Reynold Announces CD Release for new CD "Tempus Fugit"

Reynold was in New York on May 16 and 17 to promote What It Is. Part of that promotion will be his performing a live broadcast on WFMU from the Brooklyn club Barbes. Reynold will perform two or three songs on solo acoustic guitar (Butterfly, Nuages, Sans Souci). The broadcast will be archived at WFMU . Irene Trudel of WFMU has been a friend of Reynold's for some time and has played his music on the New York area station for a few years. Rob Weisberg and Irene host this Saturday night show. The show will be streamed live at wfmu.org.

Also, Reynold's new CD Tempus Fugit (tribute to Joe Pass) was featured on the podcast "No Idle Frets" on April 22nd and will be featured again in the future. No Idle Frets can be heard every Tuesday or on archive. Three tracks from Grey Chalet have made it to the iTunes Essentials compilation in Gypsy Jazz. Douce Ambiance is actually #10 in the 75 track compilation (Manoir is #42 and Les Yeux Noir is #56). This selection is based solely on download sales so thanks to all of you who download and use iTunes.

The origin of this CD began when Reynold was asked to provide some music for a Jazz Guitar Podcast in Tribute to the late jazz great, Joe Pass. Joe Pass was an early influence on Reynold. They met in Los Angeles in the late 1970's. Reynold's past recordings have been in the gypsy jazz vein but this new CD is straight ahead jazz in a trio format (acoustic bass, percussion and guitar). The recording for the Podcast went so well that Reynold decided to release the material in album form. Reynold will be joined by Matt Senjem on bass and Michael Bissonette on percussion. Finally, Reynold loved seeing his fans and friends there!

Reynold Remasters Legacy Tracks
Long Ago, Far Away Recalls Singer/Songwriter Phase

As Reynold's music journey continues to evolve into jazz and gypsy jazz, an opportunity to remaster a select group of tracks from his singer/songwriter phase became available. The chance to remaster some favorite tracks to give them a little more contemporary sparkle and to finally make them for digital download was too good to pass up. This limited edition CD, "Long Ago, Far Away" brings a chance to hear nine Reynold tracks far cleaner and more powerful than ever before.

These songs are available on CD Baby, iTunes, MusicMatch, Rhapsody and other digital outlets.

Reynold's Newest Release: What It Is
New CD "What It Is" Now Available!

As promised, Reynold's new CD "What It Is" is now available. This is a solo acoustic guitar work containing thirteen tracks, eleven of which are original tunes, was born from a series of Spring 2007 sessions in preparation for some Summer solo gigs.

Mastered by John Woodland (producer of CDs by Tim O'Reagan, Molly Maher and Patrick Eckart), this new release captures the energy and spontaneity of a first-take improvisational style usually reserved only for live performances. Check it out at CD Baby and iTunes. Listen to a few tracks of "What It Is" at CD Baby.

Upcoming Events and News!

Four songs from Sidewalk Cafe and Rhonda Laurie available for your listening by clicking here!

Reynold continues to stay busy: feel free to check out the following gigs:

The Twin Cities Hot Club (TCHC) News:

A new DVD of the TCHC is here! Aptly named, "Live at the Times," the DVD has live performance, band and fan interviews and a band history. It was shot at the Times during a recent gig and turned out great. Click here for some more information and remember that the Twin Cities Hot Club CD is now available at CD Baby!

Key Event Updates (and Click Here for a complete listing of TCHC gigs):

Who	Where	When/What/Other Comments
TCHC	The Times	Every Sunday evening at 8:00 pm
Duets with Jeff Brueske	Centennial Lakes Park France Avenue, Edina MN	July 1st, July 15th, August 12th and August 26th All shows are from 7:00 to 8:00 pm
Jeff Brueske and Reynold play with singer Lee Engele	Bella Sera Maple Grove, MN	July 5th, 8:00 to 11:00 pm
TCHC	Purgatory Creek Pavillion Eden Prairie, MN	July 16th, 7:00 pm
Reynold's Special Anniversary Show (celebrating 40 years since his first professional gig and joining the Musician's union)	318 Café Excelsior, MN	September 11, 2008 A special edition "best of" CD (called ANTHOLOGY) will be given with each $10.00 admission fee. This CD will have 20 tracks. 15 remastered tracks from Reynold's back catalog, 3 new studio tracks and 2 live cuts from the May 17 radio broadcast on WFMU in Brooklyn, New York. Reservations can be made through the 318 starting in August.

