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Live from France....About to begin....
Tune in on Saturday, September 7th at 6:45pm (GMT+2)/12:45pm EDT to watch a live broadcast of Erroll Garner Jazz Project Creative Ambassador Christian Sands perform a tribute to Erroll with his High Wire Trio! The trio will be performing live from the Jazz Festival at La Villette at the Philharmonie de Paris. Tune in here: https://explore.errollgarner.com/high-wire-paris
Here's the second premiere track from the Erroll Garner Jazz Project "Octave Remastered Series"
JazzTimes is honored to present the premiere of a remastered 1961 recording by Erroll Garner, "The Best Things in Life Are Free," taken from the album Closeup in Swing, which will be reissued in an expanded version, along with three other Garner titles, on September 27 via Mack Avenue Music Group an...
The first premiere from the upcoming Erroll Garner Jazz Project - "The Octave Remastered Series" released by Mack Avenue Records. Produced by Peter Lockhart and Steve Rosenthal. More info to follow!
The Century 21 Exposition , better remembered as the 1962 Seattle World’s Fair, left an indelible mark on the skyline of that city: the iconic Space Needle
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Happy Birthday, Erroll! Today would have been Erroll's 98th birthday. In celebration, we are doing a special giveaway of 2018's Nightconcert on vinyl, a limited edition Nightconcert poster, and an original 1976 printing of the Congressional Happy Birthday Declaration to Erroll Garner. Plus, everyone that enters the giveaway will receive a download of "More", available in its entirety for the first time ever, exclusively for EGJP newsletter subscribers!
Click here to enter: https://www.errollgarner.com/news/98th-birthday
A must read for anyone who cares about music. The fire, the coverup, the cost, the impact, and where we go from here.
It was the biggest disaster in the history of the music business — and almost nobody knew. This is the story of the 2008 Universal fire.
Thanks for the lovely post! The feelings are Mutual!!
A NOTE FROM NORA ~
"HAPPY BIRTHDAY STEVE ROSENTHAL - Producer and My Comrade in the Recording Studio!
Over the last 20 years, Steve has worked with me on so many Woody projects - including a number of them that were either Grammy nominees or Grammy winners – that I think it’s about time that I introduce him to all you Woody friends out there. Because without him, I don’t think I could have carried off the bounty of work we’ve done. He’s my partner. And Woody’s greatest producer.
I first met Steve around 1994, when Anna Lomax, Alan Lomax’s daughter, brought him over to meet me. He played me a short audio clip of one of Woody’s 1940 Library of Congress recordings which he had been working on. One of Steve’s specialties is restoring old audio, and he had used some innovative technology on Woody’s recording.
It was different from anything I had previously heard on his recordings. I started to cry. It was the first time that I heard (and for some strange reason recognized) my father’s young and healthy voice. It was so clear and crisp and clean.
My second reaction was “I gotta work with this guy!” So that’s how we met.
Over the years, we co-produced and worked on The Klezmatics album “Wonder Wheel”, “The Live Wire; Woody Guthrie in Performance 1949”, Rob Wasserman’s album “Note of Hope”, “My Name Is New York; Ramblin’ Around Woody Guthrie’s Town” the NYC walking tour, “The Woody Guthrie Tributes” Bear Family box set, the recent PBS “Woody Guthrie All-Star 1970 Hollywood Bowl concert”, and more.
Simply put, our “his” and “hers” towels are hanging in the studio.
Now I’m going to full on brag about him! I’m gonna yank him into the spotlight because he’s the master behind so much of the work I’ve been doing.
For 28 years Steve owned and operated the Magic Shop Recording Studio down on Crosby Street in Soho where he produced and engineered, among others, Lou Reed, Natalie Merchant, Suzanne Vega, Dave Van Ronk, Laura Nyro, Charles Brown and Ollabelle. The studio was home to hundreds of recording artists like David Bowie, Foo Fighters, Sonic Youth, Ramones, Blondie, Coldplay, Arcade Fire and many more. Steve is a four time GRAMMY Award winner having produced, mixed and restored archival projects for Alan Lomax, Jelly Roll Morton, Harry Nilsson, Billy Joel, Sam Cooke, Frank Sinatra and The Rolling Stones. Last year he was nominated for his work on the “Complete Concert by the Sea” by Errol Garner.
I mean, really…. Steve is a studio legend.
One more thing, if you can take it! For 17 years, Steve and his wife Jennifer Gilson owned and operated THE LIVING ROOM, New York’s iconic singer-songwriter venue where musicians like Norah Jones got their start. This fall he opened MARS - MagicShop Archive & Restoration Studios, to continue his preservation and archiving work.
So, as I said at the top, it’s about time I formally introduce you to my dearest friend, studio comrade, and Woody Guthrie’s best producer! Just in time to wish him a HAPPY BIRTHDAY TODAY!!!" ~ Nora Guthrie
Mars is so happy to have digitized the audio for the Lou Reed Archive which is now available for listening and viewing at New York Public Library for the Performing Arts. Last night we got our special edition library card. Special thanks to Laurie Anderson and Don Fleming for having us be on the team!
