The Phoenyx Big Band recently spent two days recording at Studio “B”.

Performing original music composed by Santino Gutierrez, the band features several veteran players including trumpet player Walt Johnson who has played and recorded with Frank Sinatra, Elvis Presley, Barry Manilow, Barbara Streisand and Tower of Power, among many others.  The full lineup was:

Vocalist:

Michael Falcone

Saxophones:

Bob Hacket:

Tom Romero:

John Webb:

Cameron Melendez

Derek Povah

Trombones:

Ira Nepus

Stephen Hughes

Alex Reyes

Trumpets: 

Walt Johnson

Michael Dabach

Michael Gerber

Rhythm Section

Tilford Jackson :        Piano/keys

Santino Gutierrez:           Guitar

Michael Velasquez:   Bass

Larry Perpoli:            Drums

 

The band was recorded live (all in the room) through the studio’s 56 channel Soundcraft console with just minimal drum miking, Sennheiser 421’s on the trumpets, ElectroVoice ND46’s on the saxophones and Shure SM57’s on the trombones.

The recording sessions were engineered by studio managers Pat Murphy and Bill Davis.

A short video of the band recording the last portion of an instrumental score can be seen HERE.