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“Transit 2”Bassist Jon Gagan Releases His Second Transit
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Artist - Jon GaganLabel - Spiral Subwave Records Int’lFile under - Contemporary Jazz/Smooth Jazz/ World Music/UPC - 700261202198Catalog # - 902010Street Date - July 2007 Cost - $9.99
Contact Info:Radio: Max Horowitz @ Crossover Media (212) 465-2444 [email protected]: Katrina Markian @ Segue Entertainment (707) 578-6728 [email protected]: Kelly Anderson @ SSRI (505) 986-1116 [email protected]
SELLING POINT:** Jon Gagan is familiar to audiences as Ottmar Liebert’s longtime bassist, since 1989. He will tour with Liebert nationally and internationally throughout 2007.
Overview:Transit 2 is Jon Gagan’s second album for SSRI.
Radio: “Transit 2” will be serviced to all appropriate radio formats (NAC, Jazz and New Age as well as College Radio: Sunday Specialty, World Beat and College Jazz shows) upon the release.
Quotes:When he decides to, JG can climb out of the manhole, show you that the bass is a lot more than a juke thump in the night. Bass as lead -- this cat can lay it down like a black glove with chopped fingers on the throttle. Consider 10. "Under Cover of Darkness". Dynamite groove, cybernetics. Like low contour flying in a chopper... following the canyons, following the coast. Bass as lead, something Jon Gagan excels at... and we ain't talkin' about a Jaco pedal either. In his autobio, Sting talks about "the cult of the bass". Cult? What could he mean? Listen to this track and you'll know. - culturecourt.com
Background:Since 1990 Jon Gagan has toured internationally with Ottmar Liebert and played bass and keyboards on all 22 of Liebert’s albums. This current album is the second in Jon Gagan’s Transit series, which combines Jazz and World music with other contemporary sounds and styles in a very creative and progressive manner. Gagan is considered one of today’s finest bassists by many.
Spiral Subwave Records International, or SSRI, is an independent record label founded by Ottmar Liebert, which specializes in instrumental music. SSRI CDs are available in conventional stores or from online retailers via Burnside Distribution. The music is also available from many music download sites, such as iTunes, emusic, Rhapsody and others. In addition to this SSRI has developed their own download site, called the ListeningLounge.