Bad news came in today on the passing of my Uncle Morey Vail. Prayers go out to the his girls, extended family and friends. Morey had been fighting health issues for some time, and this came as no surprise, yet still brings great sadness to many. I missed seeing Morey over recent years, and am greatly saddened by today's news. Love you guys out in Dallas!!!!! ((((((((((((HUGS)))))))))))))))
So,
On the music front -
New sound clips are up on the Tenor Saxophone site. Clips from Cris Barbers new CD, Smooth Jazz Classics, Emotion, KSBR's Birthday BASH 2004, and more is on the way. I will also be updating the Alto sound clips page as soon as I can get to it.
My You Tube channel was updated last night and has more stuff to check out than before including sales links to CDs.
On the CD Release - I am working hard on getting the business stuff straight for the new CD. I was on the phone and in meetings over the past few days discussing label options for the new CD - Smooth Jazz Classics. It is very possible the CD will be released on a different label than Greg Vail Music. This is pretty exciting and pretty scary. The deadline is mid week, next week. I will be making formal announcements regarding the release date and label at that time.
Just a reminder that you can listen to the whole CD - Smooth Jazz Classics - in my Artist page on Face Book.
As promised, I am posting the Lynchburg article I wrote when I got home, but my computer would not let me post it due to a virus kicking its butt.
It is back, I think, and here is the post and pics.
Hey web people! Greg Vail is home from LynchburgVA and a bit tired but totally pumped up!
The trip was amazing. I loved Virgina! I loved the new
pastor at Thomas Road Baptist. I already knew I loved Charles Billingsley (see
footage from the live DVD we did last year. HE is amazing!) I loved the green
everywhere, the people, the Liberty University energy, the band I worked with, hanging
with Richie McCarthy (lead singer from Lone Star and now out on his own), and
playing great music! It was a win win weekend and I really needed the getaway
and the ministry we shared.
Thanks to Charles Billingsley for bringing me out to be involved in such a cool
series of events! I hope to return to Virginia
soon, possibly late August. I have been there a couple of times before and it
felt like a home away from home.
Richie McCarthy from Lone Star left, Greg Vail center and Charles Billingsley right.
I played and ministered at the morning services at Thomas
Road Sunday morning. It is a huge auditorium and
the energy at the church was amazing. So much is going on here in Lynchburg
and you can feel it in the air. I was told LibertyUniversity is busting at the seams.
This was the first year they had to cut off enrollment due to space. The campus
is beautiful and the students make up many of our countries top young people.
It is amazing to see what God is doing there!
Celebrate America 2008 was a huge event held in the football
stadium and we had a great turn out, even with reports of bad weather that was
supposed to hit during the event (but didn’t – YEA!)
The band played a selection of classic rock and pop songs
thru the 50’s, 60’s, 70’s and 80’s and then we did all the great patriotic
songs you could imagine. Richie came out and did a set of tunes off his new
solo CD and a few old hits and just killed! He is a very talented man and has a
big heart for people. The CD is brand new and he just left Lone Star after many
years of singing with the band to pursue his voice in Christian Music. Richie
is committed to Jesus and spreading the Gospel and you’ll start hearing more
from this guy as his CD starts to break onto the airwaves!
There were dignitaries from VA State offices in attendance
that spoke (some nearly preaching!), the kick off to a new exciting ministry
called Route 281 (NBA Hall of Fame guys that are traveling the country to help
inner city kids find Jesus and stay clean), the pastor gave a great message and
then came an awesome fireworks show! We finished up with another song and it
was all done. What a night.
They had a huge car show going on as part of the event –
classic beauties from yesterday, and I love the old cars – very cool and lots
of beautiful cars. They started the event with a Motor Cycle parade rolling
thru the stadium and it was LOUD and very cool. They honored our service men
with metals and there where lots of men and women there that had served out
country. It was all very moving.
I posted a gallery for my friends in Lynchburg to see the pictures I got of the event. The link is here - Celebrate America 2008. Hope you enjoy the pics and blessings to all!
SO – back to So Cal. I arrived yesterday night in time for
meetings with one of my web partners / business partners, to discuss the future
of many things I can’t disclose quite yet. Good stuff!
Today is clean up day. Gotta get unpacked, clothes washed,
house put in order, get my daughter and hang with her, get checks to the bank
since I have been gone too much to get any of the money in the bank and I look
very broke to the institutions right now.
Thought I would get this update together and say a big thanks to all the people
who so blessed me in Virginia
this weekend.
