Artists: Reg Schwager and Don Thompson

Title: Two Hours with the Masters, eh?

Venue: Chalker's Pub, Toronto Ontario, Canada

Date: Sunday November 19, 2006, approx. 4:00-6:00 PM

Personnel:

Reg Schwager: guitar
Don Thompson: bass

Tracks:

01 - I Thought About You?? > talking > unknown standard (28:11.288)
02 - talking (42:37.455)
03 - talking > Girl from Ipanema > talking > Love for Sale (47:33.540)


Notes:

1. This was a jazz guitar clinic by Reg Schwager, one of the best jazz guitarists around. If those of you outside of Canada don't know Reg and his playing, he's another in the line of Canadian jazz guitar greats with people like Bickert, Breau, Lofsky, Greenwich, Ganon, etc. He was joined by Don Thompson.

2. My better mics are getting fixed, so I had to use:
Sony ECM-907 > MIC2496 > Microtrack 24/96 > Sound Forge 6.0E > flac

3. Even though I was mere feet away from Reg and Don, background noise, the two of them being very soft-spoken gentlemen, and background noise from the venue's kitchen made for difficult recording conditions. EQ to bring up Don's bass, Noise Reduction, and compression were used.

4. This was truly a great learning opportunity and concert. Thanks to the venue for hosting great live jazz! No thanks to the venue for poor food and service, which honestly must take some sort of talent to accomplish. For those in Toronto and area, they are hosting great live jazz every week, usually free! Just eat somewhere else if at all possible.

5. Help with the names of the first two standards would be appreciated.

Relevant Links:
http://www.regschwager.com
http://www.chalkerspub.com