out of control
Out of Control from the album Hugh Jarvis Hitchcock: FUNKMEISTER composed, produced, arranged, engineered and mixed by Hugh Jarvis Hitchcock Elisa Sintjago on vocals Jesse Jones Jr. on saxophones Derek Mason on lead guitars Hugh J. Hitchcock on bass, drums and synthesizer programming and keyboards and rhythm guitars © copyright 2009-2010 Funkatology Records LLC…
you didn’t have to be so nice
You Didn’t Have to Be So Nice from the album Hugh Jarvis Hitchcock: FUNKMEISTER This song reached #75 on the Top 100 International Adult Contemporary Charts for October, 2010 composed, produced, arranged, engineered and mixed by Hugh Jarvis Hitchcock Elisa Sintjago on vocals Jesse Jones Jr. on alto saxophone Hugh J. Hitchcock on electric guitars…
News 1/10/2011
Hello World, Just lettin’ ya know, I’ve just released a second single from my album FUNKMEISTER, “Mixed Messages” which is now being played internationally. This is a song featuring the very talented Elisa Sintjago (www.elisasintjago.com) as well as Jesse Jones Jr. on saxophone (www.jessejonesjr.com), and presenting a very talented guitarist who happens to be a very…
this is a test
This Is a Test from the album Jesse Jones Jr.: Father of Scat Hop © copyright 2010 Funkatology Records LLC Jesse Jones Jr.: saxophones, vocals, scat and “scat hop” Hugh Jarvis Hitchcock (producer): drum programming, all basses, keyboards, rhythm guitars Ike Woods: lead and rhythm guitars Val Woods: female vocals Dennis Sierra: lead guitars Joe…
#75 in the Top 100 International Charts!
On October 15th I was notified — actually it came out of the blue and pretty much took me by surprise — that my song “You Didn’t Have to Be So Nice” from my record FUNKMEISTER had reached chart position #75 on the Top 100 international charts for Adult Contemporary songs. Wow! What a great…
Jesse Jones Jr. – Get On Up video
Jesse Jones Jr. – Get On Up Get On Up from Jesse Jones Jr.: Father of Scat Hop available at http://www.cdbaby.com/scathop This version has the best sound encoding yet so far of all the uploaded vids for this song. Get On Up (Hitchcock / Jones) on Funkatology Records LLC ©2010 Jesse Jones Jr.: vocals, saxophones,…
about FUNKMEISTER pt. 2
FUNKMEISTER was the first record I’d produced under my own name as artist. I have produced other LPs and/or have been in on the production of quite a few records, but this time, I decided I would take on the whole task of writing, arranging, recording, engineering, and producing in my own space, dependent on…
about FUNKMEISTER pt. 1
So my first CD, FUNKMEISTER has been pressed and will be shipping shortly. I wanted to write a few things about the CD so people know where I am coming from with this. First of all, the use of the term FUNKMEISTER is not at all intended to label myself as “the Funkmeister”, and after…
shameless hype
that’s what it is — gratuitous commercialism running rampant. But I thought I’d let you know that I have created a radio spot (rather long one at about 5 minutes in length) to promote my new CD, which is shipping now. I have decided to spare the readers of this website the constant bombardment of…
FUNKMEISTER CD Liner notes
Hello World! I figured it was about time to let you all hear some of mysongs. This catalog ranges from 1985 to the present in terms of dates the songs were written, although these tracks were produced between January of 2008 and May of 2009. But seriously folks, ain’t nothin’ but a groove or two.…
Make No Mistake
Make No Mistake composed, arranged, performed, produced and engineered by Hugh Jarvis Hitchcock audio mix remastered 7/14/09 video re-edited on 7/16/09 saxophone by Jesse Jones Jr. Latin percussion by Joe Collado Video by Jay Surrell Original CD artwork by Olavo Machado Neto What can I say about this elixir, errr… movie? Well… Jay Surrell, of videobillboards.org,…
Old Tapes
When my father died last year, it sort of put a whole new perspective on my life. When I saw the writeup on him in the New York Times, and all the many others, and how they listed all his accomplishments, I sort of realised how I hadn’t ever done the same thing for myself… just…