Imagine That
indeed! Reynold is pleased to announce a new release over the 2009 holiday season. A VERY limited edition of classics and originals, sung by Reynold. Reynold has picked some classics from Gus Kahn and George Gershwin and has added a few of his own to make "Imagine That" an unexpected departure from his recent work with jazz singers and both individual and group instrumental projects.
This welcome departure provides seven tracks including "Makin' Whoopie" and "What Are You Doing The Rest Of Your Life?" and gives the listener an elegant mixture of song selection. Currently,
Imagine That is available on
A new limited edition called "Cottage Industry" is now ready to ship. It is a twelve track collection of newly remastered
"demos" from the past few years and thanks to the remastering, the sound is great! This is a compilation of demos Reynold has done over the years, some of these works were forgotten and just recently
discovered; some of these demos were eventually released officially and some of the songs never made it past the initial demo process.
The CD includes two tracks ("Beatnik Pie" and "Butterfly") taken from
Reynold's recent New York radio broadcast for WFMU. Reynold is excited to make this CD available so allow his listeners to listen in on the process and gain some new insights of his overall work. Currently, Cottage
Industry will be available only on
The new quartet of Reynold (guitar), Clint Hoover (chromatic harmonica), Matt Senjem (acoustic bass) and Michael Bissonnette (percussion) make up EAST SIDE and their
new CD has six original tunes with influences from Piazzolla to Miles Davis and in extended forms (7 and 8 minutes) with lots of interplay and improvisation. Reynold has made several albums within the gypsy
guitar a main focus but this collaboration with chromatic harmonica virtuoso Clint Hoover finds the music in a more contemporary vein. Reynold and Clint have put together a stellar quartet with Matt Senjem
on acoustic bass and percussion expert Michael Bissonnette.
Catch the recent performance on Kare 11's Showcase Minnesota by
In October 2008, Reynold celebrated 40 years
since he joined the Musician's Union at the age of fourteen. To celebrate this special occasion, Reynold has released a new CD compilation entitled "Anthology." This new CD has sixteen tracks: four new and previously unreleased tracks and twelve newly re-mastered selections.
On Thursday, September 11th at 8:00 pm, Reynold performed and hosted a CD Release event at the 318 Cafe
in Excelsior, Minnesota. You can check it out on You Tube!
The CD is also available at both
CD Baby
and
iTunes. Reynold also visited the set of Showcase Minnesota KARE 11 to promote the CD Release Event. More information about the show, including the YouTube link, is below.
Reynold in New York (and other things...)
Reynold encourages all his fans to support the
KBEM
pledge drive. KBEM has been a vital resource for introducing the Twin Cities to the incredible music generated by our local music community. Also, many teens have been introduced to broadcasting and jazz through the KBEM program at North High School.
Reynold recently returned to New York to perform four acoutisic songs and some selected cuts from
East Side at the request of Irene Trudel (see left) of WFMU. Irenehas 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 was taped at WNYC and will be aired on wfmu.org in mid-June.
Reyold was in New York last May to promote What It Is. Part of that promotion was his performance on a live broadcast on WFMU from the Brooklyn club
Barbes. Reynold performed songs on solo acoustic guitar (Butterfly, Nuages, Sans Souci)
. The broadcast is archived at WFMU
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 #5 in the 75 track compilation (Manoir is #33 and Les Yeux Noir is #44). This selection is based solely on download sales so thanks
to all of you who download and useiTunes.
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.
Reynold's Releases 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
The new quartet of
Reynold (guitar), Clint Hoover (chromatic harmonica), Matt Senjem (acoustic bass) and Michael Bissonnette (percussion) makes up EAST SIDE. The new CD will have six original tunes and the music is a
blend of influences from Piazzolla to Miles Davis with some tunes in a very extended forms (7 and 8 minutes) with lots of interplay and improvisation.
Sidewalk Cafe
can be seen on North
Metro Channel 14 with their recently broadcast "Sounds of the City" show as part of the station's Performance in the Park series. Click here for the show (Windows Media Player needed).
Reynold
just returned from Denver
after a successful live in-studio performance with Connie Evingson. Connie and Reynold were Connie were at Denver's Public Radio KUVO jazz89 for a live on-air concert to help celebrate jazz
appreciation month. Click here to see photos from the performance
.
has been featured again in Eden Prairie Magazine, this time in the
Cityscope section.
Reynold
has been recently featured in a news story from the St. Cloud Times
Reynold
has a new link on iLike
! Check out Reynold's recent performance on KARE 11's Showcase Minnesota! Click here to see Reynold and friends perform Anthology's
opening cut, "Astoria."
Four songs
from Sidewalk Cafe and Rhonda Laurie available for your listening by
clicking here!
A
TCHC
DVD 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 r
emember that the Twin Cities Hot Club CD is now available at
CD Baby!
Reynold continues to stay busy: feel free to check both his solo work and other collaborations below:
Explore 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.
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
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!
Visit Reynold's Theater!
Thanks to Reynold's friends at Apple, a few of Reynold's newer works and his WCAL Radio Interview are now available to be seen and/or
heard. Click on the image at the left and get ready to be transported to Apple's Virtual Music Theateror the Virtual Video Theater.
Remember, you need to get
Quicktime® to begin to experience these cool multimedia presentations.
Reynold has also taped a radio program on
WCAL (89.3 FM Public Radio) called
Backstage Pass, hosted by Karl Gehrke. This in-depth interview presented select tracks from
"Themes for Imaginary Movies." The show is archived at the WCAL website (for PC Users) and
Reynold's Theater
(for Mac users). The interview at the WCAL website is about halfway through the show while the Mac version is edited specifically for Reynold.
