LOVE SUPREME COLLECTIVE - PREVIEW / PRE-ORDER

It's been a long while coming, but just a couple more weeks and we'll new music from Jimmy Chamberlin.
 
Alongside Saxophonist Frank Catalano, Love Supreme Collective's - first release an EP (also seemingly titled) 'EP' - features Percy Jones|Bass (Brand X), Chris Poland|Guitar (Megadeath) and Adam Benjamin|Keys (Kneebody / Jimmy Chamberlin Complex).
 
Preview / pre-order here: https://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/love-supreme-collective-ep/id895158505

also, here's an interview with Frank discussing the new EP: http://chicagojazzrevealed.podbean.com/e/04092014-frank-catalano-and-stacy-mcmichael/

Jimmy Chamberlin Wraps Recording on New Album

The album Jimmy Chamberlin has been working on with Frank Catalano and Percy Jones is in the bag. Since announcing on Friday the 15th of November that he was "Up early this morning to set up drums for a recording session with Jimmy Chamberlin... [who is] tracking a new album" drum tech extraordinaire Vic Salazar has been keeping us updated with a couple of photos here and there.  Today he reports that the recording session has wrapped;  "It's all done. Time to mix!". 

For those of you scratching your heads regarding the kit Chamberlin has been snapped playing, no he hasn't re-signed with Yamaha - he's just playing the studio's kit.  Interestingly, to me at least, in none of the photos that I've seen posted has [standard] close-miking been evident.  I'll speculate a little here - but judging by the musicians, coupled with the ambient miking - I'm getting the distinct impression that this is going to be quite an improvisational jazz record...  Unless they've been rehearsing for months of course and lest we forget Life Begins Again took what 40 odd days to write and record, with only 10 days in the studio proper...

Anyway, I'll keep you posted as we learn more.