After Hours On Phila Street is my new album, featuring six original compositions and an incredible group of musicians: Scott Petito (basses), Joel Rosenblatt (drums), Joe Locke (vibraphone), Mike Tucker (tenor saxophone), Mike DeMicco (guitar), Jorge Gomez (piano, keyboards & sequencing), Joe Anderies (flute), and Ria Curley (vocals & vocal arrangements).

I produced and arranged the album, with my partner in crime, Ria Curley, as co-producer, co-arranger and album cover artist.

The album was recorded, edited, mixed & mastered by Scott Petito at NRS Recording in Catskill, NY. “Estudio” was co-produced, arranged & mixed by Jorge Gomez and me, and recorded by Jorge at ADAMS St studio in Saratoga Springs, NY. Vocals on “For Pete’s Sake” were recorded & mixed by Jim Mastrianni at JEM Studios in Saratoga Springs, NY.

The album grew out of the music, monthly performances and creative community around Phila Street in Saratoga Springs. The album is dedicated to the memory of my dear friend Joel Moss, co-founder and co-producer of the Jazz at Caffè Lena series. “Heavens To Betsy” honors my beautiful sister, Betsy, and “For Pete’s Sake” honors my amazing brother, Pete, both of whom I miss dearly.

Thanks so much for purchasing this album and supporting this independent artist!

Chuck

"After Hours On Phila Street" is my new album, featuring six original compositions and an incredible group of musicians: Scott Petito (basses), Joel Rosenblatt (drums), Joe Locke (vibraphone), Mike Tucker (tenor saxophone), Mike DeMicco (guitar), Jorge Gomez (piano, keyboards & sequencing), Joe Anderies (flute), and Ria Curley (vocals & vocal arrangements).

I produced and arranged the album, with my partner in crime, Ria Curley, as co-producer, co-arranger and album cover artist.

The album was recorded, edited, mixed & mastered by Scott Petito at NRS Recording in Catskill, NY. “Estudio” was co-produced, arranged & mixed by Jorge Gomez and me, and recorded by Jorge at ADAMS St studio in Saratoga Springs, NY. Vocals on “For Pete’s Sake” were recorded & mixed by Jim Mastrianni at JEM Studios in Saratoga Springs, NY.

The album grew out of the music, monthly performances and creative community around Phila Street in Saratoga Springs. The album is dedicated to the memory of my dear friend Joel Moss, co-founder and co-producer of the Jazz at Caffè Lena series. “Heavens To Betsy” honors my beautiful sister, Betsy, and “For Pete’s Sake” honors my amazing brother, Pete, both of whom I miss dearly.

Thanks so much for purchasing this album and supporting this independent artist!

Chuck

What do a couple of in-demand, top-tier, touring musicians do when the world is suddenly locked down? Well, lucky for us, when they’re Chuck Lamb and Jorge Gomez and they find themselves in close proximity in Saratoga Springs, NY, they take out their frustrations and combine their quarantined talents to create eight delightful pieces, cheekily titled Take 2. The result, something that will require a new Billboard genre, (I suggest, Latazzical), to cover all of the bases rounded, squared, sliced and diced by these close friends, is a journey filled with virtuosic musicianship and no-net imagination. I began my due diligence review by attempting to parse each composition and found myself trapped in a redundantly gushing loop of superlatives. So, instead, in the ‘thumbs up/down’ world, that would be all the thumbs, all the way up with my guarantee that if you put yourself into your most happy listening space, start with Unclassical Cubana and listen straight through Girl from Massapequa you will thank me later.

Joel Moss, Producer, Engineer

ALBUM CREDITS:

Released March 10, 2023

Album co-produced and co-arranged by Jorge Gomez and Chuck Lamb.

Recording, mixing and sequencing of horns, drums, bass, percussion and orchestral parts by Jorge Gomez at ADAM ST STUDIO.

Recording of Chuck Lamb piano and electric piano parts at CURLEY LAMB STUDIO.

Additional recording ("Gazebo") and album mastering by Dave Cook at AREA 52 STUDIOS.

Album photo and artwork by Ria Curley Digi Art.

Chuck Lamb - piano Jay Anderson - bass Harvey Sorgen - drums

Chuck Lamb, Jay Anderson, and Harvey Sorgen return to the studio together after 25 years traveling musical roads as varied as their own unique voices. This new album is the sum of these paths with new compositions by Chuck Lamb and a very special dedication to the great pianist/composer/educator Frank Kimbrough.

After three lifetimes of wandering, Lamb-Anderson-Sorgen present their "First Mile"...

Tracks 1, 2, 4, & 6 by Chuck Lamb† Tracks 5 and 7 by Chuck Lamb, Jay Anderson, and Harvey Sorgen† Track 3 by Jorma Kaukonen, arranged by Harvey Sorgen

Recorded, Mixed, and Mastered by Dave Cook at Area 52 Studios, Saugerties, NY

Cover Art, Photo & Design © Ria Curley 2021