Compact Disks    

FLYING SAUCERS, Vol. 1


Joe Battaglia, Guitar

Rich Messbauer, Bass

Glenn Davis, Drums

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  1. 1.Everybody Loves Somebody

  2. Lane/Taylor; Arr. Messbauer

  3. 2.R/T

  4. Messbauer

  5. 3.Strata

  6. Battaglia

  7. 4.String Theory

  8. Battaglia

  9. 5.Flying Saucers

  10. Messbauer

  11. 6.Dangerous Intersection

  12. Messbauer

  13. 7.Sheila

  14. Messbauer

  15. 8.2720

  16. Messbauer

  17. 9.Strangers In The Night

  18. Kaempfert; Arr.  Messbauer

  19. 10.Time Remembered (Take 1)

  20. Evans

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HOW DEEP IS THE OCEAN, Vol. 2


Joe Battaglia, Guitar

Rich Messbauer, Bass

Glenn Davis, Drums

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  1. 1.Homer

  2. Messbauer

  3. 2.Time Remembered (Take 2)

  4. Evans

  5. 3.How Deep Is The Ocean?

  6. Berlin

  7. 4.Between The Lines

  8. Messbauer

  9. 5.Virgo

  10. Shorter

  11. 6.Waltz Four

  12. Messbauer

  13. 7.Lullaby For Caymond

  14. Messbauer

  15. 8.Before Long

  16. Messbauer

  17. 9.Ramblin’

  18. Coleman

  19. 10.One For Janet

  20. Battaglia

Recorded on March 23 & 24, 2009

At Big Bang Studios by Matthew Parrish

Mixed and mastered at No Comment Studios by Tony Viscardo

Piano technician - Chris Soliday

Produced by Rich Messbauer

EVENING RUSH


Dave Leonhardt, Piano

Rich Messbauer, Bass

Paul Wells, Drums

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  1. 1.Evening Rush

  2. Messbauer

  3. 2.Kim

  4. Messbauer

  5. 3.April Fools

  6. Messbauer

  7. 4.Hour Glass / There’s The Door

  8. Messbauer

  9. 5.Interlude

  10. Messbauer

  11. 6.The Fourth In Three

  12. Messbauer

  13. 7.Everything Changes

  14. Messbauer

  15. 8.If You Go Away

  16. Brel; Arr. Messbauer

  17. 9.Violets For Your Furs

  18. Adair-Dennis; Arr. Messbauer

  19. 10.After Labor Day

  20. Messbauer

This trio had come about as a kind of “rehearsal trio” to kick around a lot of ideas and try out new music. After playing together for several years, Rich organized this recording to document a lot of the music he’d been writing and arranging with the piano in mind. 


There’s a lot of shifting gears going on in this music, and the CD is really designed to be listened to all the way through. It reflects a lot of the changes one experiences when traveling far and wide, arriving at one destination only to head off towards another, until home is everywhere you’ve ever been.

Photo by Rich Messbauer

                                                                                                              

“Volume 1: Flying Saucers” is the first of two trio recordings by these artists.  The album consists of original music by Joe and Rich, two standards arranged by Rich, and a tune by Bill Evans, “Time Remembered”.


The musicians on these two CD’s have known each other for over thirty years, and have been playing regularly as a trio since 2002/3. They have played on George Grahams “Homegrown Music” program at WVIA, and also have appeared at The Deer Head Inn.                              

Recorded on February 1 & 2, 2007

At No Comment Studios by Tony Viscardo

Produced by Rich Messbauer

Photo by Rich Messbauer

                                                                                                              

“Volume 2: How Deep Is The Ocean” is the second of two trio recordings by these artists.  The album consists of original music by Joe and Rich, the tunes “Virgo” by Wayne Shorter, “Time Remembered (take 2) by Bill Evans, “Ramblin” by Ornette Coleman, and of course, the standard “How Deep Is The Ocean” by Irving Berlin.


The musicians on these two CD’s have known each other for over thirty years, and have been playing regularly as a trio since 2002/3. They have played on George Grahams “Homegrown Music” program at WVIA, and also have appeared at The Deer Head Inn.                              

