JUST RELEASED: "Jazz Impressions of the Beatles" with the Rod Blumenau Quartet. Rod's latest CD, featuring all Lennon/McCartney tunes performed in diverse jazz styles, was recorded live at the Rochester Institute of Technology in December 2009.

It features Gabe Condon on guitar, Jeff Campbell on bass, and Brad Paxton on drums, and is available through CDBaby (click here to listen to samples and to order)

If you live in the Rochester area, the CD is also available at the Barnes and Noble in Pittsford.
Videos of two of the tracks are viewable on YouTube here and here.

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Three other CDs are available from Rod Blumenau and his jazz trio. Two mono tracks from each CD are available for listening (just click on the underlined tunes). CDs are available from Rod for $14 plus postage; just contact Rod via 'Contact Rod' and give your address and which CD(s) you would like.

'It Could Be Verse' is a 2006 studio recording with incredible bassist Jeff Campbell. We play new interpretations of old chestnuts, including the rarely heard verses. Bill Thompson was the engineer, giving us great recorded sound. Songs include It’s Only a Paper Moon, Lover Man, Let’s Fall In Love, Always, That Old Feeling, Makin’ Whoopee, Getting Sentimental Over You, and several more.

'Facets of Jazz' was recorded with the same group live at the Strong Museum in 1999. Tunes include I’m Old Fashioned, Avalon, Sweet and Lovely, Peacocks, There’ll Be Some Changes Made, Stealin’ Apples, Old Folks, and others. Great trad clarinetist Peter Ferran joins us for several tunes.

'Live at the Rochester Institute of Technology' is what started it all in 1996, with Brad Paxton on drums and the late great Barney Mallon on bass. Tunes include If I Were a Bell, Honeysuckle Rose, It Might As Well Be Spring, This Is All I Ask, After You’ve Gone, In a Mellow Tone, and many more.