Dawn Lambeth & The Usonia Jazz Band

Back in March we ventured in to the studio, a trip that has been long overdue. Great musicians and a cool sound engineer and studio made for a fun, if exhausting, 3 days of recording. I can’t yet say when the CD will be out, hopefully sometime in June. We're pretty excited about it!

In the meantime, check out a preview sound clip and some photos from the session taken by our friend, Mike Larson.

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My 2004 release “Midnight Blue ” is now available for download:

• iTunes
• Pay Play
• Tradebit

My new CD has arrived! It’s still enroute to the online retail outlets (at this point CDBaby, World's Records, and Amazon), but right now is available in San Luis Obispo at Full Circle, BooBoo’s Records, and Apropos.

I was fortunate to have an absolutely stellar group of musicians behind me:

• Clint Baker, guitar and bass
  
• Marc Caparone, cornet and bass
  
• Dave Caparone, trombone
  
• Chris Dawson, piano
  
• Jeff Hamilton, drums and a cameo piano appearance
  
• Bob Reitmeier, clarinet
  
• John Reynolds, guitar, banjo, and whistling
  
• John Smith, soprano and alto saxophone
  

I’ll be playing selections from the CD this Saturday, November 17th, from 5-8 at Vinoteca Wine Bar in Paso Robles, and then again on Sunday, December 2nd from 5-9 at Full Circle. Check our calendar for all the details.

Thanks so much to all the great radio stations that have been giving the love to “Let's Get Lost”! It’s so exciting to know we are being heard around the country as well as in Canada, Europe, Australia, Japan and online, too cool! Both KRFP in Moscow ID and WHMB in Waterville, ME made it the #1 jazz cd of the week a couple weeks back, and it made the Top 10 list at the following stations:

• CSCR Scarborough, Ontario
• KBUT Crested Butte, CO
• KSAU Nacogdoches, TX
• WERU East Orland, ME
• WPTC Williamsport, PA
• KMUW Wichita, KS

Before we headed to Japan (more on that to come!) I had the pleasure of speaking with Jim Stone of WLNZ, Grand River, MI. You can hear our chat on his Big Band Swing show this Tuesday evening, April 29th at about 8PM EST time, though naturally you'll want to tune in at 7 so you can catch the beginning of this great show. Listen online at: www.lcc.edu/wlnz.

Also big thank yous to Derrick Lucas at WGMC in my hometown of Rochester NY, who did a nice interview of me at the beginning of April, to Mal Sharpe who featured it back in January on his show on KCSM in San Mateo, and to all our friends at KCSM and KCBX San Luis Obispo who played the CD when it first came out and encouraged me to send it to more stations.

Finally, I’ve also gotten some really nice quotes and reviews about the CD. In writing about it all, I have to say I'm a bit overwhelmed by all the positive feedback, thank you!