A quick note on the Smooth Jazz Classics CD – Dang is this
looking exciting or what? Things are busting at the seams. Presales are great!
The business stuff is lining up much faster than I could have hoped for. The
opportunities coming in right now are amazing. As thing get solid, contracts
get signed and events get booked, there will much to tell you-all about. For
now, all I can say is WOW!!!! Could I be any more excited about the future?
Don’t think so. Stay tuned as news becomes public and posted right here at Sax
Players Blog dot com!!
Thanks for dropping in. Please share this blog with your
music and sax people and drop me a line when you get a chance. I love hearing
from people and so value the insight that other peoples eyes can bring to the
table. Ideas, suggestions, events in your home town I should look into, larger
churches that you might visit, online communities, blogs, sites, social
networks, ect… I can’t discover everything all by myself, but with the help of
my friends, I can do so much more!
Thanks in advance for your input, life passion, and love.
I promised to attempt to fill in some of the blanks over the past week or 2 so here goes.
Wednesday, July 2, I was home from Virginia and on my way to Yamaha offices for an exciting opportunity. I was video tapped for a new podcast series that will feature Yamaha Artists with information about that artist, about the Yamaha instruments they play, and updates on their careers and future activities.
I think I might been the first artist they are trying this new series on, and was happy to be involved. The tapping was done at Yamaha offices in Buena Park and Intern Lyndsay was my interview person.
Pictured here is Lyndsay and Greg Vail -
Not seen are here 15 inch heels which make me look short and/or her very tall.
The session lasted about an hour and a half so I hope they end up with at least a few minutes of video that I don't sound too stupid in. It was really fun hanging at the office and telling stories. I believe a few might even make the video, but we will have to wait and see.
This was the set we used. They call this the Yamaha LA Artilier but since I have no idea how to say it, one could assume I have it spelled wrong too. It is the cool room they made for cool Yamaha stuff at the cool new Yamaha Band and Orchestra place in Buena Park, California.
Lyndsay asked me questions and I tried to answer them. It was a nice interview vibe. Kurt Whitt, head of Band and Orchestra for the US said the Podcast should be ready late August and I will be posting it and links and all once it is available.
I was just very happy that Yamaha asked me and included Greg Vail in the Yamaha spot light for a minute. Thanks to Kurt Whitt, Lyndsay and anyone at Yamaha that could have said no and did not!
I really do love these people!
Here is the view you'll see when it goes live.
All very cool!!!!!
I sent Yamaha my full library of Greg Vail Video for use in the podcast, as they see fit, along with artwork and info on the new CD - Smooth Jazz Classics. Much of our discussion had to do with the new CD and I have great hope that this podcast helps to get the word out about the exciting project.
Thanks to Kurt Whitt for the images. I will post links once it is ready! Thanks for reading,
I have had a little down time on posts and blogs due to some computer issues. Got hit by a nasty virus on my main computer and the 'home from Lynchburg', Yamaha podcasts, and general 'after my computer blew up' articles never got posted. I will be back posting them when I get home. I had images and posts done but could not get them uploaded.... oh well.....
So, today I sit in Las Vegas wondering how hot it will get today?????
It was 106 last night at 10 PM. I am here with friends and have hopes to get some meetings in today with 2 casino dudes that book jazz, and hit KLVN looking for Mr. Fox to say hi.
I am here with my baby Vanessa and we came with our best friends in the world, the Gunns.
We are having a ball. The pools are a big plus. We hit the Hard Rock last night and I got this image of the kids and Vangie out front.
Yes we are tearing up the strip and having fun!! We even did Freemont Street last night! Very cool light show, Queen music and fun people were out in full force!
Even driving out was fun.
We came out yesterday. As we drove we first saw an Asian couple on the center divider in Irvine with a totally wasted front end. The smoke was still coming off the motor and we had just missed seeing it happen because there was not any police there yet. Wasted car, and know one else to be seen that could have been involved.
Well, we then got going on the freeway and at a large merger had a very near disaster with 2 big rigs and a large truck with a trailer full of recreational toy rides. It was very close to contact and scary realizing that either one of these trucks could have and almost did loose control, right in front of us. It was a great view, great show and would have had us in the middle of all of it.
God is good and we continued on our way. Later we hear an explosion and just in front of us on our right a big trash type truck blew a tire and rubber went flying, smoke everywhere and more excitement was to be seen.
It was a very exciting drive to say the least!
