Monday, February 11th - Saturday, February 16th, 2002
Chicago Recording Company - Chicago, IL

I won't say much about the new CD. It has just been recorded, not yet mastered, the photo shoot for the artwork is not yet scheduled but will take place in New York within the next couple of months. (Jimmy Katz will be the photographer) The CD will be called Verse. It consists of entirely original material and will be released in June on Premonition/Blue Note. I can not find words to express the depth of talent of the musicians I recorded with so I'm simply sending a small gallery of 10 photos and the music will have to speak for itself upon release.

We recorded and mixed Verse at the Chicago Recording Company from Monday, February 11th to Saturday, February 16th. Jim Anderson is the recording engineer. We concluded the week with a concert at the North Shore Performing Arts Center Saturday night.

The players in these photos:

Dave Douglas - trumpet
Neal Alger - guitar
Mike Friedman - President Premonition Records
Cliff Colnot - conductor, arranger
Michael Arnopol - bass
Joey Baron - drums