Recorded on February 1 & 2, 2007

At No Comment Studios by Tony Viscardo

Produced by Rich Messbauer 

                             

THREE BRIDGES TO BROOKLYN


Jed Levy, Tenor Sax

Rich Messbauer, Bass

Jeff Brillinger, Drums

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  1. 1.ASK ME NOW

  2. Monk

  3. 2.NIGHT AND DAY

  4. Porter

  5. 3.YOU’RE MY EVERYTHING

  6. Warren

  7. 4.NO GREATER LOVE

  8. Symes / Jones

  9. 5.TILL HERE WAS YOU

  10. Willson

  11. 6.OLEO

  12. Rollins

  13. 7.JED’S BLUES

  14. Levy

DIABLO EN MUSICA - IMPROVISATIONS


Herb Robertson, Trumpet/etc.

Rich Messbauer, Bass

Tom Sayek, Drums

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Part I

  1. 1.On The Phone

  2. 2.Are We Really Here?

  3. 3.Terra Firma

  4. 4.X-Rays

  5. 5.Dog’s Tale

  6. 6.Low Bow

  7. 7.Long Way Back


Part II

  1. 8.Sound Mind

  2. 9.Amazing Herb

  3. 10.Wide Eyed

  4. 11.One Two Three

  5. 12.German Movie

  6. 13.Dissoulution

  7. 14.Diablo En Musica


Epilogue

  1. 15.Last Man Out

  2. Messbauer

The term “diablo en musica”, or literally, “devil in music”, refers to the interval of the tri-tone, an interval which was actually banned by the Church in the middle ages.


With the exception of the Epilogue, “Last Man Out” (composed by bassist Rich Messbauer), all the music on this recording was freely improvised, with no rehearsal whatsoever. 


It is organized into suites designed to stand alone, the first consisting of solos, duos, and trios, and the second consisting entirely of trios. 

Recorded on January 26, 2007

At No Comment Studios by Tony Viscardo

Produced by Rich Messbauer 

                             

NEWARK MAN


Abe Gomez, Congas/Percussion

”Mondongo” Jim Messbauer, Trombone

Rich Messbauer, Bass

Bob Messbauer, Sax (on tracks 7&8)

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  1. 1.At Ease

  2. 2.Dad / Newark Man

  3. 3.Sonic Graffiti

  4. 4.Boca

  5. 5.Fumar Tropical

  6. 6.Mira

  7. 7.Demarest Avenue

  8. 8.The Flying Blue Deuce

  9. 9.Echo Eca

  10. 10.A Perfect Goat


All composed by “Mondongo” Jim Messbauer, except “At Ease” by Abe, Jim and Rich.

This band originated from a desire of bassist Rich Messbauer to absorb some of the possibilities of latin, groove oriented music which his younger brother Jim, (aka “Mondongo”) had been swimming in for 25 years. 


Playing with this combination was such a gas that Rich eventually convinced his brother Jim to go into the studio and see what would happen. Jim, who is also a prolific composer and arranger, quickly wrote a number of charts and convinced his friend Abe of the band “Zemog”, to come out to PA and spend a coupe of days in the studio. 


The title “Newark Man” refers to their father, Bill Messbauer, who was referred to as “Newark Man” in the newspapers’ wedding announcement of the marriage of their parents. This CD is dedicated to the memory of Bill and Dolores Messbauer.

Recorded on March 16 & 17, 2005

At WVIA Studios by George Graham

Additional mastering by Tony Viscardo

Produced by Rich Messbauer 

                             

Photo by Rich Messbauer
Photo by Rich Messbauer
Photo by Rich Messbauer

Jed and Rich had known each other since High School in Bridgewater, New Jersey, and had often talked about putting together a project such as this. With drummer Jeff Brillinger on board, the three of them got together one afternoon in the studio and played some standards and a blues. There was no rehearsal, and this was the first time the three of them played together.


“Rehearse, get worse”


Rich took that cover photo out the window of a flight coming in from Singapore, via Tokyo and San Francisco.

Photo by Rich Messbauer

Excerpt from Track 3

Excerpt from Track 2

Excerpt from Track 6

Excerpt from Track 3

Excerpt from Track 2

Excerpt from Track 1

out/in:space-music   

Recorded on November 11, 1992

At Accoustic Recording by Mike Brorby

Additional mastering by Tony Viscardo

Produced by Rich Messbauer 

                             

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