Album "Thank you, Merci"
A dedication to the musicians of New Orleans
Re-released by Record Label DistroKids Sept 2025 (9 tracks of 2009's original “Thank you, Merci” CD release).
Originally recorded in 2007 and 2008 and released as a 12 track CD in 2009 and promoted at the Vancouver Jazz Festival for 4 years.
With Russ Botten (bass), Tony Foster (piano), Joe Poole (drums) with arrangements by Russ and Tony. Special guest, Tom Colclough (clarinet) on Chantez-Les-Bas, may he rest in peace.
Recorded live off of the floor with 3 takes each song. The best take was chosen with a few vocal intros and outros redone later on. The verse for Chantez-Les-Bas was resung.
Recorded, engineered, mixed and mastered by Dwayne Harder, live off the floor at Riverside Recording Studio.
LISTEN
High Fly (Randy Weston with lyric added by Jon Hendricks)
Chantez-Les-Bas (W.C. Handy)
Summer Samba (Marcos Valle, English lyric by Norman Gimbel)
Would You Like to Take a Walk (Harry Warren lyrics by Mort Dixon and Billy Rose)
Babe's Blues (Randy Weston with lyric added by Jon Hendricks)
They Say It's Wonderful (Irving Berlin)
It's Time (Horace Silver)
I Concentrate On You (Cole Porter)
Little Niles (Randy Weston with lyric added by Jon Hendricks)