Michael Kaeshammer Expanding
Musically and Spiritually
 April
19, 2004 - Michael Kaeshammer
says he went into the recording for his new album "Strut"
with a new set of rules for life. The Canadian pianist went
through some changes in his personal life in the last few years
and he "started playing from what's inside." Kaeshammer
told Smooth Jazz Now "I'm discovering that there are
more important things in life than business and the stupid unimportant
things and sometimes music can kind of reflect that." The
Jazz boogie-woogie pianist say's he wanted to capture a certain
intimate feel on "Strut" so he invited his band to
record in an old barn at Stony Lake, just outside Peterborough,
Ontario. In his search to make the relationships in his life
count he wanted an atmosphere where all the players on the album
could get to know each other. Kaeshammer says, "At the
cabin it was really warm and everybody was there for a week
and we couldn't go anywhere we had to hang out. We had to play
music and it was just pure joy. Everyone came from a different
place, the bass player is from New York, the drummer is from
New Orleans and the guitarist and I are from Toronto. Read
our interview with Kaeshammer from March 31, 2004.
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