From the monthly archives: April 2011
Papa John DeFrancesco’s new CD- “Philadelphia Story” flew up the jazz charts upon it’s release last week, residing at #17, and receiving heavy airplay. Papa John is one of the baddest Hammond B-3 burners in the business, with the disc showcasing him well. The project features Johnny DeFrancesco on guitar, Glenn Ferracone on drums and [...]
Continue Reading →Producer/host John DiLiberto recorded Lia Ices and her band at The Music Centre for his radio show ECHOS, which will air on NPR soon. The show was recorded live, with no stopping or editing. Lia’s music can best be described as “progessive pop”. This band is special, check them out. The session was engineered by [...]
Continue Reading →2011 has been a good year at The Music Centre. Joey DeFrancesco’s Grammy Nominated “Never Can Say Goodbye”, Dan Adler’s “Back To The Bridge” and The DeFrancesco Brothers debut (Johnny D., Joey D. with Glenn Ferracone On Drums) all simultaneously charted in the JAZZ TOP 50. Glenn Ferracone received production, recording, mixing and mastering credits [...]
Continue Reading →Instructor Dave Thomas will be teaching Jazz and Music Theory in Chile next week. This program is part of The University Of The Arts International Jazz Program. Mr. Thomas teaches at UA in addition to The Music Centre. An accomplished composer, Dave is also working on his own Jazz project,to be completed this summer.
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