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The Making of Ike Sturm’s Jazz Mass: Interviews with Ike Sturm and Randy Merrill

By James Beaudreau | Published: August 16, 2010
Ike Sturm is a bassist, composer and the Music Director for the Jazz Ministry at Saint Peter’s Church (the “Jazz Church”) here in Manhattan. His remarkable Jazz Mass, a work for voices, strings and jazz ensemble, was commissioned by St. Peter's, recorded in 2007-08 at Avatar Studios and mastered by Randy Merrill at Masterdisk. For this post, The Masterdisk Record interviewed both Ike and Randy about the making of the album.
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The Masterdisk Neighborhood: Hells Kitchen, NYC

By James Beaudreau | Published: July 1, 2010
While I'm working on a couple other stories for The Masterdisk Record I thought I'd put up a quick post about Hell's Kitchen, the neighborhood Masterdisk calls "home". No, it's not a very nice name for a neighborhood, but don't let that fool you -- we're in a pretty cool part of NYC. We're just a block and a half away from the restaurants and hustle & bustle of the Theater District, and in the other direction we've got the Hudson, riverfront parks, and a few... boats.
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