Slow & Steady Records

08/03/2023

• Ithaki - “Live at Scholes Street” comes out on S&S two weeks from today! Listen to their first single now • featuring 🎻 🎺 🎷 .______ 🥁

07/03/2023

• congratulations to S&S artist and his musical comrade for their recent NPR tiny desk concert feature! Watch the full video (!!!)

03/03/2023

• new music released today from ITHAKI • the brainchild of bassist Nick Panoutsos the group features Camerahn Alforque 🎺 Sunhyun Yoo 🎷 Kobi Abcede 🥁 • their new single “Anta 'man Palikari” is now streaming at the S&S • full album release on March 22nd!

02/03/2023

• teaming up again with NYC bassist Nick Panoutsos • more news coming soon! 🐢

03/02/2023

• Christina Galisatus’ “Without Night” has been out in the world for one week! Have you gotten a chance to listen yet?! Pick up a 💿 at the S&S page! 100% of sales goes directly to artists today for 🎹

02/02/2023

TONIGHT! • catch 🎹 at in Paso Robles! Have you gotten a chance to listen to Christina’s new 💿?? Check it out now + all your favorite streaming services!

27/01/2023

JUST RELEASED! “Without Night” by Christina Galisatus] • available + all streaming platforms! featuring:
- voice - saxophone - bass clarinet - guitar
- bass - drums
Christina Galisatus] - piano & compositions
•
Christina Galisatus’ stunning debut album, Without Night, emerged from a whole-hearted embrace of making music for no one but herself. After working for years proving what she could do to earn the respect of male gatekeepers in the often misogynistic modern music scene, Without Night is a reflection of Galisatus refusing to give into what others expected of her. The album is a stunning, bold, and defiant creation that honors her honesty and creativity. Perhaps that’s why these songs feel so organically lived-in, warm and familiar yet filled with daring chord changes and a remarkable cohesion between Galisatus and the band she assembled.

Finally having a set of compositions that felt completely true to her after writing and performing music that didn't always feel this way, Galisatus made the decision to record the music as a stamp in time. Once this decision was made, she arranged other details, like whom she wanted to record these songs with and in what configuration they would do so. She recruited Erin Bentlage on vocals, Michael Blasky on tenor saxophone, Steven Lugerner to handle bass clarinet, Brandon Bae for guitar duties, Joshua Crumbly on the bass, and Zev Shearn-Nance behind the drum kit. As an artist whose compositional process entails improvising on piano while singing wordless melodies on top, Galisatus had never before considered writing lyrics for her songs. Her previous work always reflected moods and themes through harmonic ingenuity and melodic themes. On Without Night, though, she pens lyrics for Bentlage, who gorgeously sings about the idea that the difficulties we face are an integral part of what makes our lives and experiences more full.

26/01/2023

TOMORROW NIGHT • there are four more west coast shows to catch in celebration of her new album “Without Night”

20/01/2023

TONIGHT & TOMORROW in Portland! Be sure to catch 🎹 perform • get your copy of “Without Night” before it comes out next week!

22/12/2022

• thank you and Dave Sumner for listing the new live 💿 in their “Best Jazz on Bandcamp: November 2022” list! More 🎵 coming your way in 2023! Thanks for listening friends! 🔉🙏🏼

21/12/2022

• congratulations for getting “Petrichor” listed in “best albums of 2022” article! In good company too! Shout out to for the extra support on this release 🙏🏼

18/11/2022

• released last week! ’s live • listen now and support + your favorite streaming services!

11/11/2022

🆕🎵▶️ • / live • / “You Would Do Well” • “Nomadic Pulse” • “Petrichor” • all available at the S&S • thank you for listening and supporting!

21/10/2022

• “Miraloma,” the new single from is now streaming at the S&S • under the direction of bass clarinetist / composer , the new album features an all-star cast of west coast musicians including 🎹 🎹 🎸 & 🥁

22/09/2022

• The Dirty Snacks Ensemble / featured today in 's New & Noteable section of their website and mobile app! • “Post-jazz, indie rock, modern classical,
and hip-hop come together on the Oakland multi-instrumentalist's new,
desert-inspired LP.” • have you gotten a chance to listen yet?? 🔈⁠

21/09/2022

• join this Sunday afternoon at (2pm) to celebrate the release of his solo piano album “Petrichor” 🎹 • the album is now available + all streaming platforms! Have you listened yet? 🔊 •••          

16/09/2022

• today is the day! Mark Clifford’s Dirty Snacks Ensemble “You Would Do Well” is now released and available on all platforms! • “Your Would Do Well” fully crystallizes intrepid compositional voice – connecting his affinities to post-jazz, indie rock, modern classical music, and hip hop. “For this band, I often start with a beat – just keys and a drum machine played on my MPC or Juno. I record and loop all the parts, and then I break these sketches down into arrangements for the ensemble that allow the players to be individualistic, while still following a tight, through-composed roadmap.” The ensemble’s eclectic instrumentation includes Mark Clifford on vibraphone, keyboards, and vocals, Crystal Pascucci-Clifford on cello, Robert Woods-Ladue on guitar, percussion, and spoken word, Geneva Harrison on drums, Steve Blum on keyboards, Scott Brown on electric bass, Cory Wright on reeds, and Karl Evangelista on guitar, with production and synth programming from Rob Shelton and Quinn Theis on additional vocals •••

14/09/2022

TOMORROW! Mark Clifford’s Dirty Snacks Ensemble “You Would Do Well” will be released on all platforms! We can’t wait to share this music with you! •••

