Downtown Manhattan on a rain-soaked Saturday night ~ the lights are flashing! the car horns are blaring! people are flooding out of night clubs, bars and restaurants en route to the next party and you're caught up in the hustle and bustle of it all...you turn down an alley for a respite from the chaos and run into a shady character...
Each month in 2018 Cocek! Brass Band is releasing a new song with different artist and musician collaborations. For April's release Alec Spiegelman jumped on board for a guest performance on alto saxophone. More on Alec below:
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Alec Spiegelman | Biography
Alec is a Brooklyn-based musician, producer and songwriter. He is a member of the band Cuddle Magic. As a sideman, on stage or in studio, he’s worked with numerous creative songwriters and bands, including Amanda Palmer, Anais Mitchell, Darlingside, Okkervil River, and Pokey LaFarge. He’s produced recordings for Ana Egge, Jennifer Kimball (formerly of The Story), Anna & Elizabeth, and the conceptual multi-media artist Jack Early. His musical-comedy project (with Kelly Roberge), Ronald Reagan – Boston’s Premier 80s Pop Saxophone Duo, shared comedy stages with Eugene Mirman, Kristin Schaal, and Reggie Watts. His early musical education included lots of improvising in the jazz tradition (broadly defined), formal studies with Steve Lacy, Bob Moses, Bob Brookmeyer and Ran Blake, and a thorough (informal) grounding in r&b saxophone best-practices (a la Junior Walker) directed by Doo Wop survivor Little Joe Cook.
Alec and his pertinent musical endeavors:
Website:
www.alecspiegelman.com/about/
Newest Composition:
soundcloud.com/alecspiegelman/
Cuddle Magic Website:
www.cuddle-magic.com
released April 29, 2018
Sam Dechenne - Trumpet
Ezra Weller - Flugelhorn
Clayton DeWalt - Trombone
Jim Gray - Tuba
Grant Smith - Tapan Drum
Alec Spiegelman - Alto Saxophone
Music composed by Sam Dechenne
copyright: Sam Dechenne Publishing
Recorded by Joel Edinberg at ZUMIX
Mixed by Joel Edinberg at Slow Cooker Studios
Mastered by Jeff Lipton at Peerless Mastering, Boston, MA
Assistant Mastering Engineer: Maria Rice
www.cocekbrassband.com