WOODY GUTHRIE ALL- STAR TRIBUTE CONCERT 1970
Premieres March 2019 on PBS
An All-Star Tribute From 1970 Featuring Arlo Guthrie, Joan Baez, Pete Seeger, Country Joe McDonald, Odetta, Richie Havens, Ramblin' Jack Elliott, Peter Fonda, Will Geer and More! See It For The First Time Ever On PBS!
The Woody Guthrie All Star Tribute at the Hollywood Bowl in 1970 celebrated the work of America's greatest folk singer. Woody's son, Arlo Guthrie, is joined by Joan Baez, Pete Seeger, Country Joe McDonald, Odetta, Richie Havens, Ramblin' Jack Elliott and others in this historic tribute concert, which was hosted by Peter Fonda and Will Geer. House band includes members of Linda Ronstadt's band Swampwater and Ry Cooder.
Although filmed in 1970, the footage was missing and un-edited until a few months ago when Nora Guthrie was able to track down and acquire this long-lost, raw concert film footage. After transfering the unedited footage, Nora brought in producer 4-Time Emmy Award winner Jim Brown and multiple GRAMMY Award winner, producer Steve Rosenthal, to create this tremendous concert experience. Mixed by the always briliant Kabir Hermon and Chris Shurtleff.
Mixed at Magic Shop by the always fabulous John Agnello with the still young Ted Young. A great record that sounds as good today as it did in the control room 10 years ago. Happy Anniversary to The Hold Steady !
We take a very close look at the making of and aftermath of The Hold Steady's pivotal 2008 album "Stay Positive"
Please join us tomorrow, Monday 12/3 at Club DROM 85 Ave. A NYC, to celebrate decades of music and memories of my dear friend Jimi Zhivago. Live performances, film clips and photos begin at 6 PM. If you can't make it in person, we will live-stream all night at The Living Room page.
Steve Rosenthal, Scott Norton and Jimi Zhivago in the basement of Sine' 1996. Photo by Jennifer Gilson
This new history of Heart of Glass was produced at MARS - MagicShop Archive & Restoration Studios by Steve Rosenthal, Ken Shipley of Numero Group and Tommy Manzi. Mastered by Jeff Lipton and Maria Rice at Peerless Mastering. Many thanks to Debbie, Chris and Clem of Blondie along with original producer Mike Chapman for creating this timeless classic.
Blondie is joining forces with Numero Group to release a new "Heart of Glass" deluxe 12" EP with six alternate versions of the song.
Last night we lost an irreplaceble part of the Magic Shop family. My good friend, producer/guitarist, East Village Icon, Jimi Zhivago passed. Through the years at the studio and The Living Room as well, he was the link to the music we loved and the New York City we wanted to live in. There are too many stories, too many calls, too many texts, too much life to share here. We have set up a special page to post memories.
"Friends of Jimi Zhivago" https://www.facebook.com/groups/1410343195735806/
Here is a nice look back at The Magic Shop on Crosby Street posted today by Universal Audio
#MondayMotivation - MARS - MagicShop Archive & Restoration Studios
Read the Sound On Sound studio story here: https://bit.ly/2PIt26f
Thanks to my friend super singer/songwriter Jim Allen and reverb.com for this new profile
Rising rents forced Steve Rosenthal to close one of NYC's best indie studios—but a focus on archival restoration has saved his business.
Two Five Star reviews for #Nightconcert !
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/jazz-erroll-garner-nightconcert-6w5m3h6rv
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2018/jul/29/erroll-garner-nightconcert-review-live-amsterdam-concertgebouw-1964
Produced by Peter Lockhart, Steve Rosenthal, Christian Sands with the Erroll Garner Jazz Project . Mastered by Vic Anesini at Battery Sound NYC. Mixed by Kabir Hermon and Peter Lockhart at Studio E, Brooklyn
#7 on Billboard Jazz Chart
https://www.billboard.com/charts/jazz-albums
★★★★★For many the jazz excavation of the summer was Both Directions at Once, the “lost” album of John Coltrane. Yet it has a serious rival in Erroll Garner’s newly discovered Nightconcert. It may...
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Johnnie Walker tells the story of the Atlantic Records label.
Great to see Erroll Garner Jazz Project with Chance The Rapper and Zayn in the The New York Times today https://nyti.ms/2zVsgzf
Produced by the amazing and underappreciated John Simon's Music etc We miss you Levon Helm Timeless
Here's some cool holiday reading and listening. A new Lou Reed Archive release. Tape preservation by Steve Rosenthal. Sound restoration by Alex Slohm at MARS. Featuring a new foreword by Anne Waldman, archival notes by Don Fleming, and an afterword by Laurie Anderson
Here's a great way to start the holiday weekend! Newly discovered and freshly mixed Erroll Garner, from the upcoming album #Nightconcert. Produced by Peter Lockhart, Steve Rosenthal and Christian Sands. Mixed by Kabir Hermon at @Studio E in Brooklyn. http://bit.ly/greendolphinst
John Lurie...Once upon a time brought the elusive Marvin Pontiac to the Magic Shop. Today RecordStoreDay 2018, I found a record to prove it was real. Or was it?
