Tuesday, 10 October 2017

Learn Some Engrossing Details Regarding The Chuck Pafenbach Trio

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By Deborah Morgan


These days, more and more musicians are emerging from their hiding place and releasing music that people can listen to and enjoy. As more are contributing to the ever growing industry, genres are defined and redefined countless times, often developing new styles or developing old ones into a more modern context. Nevertheless, some styles are timeless and continue to be of much relevance today.

As such, some musicians decide to honor these artists and have dedicated their careers to playing their music and sharing the legacy they created for themselves. Jazz is a longstanding genre that was first formulated by mixing together different elements from ragtime, blues, swing, and more. Following this trail of thought, this article will be emphasizing on some engrossing details regarding the Chuck Pafenbach trio.

From the name itself, there are three members that comprise it and one of those is Jeff Helmer. Best known as a professor and director of the Jazz Department over at the University of Texas. As a band mate, he has contributed as their key piano player but has also experimented with his style and went on to join various solo competitions across the nation. While failing to bag any awards, the was a finalist two consecutive times, proving his skill and mastery.

John Fregmen is another professor in the same university as well, and specializes in teaching young students how to play bass guitar. He is known for his improvisation, which makes all his performances unique and one of a kind. With regard to his work as a bass player, he has appeared on the David Letterman show and was featured in many television theme songs and movies.

The person who the band is named after is Chuck, who is the ring leader and founder of this particular band. He is the drummer and is the one responsible for bringing the band together way back in two thousand. This drummer is also a staff member of the same school and has appeared numerous times on the top drummers list of various Austin based music publications. In the course of his career, he has produced eight studio albums, including one called World Beat.

In 2002, the trio completed their first album called Introducing. It contained three covers of famous ballads released decades before. It garnered sufficient media attention locally and received a decent amount of radio play. This helped establish their musical career and helped them land more gigs and shows in their area and in neighboring towns.

In two thousand five, High Life was released and contained ten songs, all of which were covers of popular and classic singles from past generations. Its first track was Saint Thomas, which was performed originally by Sonny Rollins. Sam Seifert is the person responsible for its smooth production and Ann Pinion is the artist who designed its album cover.

Jazz Dance is a most recognizable album because it used the acclaimed artwork called La Danse, painted by a world renowned artist named Henri Matisse. Ann, who was also the designer assigned for this task claimed that it helped define who the tracks were and fully encompassed the emotions brought about by their playing. The band credited the Bismeaux Studio as the venue for their recording sessions and was supervised by the same producer.

Their latest production was released for their fans in 2011, which comprised nine tracks. The release was given the name World Beat and this time, they also enlisted Will Harrison for its production. For its art cover, Jose Mata was enlisted as well.




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