“Resal” Now Available Through the BryanDavis.info Online Store

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Bryan Davis was in Austria recently for the Gansch & Roses CD Presentation Tour, in support of the new album: “Resal“. The CD is available from Schagerl’s online store in Austria but has not yet appeared on Amazon or similar international distributors. In an effort to offer a competitive price for anybody outside of Europe who may be interested in the CD, we have procured a limited supply which are now available from the online store on this site. They are priced at $15(US) + $3 for postage and packing, within the USA. International shipping is priced at $7. If you wish to order from Europe, it will be cheaper to order from Schagerl or Hoanzl in Austria.

Austria, Oct/Nov 2010

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I arrived back yesterday from a very enjoyable trip to Austria, where I was playing with Gansch & Roses on their CD Presentation Tour. The new CD, entitled ‘Resal’, was released just a day or two before the start of the tour, as I’ve written elsewhere. I now have a copy of the finished product and it sounds great! I had already been enjoying the pre-master mixes that Thomas Gansch gave me a copy of last December when he was visiting New York – the final CD sounds even better!!

We played 5 gigs in Austria, including the Salzburg JazzHerbst (Autumn Jazz) Festival and, of course, the fantastic Porgy & Bess Jazz Club in Vienna. We played to large and appreciative audiences wherever we went – the Austrians really enjoy their music!

There will be more to report about the trip once the fog of jetlag has cleared! For those outside of Europe, I have procured a few copies of the CD to sell through this site – I suspected the €18 + shipping price tag (about $30US in total) may be a little much for some. Details of a more competitive price to follow soon…

Ok… caffeine time…

New CD: “Resal” by Gansch & Roses

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I’m pleased to announce that the new CD from Thomas Gansch (from Mnozil Brass) and his ‘other’ group, Gansch & Roses, has just been released. It’s entitled “Resal” and is on Schagerl Records, a subsidiary of Schagerl Instruments in Austria. It is currently available from Schagerl’s Online Store (all in German, sorry…) or here.

Once Amazon/iTunes links appear, I’ll update this post.

The music is an eclectic mix of jazz styles and includes Thomas’ “Der Rock des Trompeters – A Tribute to Bill Chase” which has become a YouTube favourite. That and a couple of other tracks comprise what we affectionately dubbed “The Trumpet Porn Suite” 😛

The line up is:
Trumpets: Thomas Gansch, Bryan Davis, Adam Rapa
Trombone: Johannes Herrlich
Saxes: Florian Trübsbach, Klaus Dickbauer
Fender Rhodes: Oliver Kent
Bass: Uli Langthaler
Drums: Mario Gonzi

Enjoy!

A Mention on “The Systematic Approach”

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I recently became a member of the newly created Brass Musician forums and, following a post I made there about practising, I was delighted to be quoted by one of the other forum members, David Roberts, on his blog; The Systematic Approach. You may be interested in the original Brass Musician forum post, or David’s article.

David’s site is a most interesting one. He is a come-back player, who has returned to studying Trumpet after a break of 15 years or so. He is documenting his progress online, as he works his way through Claude Gordon’s excellent Systematic Approach to trumpet playing. His site is full of interesting articles about the challenges he is facing, along with videos of him performing the exercises he has been working on.

Many thanks to David for considering my comments worthy of quoting. I wish him the very best in his studies of this infernal machine!!!