Typical of a musician, I did share my room with 3 young ladies last night, but typical of me, they were my Daughter and her 2 best friends. Life is good! They couldn't get to sleep last night, but I now post this because they can't get up this morning either.
So, Lynchburg 2 with photo gallery will be posted. JULY 4TH needs to get posted too.
I have a bunch of new soundclips to get online. I did sax solo clips for my new CD and new CDs I have recorded on this year. They will be a large sound clip update for my Alto Saxophone and Tenor Saxophone sites. I will also be uploading the new clips for Smooth Jazz Classics. These new clips are market researched and sure to give the listener the essence of the song in 30-40 seconds - at least that's what I was told.
I'll get them up when we get back unless these kids sleep the rest the morning...
Wonderful people, green everywhere, beauty speaks of God's country and that's right where I am tonight. We had rehearsal today for the big Independence Day party Liberty University and Thomas Road Baptist Church throws every year this time.
I flew out yesterday and didn't get to my hotel until midnight because I am stupid, YES STUPID! I forgot my toiletries and had to do some shopping last night. I found a big-ol Walmart off the main highway and did some shopping. Got a few things I probably should not have, but also got the needed necessities.
The drive should have been about an hour from Roanoke to Lynchburg, but with my specialneeds and driving skills, it took over 2 hours to get in town. Now getting to the hotel was not as simple. On the East Coast, they have a highway and a business version of the same freeway number that goes through town. I did the wrong one and ended up touring downtown Lynchburg until I got a call from Charles Billingsley checking up on me.
Thank God Charles knows his way around town! He sat with me on the phone until I was in the parking space at the hotel. I hit the web for a bit and hit the bed. Rehearsal today was cool. I got up really early (for a sax player) and hit the gym and breakfast so I would not be all sleepy from the time change and all.
That was smart, but not needed because when I got to the rehearsal it was decided I didn't need to be there until the horn players joined in at noon, so I had the morning off. I did a little web update back at the hotel for GregVail.com to include sound clips for Smooth Jazz Classics on the actual Sound Clips page. Amazing, I know.
Of course, a new laptop and little time back home meant I did not have the programs loaded to do them right so I had to steal them from CD Baby and post them playing from that server. So, there are audio clips to click on but they are the random clips CD Baby makes until I can create better clips and post them on my server space. They work dang it! hat's the best I could figure to do, given the handicap. I did manage to make use of the morning and get a little nap in before the real rehearsal.
Now, these guys are all really good and the sweetest people too! I really enjoyed the afternoon playing with these guys. We where done by dinner. I took another short nap and ran off to get some food. I found a great BBQ place and ate bad food but loved it. I got a call from my little girl and decided to go looking for a gift for her after eating. Great idea - executed very poorly.
You can see a store across the way, but getting there is very hard, and doing it as it gets dark is even harder. It took a lot long than it should have to get to the store I saw the other side of Liberty. It took 3 to 4 times longer to get home in the dark. Not to fear, I am posting so I did make it back, but dang it was hard, and I could not tell you how I did if my life depended on it. Awe the beauty of a car with XM, but not even a compass, less to say navigation or a map or directions...
I have really enjoyed the scenery and have seen a lot of it so far due to my expeditions across and thru Lynchburg VA.
So, now it is a web moment and soon to bed since i have an early morning and am on LA time so it will come very early indeed.
Tomorrow I play the regular Church services in the morning and then run over to the football stadium for sound check for the Celebrate America festival, concert and fireworks show that is said to be the biggest in the state!!
Hope you-all have a great weekend!
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Hey Blog people. A quick post to let you-all know what's been going on in Greg's World.
I was in conference all week at Saddleback Church for the Worship conference. It was a great conference this year as far as activity but little of it actually paid this time. I had my first Greg Vail Band gig since the new CD has been finished and that was really cool. The band was amazing - an all star line up. Keys - Tony Guerrero, B3 - Rob Whitlock, Bass - Melvin Davis, Drums - Bubba Bryant, Percussion - Julio Figaroa, Guitar - Blake Aaron and yours truly on Saxes. Can you believe - A SEVEN PIECE BAND IN 2008?? It was awesome!!!
It was a big outdoor stage and the sound was amazing! We had a blast and got to perform many of the new songs from the new CD for the first time. I could not have been happier! I even had Blake do a few of his tunes, hoping to work more shows as leaders in the near future.
