"Gerald Veasley at the Jazz Base", scheduled for worldwide release on Heads Up on July 26, 2005, provides a unique window into the flip side of this compelling artist's creative identitiy, the one that emerges every time he takes the stage. And what better stage to record his first live album than the on at his own club, Gerald Veasley's Jazz Base?
On two successive evenings in November 2004, Veasley and his band took the stage in these familiar surroundings to perform fan favorites from his own catalog. Throughout the performances, Veasley and his band created a palpable vibe, a synergy of sound optimize by the 150-seat club's intimate atmosphere. The resulting recording is soul satisfying!
The album, which is filled with amazing basslines, contains two new songs: "Sugar Time " and "Celebrating Sipho", a Capetown-flavored tune penned in memory of the late South African Bassist Sipho Gumede, one of the gians of jazz bass who died of cancer in 2004.
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