Tom McDermott
Private House Concert
Berkeley, CA
August 16, 2009

This is the 16 bit version, suitable for burning to CD.

Source: Marantz PMD-661 (Oade Concert Mod) internal mics at 24bit/96kHz
Transfer: Apple MacBook 2GHz Core Duo > Bias Peak v6.0.3 (downsampled and dithered to 16bit/44.1kHz, EQ, gain adjusted) > xAct v1.3 (SBEs fixed) > FLAC, tagged including replay gain in Foobar2000 v0.9.6.5

Notes: This was a house concert in a private home in North Berkeley which has a small performance space downstairs, sort of a ballroom with a little stage at one end. For this concert there was seating on the stage and main floor, and the piano was on the main floor. There were about 50 lucky people in attendance. The artists graciously allowed me to record. The microphones were positioned immediately next to the piano, mics pointed into the cavity of the piano. Slightly different positioning between the two sets. Thanks to Dapper Dave for organizing the event, and to Kirsten and Blair, our hosts.

Tom is blogging his current tour at 
http://tommcdermottblog.blogspot.com
from that blog about this gig, Tom writes:

"I unloaded some stuff and we quickly trundled off to Berkeley, two hours north, where I had an afternoon house concert at the home of Kirsten and Blair. This sweet couple have hosted four or five such events over the years (arranged by my friend Dapper Dave, whom we shall meet later), and I always love it. Today's concert was especially good: a full house that included friends Joel Sachs, John Lumsdaine, and my friend Phil's ex-piano teacher, Eric Shifrin, who sat in on a couple tunes. Well rested and with a good Steinway at my disposal, it was the best I'd played on this trip, and I made over $700. Afterwards a group of us ate above-average Mexican at Christopher's Not Too Fancy. Jill drove us back in the dark to Santa Cruz, and I went to bed at 11, looking forward to the next day. After more than 2500 miles of driving in a week's time, I anticipated doing absolutely nothing."

Another Tom McDermott website:
http://www.thomasmcdermott.com (not much there)

CD releases available through his label:
http://www.strdigital.com/mcDermott.htm

Here is a short article from 1997 on New Orleans piano greats by Tom McDermott:
http://www.satchmo.com/ikoiko/tm9704a.html

I first heard about Tom McDermott on Harry Shearer's Le Show. Harry plays Tom's music frequently and Tom has been a featured guest a few times. Those shows are archived in RealAudio format online at 
http://harryshearer.com/
Here are direct links to two shows featuring Tom:
http://play.rbn.com/?url=livecon/kcrw/g2demand/ls/ls021222le_Show.rm&proto=rtsp
http://play.rbn.com/foo.ram?url=livecon/kcrw/g2demand/ls/ls050703le_Show.rm&start=&proto=rtsp

Recordeding and mastering and cover art by Brad Phillips. This recording is strictly for non-commercial use. Please do not distribute in any lossy format, such as mp3.

Total time 1:51:15. If burning to audio CD, each set fits on one CD.

Folder size: 475.9 MB

1st set
01. intro by Dapper Dave, Blair, and Tom
02. Maple Leaf Rag (Scott Joplin)
03. Bethena (Scott Joplin)
04. talk
05. Danza (Louis Moreau Gottschalk)
06. Stars And Stripes Forever (John Philip Souza)
07. talk
08. Escorrigando (Ernesto NazarÃ©)
09. IrresistÃ­vel (Tom McDermott)
10. Creole Nocturne (FrÃ©dÃ©ric Chopin) 
11. talk
12. L'Indifference (Joseph Columbo/Tony Murena)
13. Opulence (Tom McDermott)
14. Death Ray Boogie (Pete Johnson)

2nd set
15. intro to 2nd set
16. Blueberry Hill (Fats Domino)
17. Sevilla (Isaac AlbÃ©niz)
18. Rose of Caracas (Lionel Belasco)
19. Norwegian Wood (John Lennon/Paul McCartney)
20. It's A Raggy Waltz (Dave Brubeck)
21. Honeysuckle Rose (Fats Waller) *
22. Boulevard of Broken Dreams/Besame Mucho (Al Dubin/Harry Warren; Sunny Skylar/Consuelo VelÃ¡zquez) #
23. The Omnivore (Tom McDermott)
24. talk
25. The Crave (Jelly Roll Morton)
26. Fon Fon (Ernesto NazarÃ©)
27. The Wrist Dance (Tom McDermott)
28. Carolina Shout (James P. Johnson)
29. Echoes Of Spring (Willie "The Lion" Smith)
30. Pop's Dilemma (James Booker)

* Four hand piano with Tom and Eric Shifrin
# Eric Shiffrin solo


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