Hi Folks,
Well, Jesse and I were on WLRN FM 93.1 FM in Miami this last monday night, May 17 and it was a blast! Tracy Fields is totally cool people, as Jesse says "what you see is what you get" and I edited that to "what you hear is what you get" as I have been listening to Tracy for quite a few years now, and she is totally cool people I can now testify for real. We had a great time talking about Scat Hop, and its father Jesse Jones Jr. I was asked if I was the "midwife" of Scat Hop LOL! I had never thought of it that way but I guess you could say that, but as I told Tracy, Scat Hop really fell out of the air one day when I asked Jesse to do a vocal on the first track we were working on for the album (song now called "Get On Up"). Truly a unique vocal concept, which I feel had never been heard before, at least in a funk setting, although Jesse gives lots of props to Clark Terry. ANYWAY -- if you missed the radio interview, you can check it out online as I have posted the entire interview here.
If anyone out there is a specialist in record marketing and distribution, please contact me as we are looking to hire someone to help us get this record in clubs and distribution deal. Everyone just loves this record the Father of Scat Hop, but since Jesse is so well known as a jazz artist it's a little weird to break over into the club/funk/dance market and we could use a little help. Get in touch if you specialise in this type of thing and we'll talk turkey.