From: owner-avalon-digest@smoe.org (avalon-digest) To: avalon-digest@smoe.org Subject: avalon-digest V15 #745 Reply-To: avalon@smoe.org Sender: owner-avalon-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-avalon-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk avalon-digest Tuesday, February 25 2014 Volume 15 : Number 745 Today's Subjects: ----------------- [AVALON] Glasto, Album, East Coast Tour [Chris Turner Subject: [AVALON] Glasto, Album, East Coast Tour BF is to play Glastonbury amongst other summer festivals and then tour the East Coast of the US before releasing an album later this year according to an insightful interview in Drummer magazine with one of the many drummers BF is currently working with - B Cherisse Osei. B "Although the first couple of months of 2014 are quiet for Cherisse, the rest of the year is already fully booked. Sessions for the new Bryan Ferry album are completed, and finishing touches are being put to the record, which will be released some time this year. As Cherisse comfirms, she has been in some pretty high-level company in the studio. bThatbs right, Steve Ferrone, Andy Newmark, Rick Marotta is on there, J.R. Robinson, Jim Keltner, Nile Rogers, David Gilmour, some real music legendsb& and me!b So with so many top-line drummers working in the studio, how is the decision made about who is right for each song. bItbs all down to Bryanbs feeling for what will suit the song,b Cherisse confirms. bHe may say that Steve Ferrone will sound great for this song, andB Andy Newmark will sound good on that song. Obviously different drummers bring a different sound and a different vibe to the table, and a singer will decide what he or she wants for the song they are working on at the time. Bryan has such a big back catalogue, and he may want a new version of something he did 20 years ago, so he will ask me or one of the others to replace the drums and put something different on the track. Sometimes he tries several drummers out on the same track, and then chooses the one he likes. Bryan is very much a hands-on musical director, he does direct through the entire song to get what he wants. Bryan is very good at communicating what he wants, and he is very specific. He will say something like, the drum fill on the second verse is not right, I want it like thisb& he is very good in that way, which makes life so much easier for the musicians, we all know where we are which is always a big help.b Cherisse has a full schedule that will take her up to Christmas this year, as she confirms. bI start rehearsals in March for another tour with Bryan Ferry. We go the west coast of America through April, and then to Europe in May. In the summer we are playing loads of festivals, we are at Glastonbury, and Coachella Festival in Palm Springs. In the autumn, we go back to the States and do the east coast, so a full year of touring with Bryan." Chris ___________________________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: unsubscribe avalon ------------------------------ End of avalon-digest V15 #745 ***************************** ======================================================================== For further info, mail majordomo@smoe.org with: info avalon-digest