June 28, 2004

Doug and Keith recording

Doug Wimbish is recording with former Lenny Kravitz drummer Cindy Blackman and he and Will Calhoun participate in the American tv show 'Studio Jams'. Meanwhile Keith LeBlanc works with Skip McDonald's son Jaeme Brennan in Doug's NovaSound Studios.

Doug is working with Jimi Hendrix's engineer Eddie Cramer on Cindy Blackman's new album in Electric Lady Land Studios.

Doug and Will went off to Philadelphia to participate in the tv show Studio Jams. The idea of the program is to get musicians who never played together to jam and record that on film. Doug and Will are doing the show with Sting's gitarist Dominic Miller. Doug is experienced, since he did a similar show, called Opens external link in current windowMoondive, in The Netherlands.

Doug announces the first album by Black Jack Johnson, the band in which he cooperates with Mos Def, Will Calhoun, Bernie Worrell and Dr. Know, for September, just after the release of the new Mos Def album, featuring of course Doug Wimbish on bass on at least one track.

Meanwhile, things are getting busy in Doug's own, new Opens external link in current windowNovaSound Studios. The studios are to be the second headquarters of the collective better known as the On-U Sound posse. Doug describes NovaSound as 'On-U Sound West', although both studios are separate. In the NovaSound Studio now: Skip McDonald's son Jaeme Brennan, aka DJ Rasta. He's recording with Marissa Lee for her debut album. Drums on two tracks: Keith LeBlanc!