Random Chance Records

20/09/2023

from my substack account. anyone can subscribe...it's free.

18/08/2023

LTB 🎶🎸

30/07/2023

Check out SCOTT BROWN Balson Blue Trio at The Groove in New York on August 09, 2023 and get detailed info for the event - tickets, photos, video and reviews.

16/07/2023

11/07/2023

There's something out of wack, broken and or weird happening with my messenger account for RC Records. I'm not sending replies out to messages, but people are responding as if someone is. It's not Random Chance Records (ie. Me).

01/07/2023

Voting begins today, Sat. July 1 in the Blues Blast on line magazine readers poll. Vote for Random Chance Records album, Mr. Blues, Mr. Blues featuring Martin Lang and Rusty Zinn in the Best Traditional Blues album category.

Also, I'm voting for Big Harp George for best harmonica player.

Anyone can vote. Just go to their website, sign up for a free subscription and vote!

21/06/2023

Nominated for Best Traditional Blues Album for the Blues Blast Reader's Poll. Voting starts July 1.

21/05/2023

Lucinda Williams' new book is garnering a lot of heartfelt praise and critical acclaim. She's in town talking about it and sharing stories at City Arts & Lectures next Tuesday, and tickets are almost gone, so don't delay! https://www.cityboxoffice.com/ordertickets.asp?p=13529

19/05/2023

one of the best jazz albums ever!

Recorded on May 5 & 12, 1959 at Columbia 30th Street Studio… Mingus Ah Um

07/05/2023

My old friend passed away last night. I was able to talk to him Wednesday and we had a pleasant conversation. He still had his sarcastic sense of humor and we told each other we loved each other. The world of roots music will be forever indebted to Chris for all the wonderful music that he recorded. Non-commercial real music from the heart. The kind of music that feeds one soul. Thank you Chris! I still remember meeting you in Chicago in 1962 like it was yesterday. Vaya con Dios, Amigo!

28/04/2023

Buy this album

[review] Martin Lang & Rusty Zinn, Mr. Blues, Mr. Blues💥
★★★★★
Deux Messieurs du blues, qui vibrent de tout ce qui constitue cette musique : talent instrumental et vocal, expérience, roublardise et surtout capacité à faire passer le feeling sans jamais en faire trop. (...)
🔗https://www.soulbag.fr/martin-lang-rusty-zinn-mr-blues-mr-blues/
🖋Christophe Mourot

Random Chance Records

28/04/2023

Nice review

[review] Martin Lang & Rusty Zinn, Mr. Blues, Mr. Blues💥
★★★★★
Deux Messieurs du blues, qui vibrent de tout ce qui constitue cette musique : talent instrumental et vocal, expérience, roublardise et surtout capacité à faire passer le feeling sans jamais en faire trop. (...)
🔗https://www.soulbag.fr/martin-lang-rusty-zinn-mr-blues-mr-blues/
🖋Christophe Mourot

Random Chance Records

16/03/2023

no need to say anything.

11/03/2023

feliz cumple anos Flaco.

Wishing Flaco a very special Happy 84th Birthday! Here’s to many more to come!

27/02/2023

Discover the story of Wes Montgomery - a legendary jazz guitarist from Indiana.

06/02/2023

chan chan

MORENA SON SEPTETO MUSICIANS: Aimee Campos - tres, coro y arregloNiurka Cardona - voz principal y percusion menorDeysi Estrada - bongoElizabeth Fonseca - b...

29/01/2023

Curt's Blues Blog is the place to go for what's happening in the blues world: artist profiles, album reviews. ask for info....whatever!

29/01/2023

Number 1 album on WITR for 2022 is MR BLUES, MR BLUES, Martin Lang & Rusty Zinn released by Random Chance Records.

Rochester's Modern Music and More! Student-run radio at RIT.

09/01/2023

Mr. Mr. Blues tops the charts

25/11/2022

great musician...too bad he didn't live very long.

Remembering Paul Desmond... R.I.P. ஆܔ
Paul Desmond (born Paul Emil Breitenfeld, Nov 25, 1924 – May 30, 1977) was an American jazz alto saxophonist and composer, best known for his work with the Dave Brubeck Quartet and for composing that group's biggest hit, "Take Five". He was one of the most popular musicians to come out of the cool jazz scene.

In addition to his work with Brubeck, he led several groups and collaborated with Gerry Mulligan, Chet Baker, Jim Hall, and Ed Bickert.

Much of the success of the classic Brubeck quartet was due to the juxtaposition of his airy style over Brubeck's sometimes relatively heavy, polytonal piano work. His rare gift for improvised counterpoint is perhaps most evident on the two albums he recorded with baritone saxophonist Gerry Mulligan (Mulligan-Desmond Quartet and Two of a Mind). Desmond's playing was also notable for his ability to produce extremely high notes, the altissimo register, on his saxophone.

Photo © Robert K Blaisdell

Facebook.com/JazzImprovisers

28/10/2022

New release Sept 28 for RC Records. Gritty Chicago style Martin Lang with smooth voiced Californian Rusty Zinn. 14 tracks, featuring the Bad Man Blues Band. 14 tracks, original compositions and driving Chicago style electric blues.

18/10/2022

mr. r&r

Remembering the great Chuck Berry (October 18, 1926 – March 18, 2017)
"As a guitarist, Berry’s claim as an original was clearest. “Rocket 88” preceded “Maybellene” by several years, and Elvis Presley’s “That’s Alright Mama” a year sooner, but Berry invented the sound of rock ’n’ roll guitar. You won’t find much more than the three chords that form the basis of blues and country in Berry’s oeuvre, and you won’t miss the others. Playing on semi-hollow-body Gibson guitars, Berry created a sound that drew on Charlie Christian’s clean swing, Muddy Waters’s overdrive, and T-Bone Walker’s two-string bends. The result was a sound that was unmistakably bluesy, but just as clearly not the blues, lending itself to punchy, concise solos that remain the foundation of rock guitar.
Berry wasn’t just a wit; he was a raconteur who could compress a short story into just a few verses, complete with characterization, exposition, and plot. The skill is on display in “Promised Land,” spanning the entire North American continent, and “Johnny B. Goode,” where an indelible character springs from just three verses."

-David A. Graham

Credit: Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images

28/08/2022

Punk on....

Are you on Spotify? So am I...

22/07/2022

Happy Birthday to Hunter S. Thompson!

05/07/2022

KEVIN LOUIS JOINS THE NEW ORLEANS GENTLEMEN OF JAZZ

New Orleans trumpeter and vocalist Kevin Louis has joined The New Orleans Gentlemen of Jazz and will front the band at this year’s Satchmo Summerfest.

Louis is a 1995 graduate of the New Orleans Center for Creative Arts. Kevin received Bachelor of Music degree in Jazz Performance from Oberlin Conservatory of Music (’99), and a Masters of Arts from the Aaron Copeland’s School of Music at Queens College(’01).

He has toured at least thirty countries as a performer, clinician and private instructor which include five tours through regions such as Africa, the Middle East, and Latin America as a U.S. Department of State John F. Kennedy Center Jazz Ambassador.

Louis performs regularly with the Preservation Hall Jazz Band. He is also a member of Judith Owen’s band “the Gentlemen Callers” making him a Double Gent. 😊

Kevin Louis replaces Kid Chocolate in the lineup. Kid has left the project to pursue other artistic endeavors.