Tonight in NYC Erroll Garner Jazz Project /Christian Sands
Don't miss the Christian Sands Trio Presents The Erroll Garner Jazz Project at Dizzy's Club Coca-Cola Thursday, February 8, 2018!
Here is the BBC radio drama of David Bowie at Magic Shop.
A dramatised account of David Bowie working on his last album, Blackstar
New BBC-radio-drama- on the making of David Bowie's #Blackstar. Set in New York’s ‘The Magic Shop’ studio in 2015, The Final Take: Bowie In The Studio, will utilize dialogue constructed from Bowie’s own words.
Who plays Kabir Hermon? Who plays Christopher Shurtleff? Will they order from Olive's Restaurant? Tune In!
'Dead Ringers' star Jon Culshaw will portray the late artist in the forthcoming programme, which will air next month
Produced by the always cool Roger Moutenot
at House of David In Nashville. Mixing took place at Big House and Magic Shop NYC. Released April 1997.
Twenty years on from its original release, Yo La Tengo’s finest album still sparkles with wit and charm, an album so cozy you forget about its musical eclecticism.
A Splendid time was had by Woody Guthrie Gotye Osiris Studio Plangent Processes - The Finest Tape Playback System On The Planet @Rebecca Feynberg, @Jessica Thompson Audio,@Sommer aka Tape Girl at our Audio Engineering Society Archive and Restoration Panel, "Is there Life on MARS". Thanks to my gifted friends who made it a special day.
Released Sept.1, 1992... what a blast to see the Ramones in action. Great job by Ed Stasium and Jumpin Joe Warda.
A new Gear Club Podcast episode with John Agnello and Stewart Lerman, about Preservation and Archiving techniques.
This week, John and Stewart are joined by Steve Rosenthal, owner of the iconic (but defunct) Magic Shop Studios. (Check out Episodes 3 & 4) Currently, Steve owns MARS (MagicShop Archive & Restoration Studios), which provides restoration, mastering, mixing, producing, preservation and
It was my great pleasure to work with and get to know this warm and brilliant pianist through the Erroll Garner Jazz Project. I will miss her tone, her honesty and her advice. Find her music today....Play on Geri....
Geri Allen, a widely influential jazz pianist, composer and educator who defied classification while steadfastly affirming her roots in the hard-bop
Father's Day 2017
Sorry to say, my Dad, Murray Rosenthal passed away on Monday. If yours is still here, remember to give him a call or text today. Your time together is a gift.
So, What was my Dad like?
He was funny, present, noncomplaining, musical, inquisitive, loyal, liberal, extremely hard working and confident. He was a medic during WWII and he helped in the liberation of two concentration camps. He was also at times spoiled, selfish and at his worst unable to care how his actions affected those around him. In others words, he was human. And on Monday, he proved that again, by showing me how to fight hard for life and then accept death when surrounded by those that love you.
My Dad's effect on my life is fundamental. So much of what I do, what I like, how I act, how I love, who I hate, is an imitation or a reaction to him. I feel really lucky to have had him as my Dad, and I miss talking to him already.
During one of our last conversations, I asked him for some wisdom he could give me after being around for more than 95 years, and he thought for a moment and then flashed that Murray smile and said.
"Just keep hanging with the cool people"
Ok, Dad, I will. But let's face it "cool" lost an expert when you closed your eyes for the last time.
Congrats to Blondie on the release of their new album #Pollinator. Here they are at The Magic Shop during the making of the album in 2016. Photo by Eddie Sung
http://www.spin.com/2017/05/blondie-new-album-pollinator-stream/
The world of music at your fingertips!
http://theglobaljukebox.org
More than 6,000 songs from over 1,000 cultures are now available digitally and for free thanks to Alan Lomax’s Association for Culture Equity and their Global Jukebox project. Congrats to Anna Lomax Wood and her team at ACE. MARS engineers Eric Gorman Alex Slohm and Matt Boynton digitized and restored hours of recordings.
The project, the Global Jukebox, has more than 6,000 songs from 1,000 cultures — including many songs from Lomax’s personal collection.
Our friend John Agnello produced. His last of many amazing Magic Shop records. A brand new Alyeska track for your listening pleasure!
Alyeska is readying its debut EP 'Crush,' a heavenly cluster of songs produced by John Agnello at New York’s legendary Magic Shop studio. On this New Music Friday, we venture out of lower Manhattan into the memories of frontwoman Alaska Reid, bringing you their latest single.
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