12/13/2024
Statues Live - 73min of live seasonal winterjazz from LA’s bassist/composer Spencer Zahn & ensemble, out now. Spencer holds a reputation for being one of the premier bassists on the scene, and his original compositions as both a bandleader and songwriter are marked by a signature air of emotive spaciousness. After moving to LA from NY only a few years back, Zahn was welcomed by the music community here as intrigue for his sound grew organically. I invited Spencer to perform a live jazz ensemble rendition of his album Statues at our Leaving Records seminal ongoing daytime concert series last November, so he took the opportunity to organize a band consisting of the most talented players that we know currently working in Los Angeles jazz. Nicole McCabe on alto sax, Zach Tenoriro on electric piano, Vancil Cooper on drums, and of course The Zahn (cheeky nickname for Spencer, give it a try) on his signature bass guitar w.a bit of piano sprinkled-in. We got lucky when the live recording for both our park show and a separate studio set at Altamira Sound of the same band & material just a few days later turned out immaculate - so here we have it - Statues Live.
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Finally we get to work with illustration goddess Radha Vishnubhotla .v for the cover art here. So beautiful, thank you Radha!
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Side A
Recorded live at Leaving Records on October 14, 2023
Recorded by Adrian Garcia
Mixed by Spencer Zahn
Side B
Recorded live at Altamira Sound on November 19, 2023
Recorded by Rob Shelton and James Riotto
Mixed by Spencer Zahn
Mastered by Matthewdavid McQueen
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full album now streaming everywhere,
limited edition of 200 cassettes available via:
leavingrecords.com
spencerzahn.bandcamp.com