I played morning sessions, which today included Ron Canolli, Paul Jackson Jr., Tom Brooks and Abe Laboriel among others thru the morning. The day stages included my band on Tuesday, David Pack from Ambrosia on Wednesday and Sligo Rags, an Irish band that kicks it really hard today. I did a great Brazilian Band last night with Rique Pantoga and Julio Figaroa among other great Brazilian players. I was the only 'honorary Brazilian' there.
Overall, the music was really fun, the hang was amazing and I got to hand the CD to many great players with high hopes of a listen and some kind of music to be made in the future with these guys!!
I might get some Audio up from a few of the shows. I did video the Greg Vail show with 2 cameras and pulled audio straight off the board so there could be some new stuff hitting You Tube later next week.
With the conference over I start a long weekend tomorrow, heading off to Lynchburg VA to play with Charles Billingsley and the guys at Thomas Road Baptist and Liberty University! I am really excited about the time I will have with Charles and the band. Charles is really amazing as a person and musician! You can see some video I have posted in the You tube Player further down the home page here in the Gospel Player or on You Tube - my channel - www.YouTube.com/gvSAXBOY
Check some of it out and you'll get a hint at why I am excited. I will be doing morning services at Thomas Road and a huge festival they do every year with patriotic and gospel themes. ... very cool!
In other news, the new CD - Smooth Jazz Classics - is getting rave reviews! I have been working toward the official release date, working on the timing, budget and plans for a real release in a month or 2. It is going really well. The pre-release sales are better than any previous release to date, and the team I am assembling is looking like we can take this to the top of the charts and make a really big splash.
One thing I was not expecting was a label offer that has really caught my attention. I would have never thought a label could and I have had a few people talk to me so far about a couple of labels, but I just hate the problems that giving so much control away bring. The deal on the table right now looks really good and I am pretty excited about the possibilities that a larger label can bring to the future of this CD and my career.
I have many meetings with people before I can make a call on it, but either way, this CD is on it's way to a smashing success. You can hear the whole thing on my Artist Page at Face Book. All 12 tunes are in the player, or My Space, gregvail.com, bandmix, ect... I have it all over the web to hear now. It is also available on CD Baby and iTunes already.
All this to say, I have spent hours talking to people over the past week and little time hitting the websites or blog for good reason. I have some big decisions to make and all the options look good, for the first time in years!
So, I will be out of town till Tuesday and orders from Greg Vail Music will be shipped Tuesday afternoon. CD Baby is out again, but I sent CDs yesterday and they should have them up real quick, but iTunes is instant gratification and the Face Book page gives you a listen for free from your computer, so get over and listen to some tracks right now!
I have an early flight and have not packed - just got back from a club gig. I am going to sign off for now, but will try to get some audio from this past week up and video once we get to editing it.
So much going on I can't believe it. I don't know if I have ever been busier in my entire life. I actually had to skip Gloria Trevi this weekend to do the Lynchburg dates - good problems to be having to say the least.
Be blessed and stay tuned for the latest news right here! Thanks for dropping in,
Greg Vail
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Hey music fan, Greg Vail here with the tail end of the story and some pictures, audio and video of the Gloria Trevi Shows from this last weekend. (See the bottom of this post for links / See next post for the beginning of the tour stories.)
So, Day 2 was much the same as Day 1. We checked in at the hotel in Oklahoma, slept for an hour, went to the venue
and loaded in / sound checked; bailed for dinner and another catnap before
another midnight show that started
around 1:30 AM this time. Packed up
and loaded out for the hotel for another catnap with 2 hours to sleep before a 5:45 AM lobby call 'again'!!
Day 3 was off to the airport - destination OntarioAirport and Morongo Casino in San Bernardino, California.
We had a non-stop this time so it was a little less stupid than the previous
few flights and I was so exhausted I actually slept a bit on this flight.
Loading in, getting rooms, getting venue information, meal tickets and all, was
more complicated this time and we lost a lot of time in the dang lobby, waiting
for our room keys and direction. We did get everything set and I hit the pool
for a minute with Dan Baker, bass player, before getting lunch and a 45 minute
catnap. Load in and sound check was a bit quicker and that was cool because we
were all so tired and needed a little break.
We bailed to rooms and got like a whole 3 hour nap, which was the most sleep I had
seen in one setting. It is always nice to be staying in the same location as
the venue because you can head over to the room when you want and don't have to
deal with a lobby call that someone is very late for so you just waited for
another half an hour doing nothing.
Well, we got a little more sleep than we had over the past few days and it really helped the whole
team. The show went great, started at 9 PM
which was really early and nice, and that show ended up being the craziest of
all. Morongo had no barrier or cage around the stage and required everyone to
be seated thru the show. Security was next to nothing and things got very out
of control a few times.
