Special Event 060509 Live in the Studio with Kai Eckhard.. Compositions for Solo Electric Bass

Dear Friends!

We had a very special guest performing for our Special Event this month. His name is Kai Eckhardt, one of the most extraordiary electric bass players in the world. He is an internationally know bass player whose credits include touring and recording with Billy Cobham, John McLaughlin, Trilok Gurtu, Stanley Clarke, Wayne Shorter, Patrice Rushen, Dewey Redman, Donald Byrd, Bela Fleck, Victor Wooten, Robert Walter, Karl Denson, Michael Franti, Larry Coryell, Warren Hill, Al Di Meola, Zakir Hussain, Vital Information , John Scofield and Bill Frisell. In the last five years, Kai can be seen as a regular with Garaj Mahal a well known ensemble playing high powered instumental music in the jamband circuit.

We were delighted to have him perform for a Blue Coast Records Special Event-- Live in the Studio yesterday. Kai picks up where Jaco Pastorius left off as a solo bassist-- and now challenges how we think of this instrument. His approach is like an acoustic guitarist melding arpegios and intricate time signatures into a beautiful weave of sound.

For this session, the recording team at OTR Studios, helped setup a unique E.S.E. microphone placement. While Kai utilized his 3 instruments we used a 5 microphone setup that captured the entire room as it vibrated with the sound of his instrument. Kai's interpretations of his songs uses full dynamic range and we chose not to use compression in this recording. As we have more time, we'll include more descriptions and photos at our website.

Let us know if you have any questions for us or Kai about this recording session. For the weekend, the singles will be available at $2/96K and $1/44.1 and as always, you can stream all the songs at 192kbps. On Monday, the prices will go to $3/1.5 respectively. Next week, we will be releasing more music from the vaults, either Thursday or Friday.

Sign up for our new twitter feeds @bluecoastworld for the latest information. Our next scheduled Special Event is in July with Matt Rollings.

We want to thank all of you who participated in our listening events! And especially thank those of you who are taking the time to write about us on forums throughout the world. We are all amazed and at the warmth you are giving us. Thankyou!

Enjoy the music!
Cookie Marenco
Blue Coast Records