TRIP TO THE MOON
FOURTH ALBUM RELEASED SPRING 2007:
WELCOME TO THE BIG ROOM
jazzscorecd001 distributed by ODE Records
Please click to listen to the new album tracks:
Cape Verde
Neon
Shanghai
Piano Bar
Welcome to the Big Room
Hamba Humito
Long Lost Days
Raagini Blue
Buddha
Song for Harry Partch
All selections composed and produced by Tom Ludvigson and Trevor Reekie
Trevor played ebows, raagini, dulcimers, acoustic and electric guitars
Tom played pianos, harmonica and synthesizers: Korgs Prophecy, T1 and Wavestation plus Sequential Cirquits Prophet T8 and Pro-1
Guests:
Nigel Gavin - glissentar (Cape Verde and Neon)
Jim Langabeer - shakuhachi (Shanghai) and sopranino saxophone (Welcome to the Big Room)
Greg Johnson - trumpet (Cape Verde) and fluegelhorn (Long Lost Days and Buddha)
Johnny Fleury - Chapman stick (Shanghai and Buddha)
Recorded by Tom Ludvigson at Rockynook Studios 2004-2006, except Steinway grand piano (Piano Bar) recorded by Andre Upston at Helen Young Studios
Inner City Jazz Workshop samples (Welcome to the Big Room) used by permission
Shanghai photograph by Hakan Ludvigson
Cover art by Jazzscore
Thank you to Nigel, Greg, Jim, Johnny, Hakan, Mary, Roger Marbeck, Peter Mac, Chris Watts, Pete Scott, Jed Town, Scott Rogers, Jim Wilson
We have a video for one of the tracks - Neon:
Off-site links:
You can buy and download mp3s of individual album tracks from emusic
Radio New Zealand Access All Areas - listen to Trevor's radio programmes on the Music Industry
MAINZ (Music and Audio Institute of New Zealand) - where Tom teaches Music Technology three days a week
Marbecks online record store - where you can buy copies of the album
SmokeCDs.com Online Music Store - direct link to Trip to the Moon CDs
Ode Records - distributing the album
Official websites of our guest performers Nigel Gavin and Greg Johnson
Read about Trevor's Raagini Digital Electronic Tanpura - featured on the album track Raagini Blue
Read about Johnny's Chapman stick - featured on the album tracks Shanghai and Buddah
Read about Nigel's glissentar - featured on the album tracks Cape Verde and Neon
Read about Jim's shakuhachi - featured on the album track Shanghai
Read about Jim's sopranino saxophone - featured on the album track Welcome to the Big Room
Read Graeme Reid's review of 'Welcome to the Big Room' on his Elsewhere website
Read Tim Gruar's review of the album in GetFrank online