We had people rushing the stage to touch Gloria and our crew with a few lame
casino people trying to help, could not stop the crazies from happening over
and over again. At one point they rushed Gloria off the stage because it was
getting too crazy. We had to wait it out and did finish the show.
Crazy schedule and crazy shows with some pretty crazy
people!
The band and crew hit the buffet and hung out for a while,
taking pictures and starting the long goodbyes. Some were heading back to Mexico,
some back to LA and then where ever home was. We had a bit of a geography
problem to sort out since many of us had Sunday morning gigs and cars at LAX. I
was one of these. Dinner was spent making arrangements, changing them and
making new ones for a couple of hours as the plans continued to evolve.
As it worked out, I ended up catching a ride to LAX with the production manager
Luis and music director Julio Figaroa. It took forever to actually get in a car
since Luis had gear to get to musicians before we could leave the casino. We
finally hit the car and drove from Ontario
to LAX to get our cars. I then loaded my car, said goodbyes and headed back to Orange County, arriving sometime before 5AM.
Gloria Trevi
Needless to say I was a bit wasted. I got the car unloaded and hit the bed with
a 7AM wake up for Church services at
Saddleback for Fathers Day. Guess who never heard any alarm go off? What was
supposed to be a 2 hour nap ended up being 3 ½ hours. I was bummed because my
dear friend David Pack was a guest at Saddleback and I missed playing Biggest
Part Of Me which features the sax (an old and famous Ambrosia song.)
We have 4 services on Sundays and I did get to play with David Pack the next 3
services, but I know David really wanted me there for all 4. I tried but couldn’t
get up. Sorry David! Julio Figaroa was supposed to be there too and called in
sick, unable to move from exhaustion.
It is now Monday morning. I slept 9 hours last night!!! That
felt great!!
I have some pictures, not many, but some and I promised to post
them for others from the road to see and enjoy. I hope some of the other guys
and gals will send me some of the band shots we took Saturday night and I will post
them too.
Gloria Trevi Tour Video, Audio and Pictures - June 2008
Gloria Trevi Audio from the Morongo Casino Show. This clip was assembled from the live show, recorded on my R09 hand held recorder, sitting on my music stand thru the show. The clips show off some of the featured sax parts from the show edited into a 7 minutes long (at 128K) single sound clip. It is live, but it does sound pretty dang good!
Gloria Trevi You Tube Video’s I found last night from the weekend gigs, posted
by fans. Any other cool video found, drop me a line.
I hope to get some more Gloria Trevi gigs but we will see how
it all falls. Great band, great organization and people, great gigs and great fun
was had by all!
Hey Blog people, Greg Vail here in Oklahoma City with a few minutes to kill and a hotel lobby computer that is online. Pretty cool...
I know I said I would be off till Monday but thought I'd hit a quick post to say - Gloria just kills me! What a band and road trip so far!
We started out on a red eye to San Antonio Texas Wednesday night (but they call it Thursday morning cuz it left after 12 AM - always thought that was stupid but I digress).
No sleep at all on the plane and off to the hotel for an hours sleep before a long sound check rehearsal with Gloria Trevi at the venue Thursday night. We rocked so hard to a cram packed room of screaming fans. We had some dinner after the rehearsal / sound check and a midnight show. Yes, 12:00 midnight show!
It would have been fine except we had a 7 am flight out to Oklahoma today so I only got an hour nap before getting up and to the airport this morning. If you are counting that's an hours nap and an hours nap = 2 hours in 2 days at that point.
We hit the new hotel and hit the pillows and actually slept for about 4 hours this afternoon - YEA!!!!
I just hit some dinner - in Oklahoma - BBQ or Steak Houses - and guess what - right across the street from the hotel - amazing Steaks and Shrimp and..... Oh my. So...
Run back to the lobby, late of course and find out the gear was driven from San Antonio and the sound check has been moved back 4 times now. This brings me to why I have a few minutes free.
We have another midnight show tonight and another early morning flight back to San Diego for a show Saturday Night. Pretty amazing schedule with so little sleep to really get caught up and feeling decent.
If that doesn't sound crazy enough, after the Show in San Diego we have to shuttle to LAX becasue our cars are there. We have rooms in San Diego, but will not get to use them so we can get cars from LAX and then drive home to get a little nap before Sunday Morning Services - it's Fathers Day and I have church all day Sunday.
