Our Christmas album with Barry Manilow for Hallmark, "In The Swing Of Christmas", is now available! This is a really, really cool CD, with great arrangements by Barry; great, straight-ahead jazz just crazy enough to bring a smile to your face (despite yourself!). While we were listening to a playback in the studio, Barry said, "You know guys, this might EVEN get a good review!" - now that's high praise indeed! Check out photos from the session at www.madfusionmusic.com .While you're there you can also get a complete breakdown of all our crazy misadventures on our Belgium tour in January on the Blog page - fellow musicians, some of it you'll recognize, but I'm sure some of it will be new as well. You can also listen to some live tracks from this tour and others on the Media page, as well as some more tracks from our MaD Gershwin demo, featuring singers Lara Fabian, Coral Egan, Napoleon Murphy Brock, Dawn Tyler Watson, and of course legendary trumpeter Lew Soloff!
As for our Félix nomination of Forget Me Not - well, we didn't win, but we drank the booze at the gala anyway. Let's see if Barry's Christmas album gets nominated for a Grammy (one can dream, eh?)
MaD Fusion represents the new frontier in musical collaboration. Pianist Matt Herskowitz, drummer David Rozenblatt and bassist Mat Fieldes draw upon diverse musical cultures and genres to forge a completely new sound which defies labeling. The music is a progressive blend of jazz and classical traditions with world music, funk, club, pop and hip-hop. MaD Fusion's first album, Forget Me Not (released under the band's former name "HRP"), has received worldwide acclaim, prompting musicians like Dave Brubeck to write "This is the final straw. I'd better retire now", and Barry Manilow to write "I'm serious when I say your band is the most thrilling music I've heard in years. It gives me hope for the future of music."Influenced by their experiences with great music and musicians from around the world, MaD Fusion brings an eclectic slant to its musical soundscape. Performances include high-energy bursts of virtuosity interspersed with contemplative, soul-searching respites. MaD Fusion consistently dazzles audiences with the unexpected through scripted content and improvisation.MaD Fusion has appeared at major music festivals in Europe, Canada and the United States, and has been featured in performances and recordings with Absolute Ensemble, Paquito D'Rivera, Lew Soloff, Dave Taylor, Marcel Khalife, Dhafer Yousef and Daniel Schnyder, among others. MySpace Backgrounds