Gerald Veasley Ready To Make 'Your Move' An 'Emotional' Experience

Bassist Gerald Veasley returned to the studio to record his latest set, Your Move, the follow-up to the 2007 live recording Live At The Jazz Base. Veasley gets support on several album tracks with songwriting, production, and guitar by Chuck Loeb. The first single from the set is the up-tempo Loeb composition "Slip 'N Slide." Veasley says that he didn't really have a high concept for the theme of the new set, which shows off his four- and six-string bass playing in a number of styles. He explained that he just wanted it to be emotionally affecting: The only real theme was to kinda make the music have as much emotional content as possible, which is pretty much always an underlying purpose of all the music I put out. Didn't really think much about making a theme record like maybe I have in the past on some of my other records." Veasley is gearing up for the Berks Jazz Festival in Reading, Pennsylvania, where he'll be performing March 29th with the WJJZ All-Stars featuring Rick Braun, Bobby Lyle, Chuck Loeb, Chris Farr and the Berks Jazz Fest Horns. Veasley will also be part of the April 3rd Berks All-Star Jazz Jam featuring Rick Braun, Chuck Loeb, Richard Elliot, Nick Colionne, Brian Bromberg, Pat Martino, Joe McBride, Brian Simpson, Ricky Lawson, and Andrew Neu. The new CD Your Move will be released on March 11th. More information about Veasley is available at the bassist's website, geraldveasley.com.

By: Janine Coveney

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