OTHER REYNOLD NEWS:

• A recent article in the spring issue of Minneapolis Observer Quarterly was just published about Sidewalk Cafe .
• Reynold has made avaliable a limited edition CD with Gary Schulte and Jeff Brueske and they call themselves Sidewalk Café.
• Reynold and his CD "25" was recently nominated for three 2006 Minnesota Music Awards. Also, TCHC was also nominated as "best Jazz group"
• Reynold has recently contributed string arrangement work on Patrick Eckart's new CD: Good Humor Man (Story and Christmas Evening). A cast of characters contributed on this strong CD, produced by John Woodland. Eckart's voice is a lot like John Sebastian and his tunes are great. You can hear some at Patrick's site or at CDBaby. Reynold is proud to have been part of such a good pop record.
• Reynold has also contributed string arrangements for two new CD's for Molly Maher (Balms of Gilead) and Rene Erickson (Riptide).
• A StarTribune article highlights Reynold and the story about the making of "25" (Click here to read the article). Also, 25 is available from several sources: Direct from Rephi , CD Baby and gypsyjazz.net.
• Eden Prairie Magazine has published a great article about Reynold called "The Music Man." Click here to read it.
• Reynold has now been interviewed twice by Leigh Kammen, host of KSJN's "The Jazz Image" (91.1 FM).
• Gray Chalet received a review from Acoustic Guitar magazine as well as a "Best Album" listing from the StarTribune. Click here to read them!

Welcome Reynold's Artifacts and Curiosities!

The CD is an odds and ends compilation that has been made available for sale immediately through the site and is now available at both CD Baby and Gypsyjazz and the CD Baby site has four sound clips to sample!

This new work features four new never-released-before versions of his compositions, an assortment of remixed tracks and some surprise additions.Click here to read the February 2007 review from Vintage Guitar magazine. He wanted to present his "best" pieces without merely recycling old recordings and therefore, creating something new from the old.

Now Available: 25

Reynold has released a CD with the multi-purpose title of "25." He has named it "25" because not only it is his 25th release but will also celebrate 25 years since his treatment for cancer. This is also highlighted with a recent review in Vintage Guitar as well as one in the Minneapolis StarTribune.

$5.00 from each CD will go to the American Cancer Society and he recently had his CD release gig  with the Minnesota Guitar Society. Gary Schulte, Patrick Harison, Al Asmus, Mike Zeleny, Robert Bell and Matt Senjem all appear on this CD. 25 is available from several sources: CD Baby, direct from Rephi, iTunes, gypsyjazz.net and djangobooks..

Grey Chalet is Here!

Reynold continues to deliver with a continuation of the "Homage to Django" project. That limited edition CD sold out so he added new tunes (including four originals plus six Django tunes) all in the Gypsy (Manouche) Jazz style. Reynold is planning to perform this material with longtime friend, Michael Bettendorf. Furthermore, the new CD is getting airplay at KBEM, WCAL and Minnesota Public Radio (KSJN) as well as a few East Coast stations and recently received a nice mention in the StarTribune and Acoustic Guitar magazine..

This CD is available by direct order, CD Baby and iTunes.

Maud Hixson New CD and Reynold Summer 2008 Gig Plans

As many of you know, Reynold plays quite a lot with Maud Hixson and wants everyone to know about her outstanding new CD called "Love's Refrain." Tom Surowicz from the Star Tribune says, "Love's Refrain is a delectable new CD of intimate Great American Songbook duets by understated singer Maud Hixson and her chapeau-sporting hubby, the ever-eloquent Basie-loving pianist Rick Carlson."

Rick is also the leader of the Wolverines Trio/Big Band and Reynold is scheduled to do some work with them this summer.

Reynold Announces Credit Card Partnership with Amazon

Themes for Imaginary Movies, Guitar, House of Curiosities, Paris Suite, Global Home Movie, Paint Your Own World, The First Hundred Years and Old Ghosts are  all available now through Amazon!

Direct sales for all titles are $15.00 postpaid (check or money order made to Reynold Philipsek) and all credit card sales now routed to Amazon. Search under popular music, then "Reynold Philipsek."

Check Out Themes for Imaginary Movies!

"Themes for Imaginary Movies," is still available. It is available from both Reynold direct (checks/money orders) and Amazon (credit cards). The new CD has eleven instrumental tracks featuring guitar and orchestra and recreates movie-like themes from a faux James Bond to Spaghetti Western to film noir. Most of the tracks are new but Spaghetti Western, Bangkok Sunset and Hong Kong Harry are included. New tracks are: Trailer, July, Sunbeam, Roma, Sidewalk Cafe and a totally new version of Lisbon '65. Click on either the CD cover art or the Amazon logo above to get your copy now!