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A series of musical postcards through 13 original compositions which perfectly capture the atmosphere of warm sunny days and balmy nights in the Mediterranean. Whether upbeat or laid back, these jazz rhythms and melodies will transport you there, recreating the relaxed mood and colours of this region

1 The Latecomer 4.20
2 Cap Mortola 3.51
3 Silk 6.33
4 Through The Night 3.33
5 Place Carnot 2.58
6 La Narbonnaise 4.51
7 Minor Happiness 4.38
8 Broadband Blues 5.05
9 La Plage 2.38
10 Waiting 5.16
11 Wistful Thinking 5.38
12 Pont Neuf 4.13
13 Sliding Scale 2.47

All tracks written by David MacKenzie & Josh Johnston

Produced by Josh Johnston & David MacKenzie
Recorded by Brian Masterson with Mark Dwyer & Maria Fitzgerald
Mixed & Mastered by Brian Masterson
© Shandon Records 2008

A Minor Happiness

'These nicely played duets by MacKenzie and Johnston are a rather sentimental, nostalgic amalgam of Stephane Grappelli's so called 'gypsy' jazz and the popular music of the 1920s and '30s, with a dash of blues and Jewish melancholy. It's best caught, paradoxically, in their own charming originals. Their classical background is evident in the care they take with the linear and harmonic nature of each piece.'
From the CD review by jazz correspondent Ray Comiskey in 'The Ticket' (The Irish Times supplement) of 19 November 2004

There are 15 tracks including 8 originals

1 Empty Bottle Blues (3'.29)
2 Helter Skelter (2'.52)
(David MacKenzie & Josh Johnston)
3 Here's That Rainy Day (3'.23)
(Jimmy Van Heusen & Johnny Burke)
4 Whimsy (2'.13)
(David MacKenzie & Josh Johnston)
5 All Of Me (4'.21)
(Seymour Simons & Gerard Marks)
6 Heatwave (3'.27)
7 Claire (4'.37)
(Stephane Grappelli)
8 Avignon (2'.47)
9 Kalin (4'.33)
(Wm Statius-Muller)
10 Mojave (2'.54)
(Antonio Carlos Jobim)
11 Ava's Song (2'.49)
(David MacKenzie & Josh Johnston)
12 Tout Sweet Blues (8'.05)
13 Kiss of Fire (3'.24)
(Angel Villoldo / Robert Allen / Lester HIll)
14 Honeysuckle Rose (1'.55)
(Fats Waller & Andy Razaf)
15 Parting Thoughts (3'.55)

Tracks 1, 6, 8, 12 & 15 Composed by David MacKenzie

Produced by David MacKenzie and Josh Johnston.
Engineered, mixed and mastered by Richard Duckworth
© Shandon Records 2004

How To Buy The CDs

There are a number of ways to purchase "Notes Home" and "A Minor Happiness"

1 Buy online with Paypal. &euro 20 per cd incl. shipping worldwide - Press the appropriate Buy Now button to be taken to Paypal's site.

Both CDs are now available from CDBaby.com and this may well be a better value option for our friends in the United States both in terms of shipping costs and shipping times.

Notes Home is here.
A Minor Happiness is here

3 By Post:

a) For Irish customers, please send a cheque made out to Josh Johnston (and drawn on an Irish bank account) for Euro 20 per cd.

b) Customers in the U.K. can send a Sterling cheque made out to Josh Johnston to the value of Stg15 pounds per cd.

c) For customers in the rest of the world please send a bank draft (in euros) made out to Josh Johnston, to the value of Euro 20 per cd.

All cheques / drafts to be posted to: Shandon Records, 20 Burdett Avenue, Sandycove, Co. Dublin. Ireland

4 The CDs are available at our concerts