12/09/2022

• ’s “Petrichor” receives ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ in (!!!) •          

02/09/2022

• a brief message from vibraphonist Mark Clifford! • his Dirty Snacks Ensemble’s new album “You Would Do Well” will be released on Sept 16th and you can pre-order it today to ensure 100% of the profit goes back to the band! •••

26/08/2022

NEW MUSIC! 🎵🔊• Mark Clifford’s Dirty Snacks Ensemble “You Would Do Well” • single #1 now available on the S&S •••

25/08/2022

• Mark Clifford’s Dirty Snacks Ensemble “You Would Do Well” alongside our most recent releases by • new music from coming tomorrow! •••

24/08/2022

• we are thrilled to welcome Mark Pascucci-Clifford () to the S&S artist roster! Mark is a vibraphonist, percussionist, pianist, educator, composer, and producer based in Oakland, CA. A much sought after performer and improviser, Clifford is equally involved in classical music, new music, jazz, free improvisation, and rock. He is involved in multiple projects in the Bay Area and has performed across the US and internationally. In demand as a recording musician, he can be heard playing drums, piano, keyboard, and percussion on over 20 records to date. He’s performed alongside an array of master musicians, including Jeff Parker, Kjell Nordeson, Ches Smith, Joan La Barbara, Aram Shelton, Colin Stranahan, Scott Amendola, Tatsuya Nakatani, Ron Miles, Lisa Mezzacappa, and he’s performed with The Colorado Symphony Orchestra, So Percussion, sfSound, and Oakland Active Orchestra. Clifford is the founder and leader of The Dirty Snacks Ensemble, an eclectic post jazz ensemble in which he serves as the composer, vibraphonist and vocalist. They released their first record "Tidy Universe" in 2016, and their sophomore release "You Would Do Well" is due out on S&S, September 16th! Stay tuned! •••

23/08/2022

• another new release, coming soon!

22/08/2022

• these BEAUTIFUL double-LP copies of Joseph’s Bones “Nomadic Pulse” are now available at the S&S page • order yours NOW! • •

18/08/2022

“Nomadic Pulse / Pulse in Dub” the new double LP from Joseph’s Bones will be released tomorrow! Pre-order the physical LP or digital download at the S&S store and be the first to get your hands on the music. Joseph’s Bones is a vibrant collective of dub-loving instrumentalists and composers, who bring influences from contemporary classical, improvised and avant-garde music traditions into the open sonic world of dub. ••• •

15/08/2022

“If Brahms We’re a Rasta,” • the first single from is now available at the S&S page, pre-order the album now! •••
https://youtu.be/p0eIu5JnbJc • Joseph's Bones • Jason Levis

Music by Joseph's BonesVideo by viDEO sAVant

11/08/2022

We are so excited to welcome to the S&S family! Their new album “Nomadic Pulse / Pulse In Dub” features trombonists Scott Larson, Rob Ewing and Naomi Siegel, tubist Marc Bolin, guitarists Myles Boisen, John Finkbeiner, and John Schott, bassist Lisa Mezzacappa, and Jason Levis on drums. ••• While Joseph’s Bones credits influences from dub masters King Tubby and Lee "Scratch" Perry,“Joseph” is a reference to Bob Marley, following a rastafarian tradition of giving a biblical name to
someone of importance to your own life, who’s a central figure for bandleader and drummer Jason
Levis. What Levis and his collaborators call “avant-dub” is a reimagining of dub’s surface texture with new instruments (notably, a trombone choir) without losing the physical impact of dub’s dance roots. Featuring a unique instrumentation of three trombones, tuba, three guitars, bass and drums, Joseph's Bones effortlessly flows between visceral groove and abstract sound.

11/08/2022

’s “Petrichor” reviewed in ! • “‘Panoramic Highway' is a composition destined to spark your creativity imagination and wanderlust for the natural world, an effect that many songs in this gorgeous collection of music are sure to achieve.” •          

10/08/2022

• landing soon…

09/08/2022

’s “Petrichor” reviewed • “eight original instrumentals that echo
Debussy, Chopin, Gershwin, James
Booker and Keith Jarrett, among others,
but the end result is delightfully
distinctive.” ••• 🎹          

08/08/2022

“Petrichor” by gets reviewed in (!!!) • “Sam Reider
has a knack for writing new music
that has a familiar sound. Let's say he
has an old soul encased in some
sprightly fingers.” •••          

22/07/2022

“Petrichor” • from • RELEASED TODAY! Listen now + your favorite streaming services! •          

21/07/2022

new music from coming TOMORROW! 🎹          

08/06/2022

• 7.22.22 • 🎹

07/06/2022

on the horizon…

03/06/2022

THANK YOU for including ’s new album in their “Best Jazz on Bandcamp: April 2022” list! • “on this swinging trio session from Lugerner, bassist Garret Lang and jazz legend, drummer Tootie Heath, Lugerner's love for the roots of jazz radiates in every joyful note, putting his history with the music on display.” • Thank YOU for listening! 🙏🏼🐢

02/06/2022

thank you for reviewing ’s latest release “It Takes One to Know One” • “For the
project, Lugerner, who plays several
reed instruments, exclusively blows
bass clarinet. While that instrument
makes one think of Eric Dolphy - on this set he displays a smoother
and more straightahead style than is
usually associated with the instrument. Easy to enjoy, It Takes One To Know One
finds Lugerner's bass clarinet perfectly
at home in this sparse setting.”

29/04/2022

THIS SUNDAY • a new jam session series hosted by kicks off at in Oakland! come join the community! •