Monday will be a welcome day onmy shedule if and only if the world didn't come crashing down because I actually ran off for a few days to have some fun playing with a great band!
Welcome to the busy side of the music biz.
I'll try and get some pics tonight and have something to post from one of the shows. It is really amazing playing with such huge artist as Gloria Trevi. We started last night's show and I looked out at 100? 200? little silver boxes, all pointing at the stage. I have seen a few camera's in my day, but this was amazing. A packed room and a little silver box (or cell phone) in aver hand, pointing at that stage. Really cool!
Gloria is an amazing artist and Musician. She is not just a pretty face. She is the real deal and her fans addore her! She nearly worshipped by these people. Really interesting to see.
Well, I do have to get clothes ready and need to get going.
Blessings from the Gloria Trevi Band and Oklahoma!!!
Want to thank you all for a lot of activity and love over the past few weeks. I am always excited to see something I love take off and begin doing really well! The blog is doing great and it is only thanks to you stopping in and then posting and emailing ideas, helps and kind words of encouragement. I am so glad the blog is hitting so many different areas of interest and help online. Thanks again guys and gals!!!!!
So, I am going to the airport tonight and will be gone, mostly offline and away from the Post Office till Monday morning. I will ship any orders received by this afternoon but will not be shipping any orders till Monday after that. Sorry, but at this point, any business help is gone and it's all me for the time being. With road trips starting to come in, the shipping schedule will be pushed back by a few days here and there due to geography.
Gloria Trevi is a very well known Latin Diva that has been called the Latin Madona, and for good reason. I did a few dates with here when she first started hiring a sax player here in the US and then none. I found out that Jessy J had started working with her and the calls had stopped. Well, I am subbing for Jessy J this weekend since Jessy is doing so well with the new Guitar and Saxes dates coming up and Michael Bolton (to have such problems - but then again, have you seen here? It will make more sense taking a look at Jessy J.)
Either way, it's back with Gloria Trevi this week and more Gloria Trevi Dates will follow. We rehearsed all day yesterday and it is a great band and the shows are always really huge and really crazy!! See Gloria's site here.
SO I'll be back in Monday morning and online checking orders and web posts/blogs/emails and all.
Hope you all have a wonderful weekend and rest of the week! Blessings from Greg Vail Music!!
I did think the yellow BUY NOW Button looked lonely too (thanks for the funny email!) Here it is with a Smooth Jazz Classics CD Image and a few more words around it. Some of you really make me laugh!!!!
SCHEDULED FOR OFFICIAL RELEASE AUGUST 2008!!
A Limited number of Pre-Release Copies are now available.
Order here for only $15.00 thru PayPal or Credit Cards, shipped by Greg Vail Music and get free shipping if you order today!
Smooth Jazz Classics - only $15.00 with free shipping from Greg Vail Music
This CD is as much a labor of love as it is a tribute to the
pioneers of the instrumental music that preceded and evolved into what
is now known as "Smooth Jazz".
If a great recording needs to start with a great song, we
couldn't have done better than this collection of classics, written and
performed by some of the biggest names in the business.
What a joy to be able to play with these great melodies, and
with such great musicians. Having legends like David Pack (who played
Guitar on the remake of his classics hit "You're the Biggest Part Of
Me") and Grant Geissman (who's original solo on "Feels So Good" made
him famous, and who graciously repeated the effort here) was indeed as
added thrill.
Every attempt was made to honor the spirit of the originals,
while trying to add just enough of our own touch to them. I hope you
enjoy my tribute to these classics even half as much as I enjoyed
playing them!
Hey Blog lovers - Greg Vail here with one thing new to show you and tell you.
I have been talking about a new CD forever! I have shown it to you, played it for you, and kept you up to date on the status of this CD for a year now - probably longer. Well, it is time to show you the BUY NOW BUTTON.
The CD is here. We have a limited number of pre-release copies available for sale before the Official Release in late August. If you would like to be the first on your block to own the new CD click the beautiful BUY NOW button made courtesy of PayPal.
Orders are shipped from Greg Vail Music and free shipping is included with your order of even 1 CD!!
Thanks for checking in Guys and Gals! I love your feedback and seeing the counters spin as so many of you do check in to see what's up!
Thanks for your support and kind messages!
Here it is - the button.....
Smooth Jazz Classics pre-release copies - $15.00 with free shipping in the US.
In other news, the new CD - 
Well, we got a little more sleep than we had over the past few days and it really helped the whole
team. The show went great, started at 
