Tim Gill All-Stars media explosion?

Well, almost. We've got all sorts of stuff going on!

Tracks from our EP are on KJazz 88.1 FM! Helen Borgers has been playing some of our tunes on her radio show, airing 1-5 PM weekdays. You can check it out streaming live online at www.kkjz.org . Also, we are featured on KSPC Claremont 88.7 FM (www.kspc.org) on "Larry the Fox" 's Monday show. KSPC will be running a live interview with yours truly in early June!

YouTube! We have two videos on YouTube now at www.youtube.com/timgillmusic . Both are from our most recent show at the Hip Kitty- an impromptu romp on "C Jam Blues" and our signature opener "Undecided."

And, speaking of the internet; we updated our website to make it look even more spiffy and professional. Check out www.timgillmusic.com to see our new, bells-and-whistles Flash site. It's kept well up to date with our latest performances, and you can join up on our mailing list to find out more about what's going on!

So, Ciao for now...keep your ears on the radio for some more TG All-Stars tunes!

The Session...

...went amazingly well. The All-Stars and I cut a total of 10 tunes for the album in a session that lasted only 5 hours! It's really a testament to the quality of musicians I work with that we were able to do so much in such a small amount of time- all tracked live, not to mention. Also, a big part of that was the engineering on the part of Jon Kubis. In addition to being an extremely talented musician, he's really a whiz in the studio, and he got a great sound out of this group of cats.

Here's the lineup: Tim Gill (yours truly) on vocals and trumpet, Walter Simonsen and Brian Mantz in the trumpet section, Mike Johnson on trombone, Morgan Jones, Kirsten Edkins, and Phil Moore on Alto, Tenor, and Bari (respectively), Steve Aho on piano, Nick Schaadt on bass, and Jimmy Ford on drums. What a band!

We're going to pre-release a few of the tracks early, and also offer up a free single for download on the myspace site. For those of you not hip to our myspace, it's www.myspace.com/timgilljazz . Also, show up to the gigs, sign up for the e-mail list and get a free 3-song EP for your trouble!

And speaking of gigs, there's lot's coming up:

Jan 22 8-12, TG All-Star Big Band @ the Hip Kitty www.hipkittyjazz.com
Jan 27 6-9, TG Trio @ Vintage Steakhouse www.thevintagesteakhouse.com
Feb 3 6-9, TG Trio @ Vintage Steakhouse www.thevintagesteakhouse.com
Feb 14 9-1, TG All-Star Sextet @ the Hip Kitty www.hipkittyjazz.com
Feb 24 6-9, TG All-Star Big Band @ Vintage Steakhouse www.thevintagesteakhouse.com
Feb 26 8-12, TG All-Star Big Band @ the Hip Kitty www.hipkittyjazz.com

So come check us out! Hip Kitty is up in Claremont, and the Vintage Steakhouse is a new south OC venue- OC people have no more excuse! So we'll see you all there.