-Grant Levin-Riego-07/13/2008
15-BW5472A-Lori Bell Trio-Higher Standards-05/09/2008
16-BW2874A-Jeff Bush-Ain't So Bad to Swing-07/17/2008
17-BW9708A-Will Sellenraad-Balance-07/20/2008
18-BW3596A-Elwood Splinters Blues Band-Live at the Midway Tavern-03/08/2009
19-BW2733A-Catman & The All-Niters-Top Shelf-04/22/2010
20-BW8428A-Jonny Viau-Sideman-04/25/2010
21-BW3273A-Franklin Clover Seales-Colemanology-08/13/2010
22-BW4552A-Grant Levin Trio with Lori Bell-Grant Wishes-10/08/2010
23-BW1581A-Uncle Art-Electrified-01/15/2015

We have come to learn that neither the artists now the listening public know this content as serialized, date stamped, embossed, personalized, and documented over the years.

To be sure, some of it is out there for digital distribution, but most of it is not. We're slowly working on that.

When Lori Bell's demo arrived in 2002 it was as if life and fresh air were coming our way.This is the sixth out of 23 CD...
05/19/2024

When Lori Bell's demo arrived in 2002 it was as if life and fresh air were coming our way.

This is the sixth out of 23 CD albums we put out from 1997 to 2015.

Lori spent nearly five years conceiving of, and executing, this set of tracks.

It would not have been possible for us to learn of this music were it not for Claudia Russell, who moved from Elkhart, IN to San Diego, CA (where the Tonka trucks never rust).

This image shows my personal copy. We are going through our whole catalog of 21 years and preparing it for a select set of visually impaired music lovers who can help us in a slow, steady drive toward excellence in the arts.

We may never arrive at perfection, but we'll give it the old college try when it comes to excellence, just like Lori Bell.

I reckon it's called "audacity."It is the same now as it was back then. Recorded music needs more respect in its physica...
05/17/2024

I reckon it's called "audacity."

It is the same now as it was back then. Recorded music needs more respect in its physical delivery.

Beezwax Enterprises was a dream. Beezwax Records LLC is a reality yet to be discovered.

This instrumental song is about a well-known elderly couple who perished when the White Star Liner "Titanic" perished in...
05/11/2024

This instrumental song is about a well-known elderly couple who perished when the White Star Liner "Titanic" perished in the icy waters of the North Atlantic Ocean on April 15, 1912, at about 3:28am local time.

The song attempts to capture the quiet beauty that accompanied their married life, the frenzy that took place on the ship as great loss of life would surely ensue, and then the quiet rest they have together in the ocean deep.

It is included on our last CD album release, Uncle Art, "Electrified," which has a first date stamp of January 15, 2015. After that it was time to pause, which we did until April of 2024.

In the trunk on the day of our first bank deposit this past Thursday, May 9, 2024: A box of rolled coin accumulated over...
05/10/2024

In the trunk on the day of our first bank deposit this past Thursday, May 9, 2024: A box of rolled coin accumulated over 5 years, 67 days, and Dad's old briefcase.

We neither counted nor anticipated a specific amount. It turned out to be $317.00. Every single digit in that number is significant in a way many will not understand.

That's okay. The sun shines on all.

Sam Phillips possessed an almost Whitmanesque belief not just in the nobility of the American dream but in the nobility ...
05/10/2024

Sam Phillips possessed an almost Whitmanesque belief not just in the nobility of the American dream but in the nobility of that dream as it filtered down to its most downtrodden citizen, the Negro.

"I saw - I don't remember when, but I saw as a child - I thought to myself: suppose that I would have been born black. Suppose that I would have been born a little bit more down on the economic ladder.

I think I felt from the beginning the total inequity of man's inhumanity to his brother. And it didn't take its place with me of getting up in the pulpit and preaching. It took on the aspect with me that someday I would act on my feelings, I would show them on an individual, one-to-one basis."

-Peter Guralnick, Last Train to Memphis: The Rise of Elvis Presley
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Sam Phillips had an overarching purpose when driven to open his studio. A similar purpose obtains to Beezwax Records as we go from one chapter to the next, namely conjoining passion of artist with passion of distinguished ears.

As the time drew near to bring in other musicians for our debut release it was necessary to have sheet music at hand.Thi...
05/10/2024

As the time drew near to bring in other musicians for our debut release it was necessary to have sheet music at hand.

This is the lead sheet for the first track, showing the keyboard part that was created at least three years prior.

The cover art for this CD album has the same musical notation as background.

Some day we hope to demonstrate what a difference it makes to incorporate a team in producing a recording. The original demo without other musicians is still at hand.

A great amount of thought went into the order of tunes as they landed on this album. "At the Moment" seemed like a good opener, like pulling up the curtain on an opening act.

We'll post a link to the audio result in the comments below so you can hear it.

05/08/2024

We're peeking into Instagram. Please stay tuned.

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