Here is a free music player that includes songs from our two most
recent CDs: "Atmos Trio" and "Atmos Plays Water."
Please enjoy it and pass the along to anyone else you think would might it.
Click to play Songs from Atmos Trio:
http://www.reverbnation.com/tunepak/947562
Steve - Atmos Trio
Mr. Tippy Toe - Atmos Trio
Another Slip - Atmos Trio
Armando's Rumba - Atmos Trio
Havona - Atmos Trio
Residence at 33 Revolutions
Cerrito on the 4th Wednesday of each month beginning in 2009.
There will likely be different people playing in the band each night.
All ages always welcome at 33 Revolutions.
Deploy the Atmos Trio Widget
Maybe you don't want to have to visit AtmosMusic.com to know what we're up to. Maybe you would like to share our music & videos with someone else. This handy widget should help you--it will certainly help us out.
Thanks for everything.
Live Video: "Armando's Rumba"
Paying homage to an All-time Hero, Atmos salutes jazz legend Chick
Corea with our spin on the classic: Armando's Rumba.
Corea with our spin on the classic: Armando's Rumba.
Anybody out there? Let us know what you think.
Live Video: "50 x 4"
Here's another Live Atmos Trio video featuring "50 x 4" from "Atmos Plays Waters."
Atmos Trio Newsletter
Just a couple of quick announcements from the Atmos Trio this time
around:
around:
NEW CD
We have a new CD: "Atmos Plays Waters" which is being well received already. Listen/ purchase at http://www.drewwatersmusic.com/
We have a new CD: "Atmos Plays Waters" which is being well received already. Listen/ purchase at http://www.drewwatersmusic.com/
NEW VIDEOS
See the opening track, "Steve," performed LIVE within a couple of the
days of the CD's recording session.
NEW WEB SITE
We have newly overhauled our website: check it out:
That's about it for now. See you on "the other side..."
Yoshi's SF w/ Joe Henderson Memorial Big Band
Joe Henderson Memorial Big Band
Though the Atmos Trio is one of Rob's most visible musical outlets, there are plenty of other settings in which the keen listener can find him: One is the "Joe Henderson Memorial Big Band." This group is lead by long-time Joe Henderson sideman, trumpet player Warren Gale Jr. "Warren has a deep understanding of Joe's music and it's a real privilege to be playing alongside him, as well as many of the other world-class musicians in the band: it's a super-strong collections of musicians. It's also a real challenge to, not only play this advanced modern music authentically, but to have to follow one of Warren's masterpiece-grade solos with an improvisation of your own---it's a 'kick in the backside' that I welcome--but sometimes I think: 'What am I supposed to play after THAT?'
The “Joe Henderson Memorial Big Band” performed at Yoshi’s San Francisco.
Here is the band playing Joe's "Short Story."
Trumpets
Warren Gale
John Christensen
Dave Fava
Trombones
Jules Rowles
Chuck Bennett
Saxes
Mel Martin
Pete Yellin
Jean Fineberg
Dave Tidball
Jim Rothermel
Rhythm Section
Rob Michael: Guitar
Dave Udolf: Piano
Paul Smith: Bass
Bob Belanski: Drums
View from the bandstand
Tough gig.
Rob Michael Sightings...
"I'm always playing...because that's what I love to do--that's where it's at...besides, I think I may be a work-a-holic."
Indeed, Rob Michael, guitarist and co-leader of the Atmos Trio, can be found all over the San Francisco Bay area music scene.
Teaching
Along with the activities involved with keeping-up with the Atmos Trio, Rob is one of the most sought-after music educators around. "I teach, in part, as a matter of responsibility. It's give and take: pursuing any artistic endeavor is a search, and if I can help my students with that search, and hopefully provide some inspiration to continue finding new, relevant material or an approach to some facet of music, then I'm happy to do that."
Joe Henderson Memorial Big Band
Though the Atmos Trio is one of Rob's most visible musical outlets, there are plenty of other settings in which the keen listener can find him: One is the "Joe Henderson Memorial Big Band." This group is lead by long-time Joe Henderson sideman, trumpet player Warren Gale Jr. "Warren has a deep understanding of Joe's music and it's a real privilege to be playing alongside him, as well as many of the other world-class musicians in the band: it's a super-strong collections of musicians. It's also a real challenge to, not only play this advanced modern music authentically, but to have to follow one of Warren's masterpiece-grade solos with an improvisation of your own---it's a 'kick in the backside' that I welcome--but sometimes I think: 'What am I supposed to play after THAT?'
The “Joe Henderson Memorial Big Band” will be performing at Yoshi’s San Francisco on Monday, May 12th.
Diamante
Both Rob Michael & Atmos’ drummer Joe Shotwell can be heard in another setting in the latin fusion group “Diamante.” This group is lead by guitarist Tom Duarte. The group plays different configurations: sometimes as a guitar duo with Rob & Tom, trio with guitar and percussion, still other times a quartet which included bassist Jack Hines.
Rob Michael: Solo Guitar
This is Rob in “Stealth-mode.” “It’s funny. When I play solo gigs, it’s usually for some private event, typically somewhere in Northern California’s Napa/ Sonoma Valley, where they want background solo guitar, not so much as a feature, but to provide a more upscale ambience: a background function.” Time-and-time again however, attention makes it’s way to the guitarist who seems almost “too good” to functions strictly as accompaniment to dinner and chatter becomes: ‘Do you hear this guy? Check him out!’ “That always cracks me up.”
“Solo guitar is, logistically, a musical challenge: you play the bass function, chords changes, melodies, solos and provide the groove, all at the same time. It’s also really fun though. It’s almost an exercise in free association. I play a tune, segue to a different song or simply allude to a different song, and then return--or not. This can sometimes go on for hours at a stretch. Good times.”
So, keep your eyes and ears open. When someone asks: “Hey Rob, are you playing anywhere sometime soon?” The answer is almost always “yes.”
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