Thursday, October 5, 2017

Unearth Some Interesting Facts On The Chuck Pafenbach Trio

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.

Evidenced by its name, the band consists of only three permanent members. The first one is Jeff Hellmer, who is responsible for playing the piano. His life outside the band consists of him being a professor at the University of Texas. Furthermore, he is known to be the director of Jazz studies and is also a director for the local orchestra at school. Although he has not won any awards, he has been a two time finalist at various piano competitions in the United States. In his solo work, he released an album titled Peak Moments.

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.

Evidenced by their name, Chuck is the person credited for founding the band and bringing the three of them together to perform and record songs. He is the appointed drummer and is also a Jazz professor working for the same university. He was featured a few times in many Austin magazines and newspapers, who sited him as an excellent drummer in their area.

Their first work was released in two thousand two, during the year they came together to create music. It was recorded at the famous Bismeaux studio located in Austin, Texas. It contained only three songs and was appropriately titled Introducing. The three titles were all covers of famous songs, most notably a good rendition of Bye Bye Blackbird, originally performed by Ray Henderson was included.

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.

The latest released compilation was in two thousand eleven and would be the eighth release by the trio. Titled World Beat, it contained nine singles, all of which were covers once again. Will Harrison is a notable contributor here in terms of production and the art was created by Jose Mata. Tune Up by Miles Davis would be the seventh track on album.




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