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ALL About Jazz Review of December’s Moon
CD/LP/Track Review
Ron Oswanski: December’s Moon (2013)
By
EDWARD BLANCO,
Published: April 11, 2013
CD Release Gigs Scheduled for July
Trumpets Jazz Club, Deer Head Inn, & The Falcon host December’s Moon CD Releases:
Ron Oswanski Quartet
Featuring:
Ron Oswanski – Hammond Organ
John Abercrombie – Guitar
Tim Ries – Saxophones
Ian Froman – Drums
Friday July 26th – Trumpets Jazz Club, Montclair NJ.
Saturday July 27th – Deer Head Inn, Delaware Water Gap, PA.
Wednesday July 31st – The Falcon, Marlboro, NY.
Led Zeppelin’s Rain Song – Covered on December’s Moon CD
In case your not familiar with “The Rain Song”, here’s the original and some back ground info.. Be sure to check my version of it on
December’s Moon…
“The Rain Song” is a ballad song from English rock band Led Zeppelin‘s fifth album Houses of the Holy, released in 1973. “The Rain Song” is a ballad of over 7 minutes in length. Guitarist Jimmy Page originally constructed the melody of this song at his home in Plumpton, England, where he had recently installed a studio console. A new Vista model, it was partly made up from the Pye Mobile Studio which had
Maria Schneider Orchestra – NY Times Review
New York Times Review from the Jazz Standard
I was thrilled to be a part of this amazing week of music!! Ever since her very first recording, I’ve been a huge fan of her music!
Oswanski to release December’s Moon – Distributed by Palmetto Records
Oswanski to release December’s Moon on Palmetto Records
Let me borrow a page from the Belgian surrealist artist Rene Magritte by saying: This is not an organ record.
As you may know, Magritte famously painted a picture of a tobacco pipe, floating mid-canvas, with the advisory “Ceci n’est pas une pipe” (“This is not a pipe”) emblazoned across the bottom. Among other intents, Magritte meant to confound the observer’s expectations – as does Ron Oswanski with this album. It may look like an “organ jazz” record, but trust me: this is anything but.












