Todd Bishop's Pop Art 4

www.popart4.com

Liner Notes

Spontaneous Composition Excerpt
Le Talkie Walkie

Personnel

Rich Cole - Woodwinds
Chris Mosley - Guitar
Dan Duval - Guitar
Jason Goessl - Bass
Todd Bishop - Drums

Track 1 composed collectively by Pop Art 4. Track 2 written by Serge Gainsbourg. Recorded live in the studio at Jackstraw Studios in Seattle, WA on May 23, 2009; engineered by Doug Haire.

Drummer, bandleader, music educator, graphic designer, web developer - Todd does it all. This tribute to Serge Gainsbourg has quickly become one of my favorite groups to work with. A summary from Todd's MySpace page: "69 Année Erotique is the title of an April, 2009 CD release by Portland, OR drummer Todd Bishop's Pop Art 4. The album features the US Pacific Northwest's most exciting and creative jazz musicians performing instrumental jazz renditions of the music of French pop icon Serge Gainsbourg." I had the privelege of recording a few guitar overdubs on the album, and more recently, of playing numerous gigs in Seattle and Portland with various incarnations of this great band.

New review by Paul Abella @ Chicago Jazz!

"Origin Records strikes again with another outstanding disc, this time from drummer Todd Bishop and an outstanding group playing the music of Serge Gainsbourg. I have to admit, I hadn’t a clue who Serge Gainsbourg was, prior to seeing this disc make its way across my desk. Of course, curiosity got the best of me and I had to check out Gainsbourg’s music to hear these songs straight from the source. What I heard was charming and familiar on a number of levels. At once, I heard the jazz meets French folk of Maurice Chevalier (or Edith Piaf), the soundtracks of any number of hip sixties and seventies movies, the nouveau chanson of Pauline Croze and even the music of Beck. What started off as, 'These guys are doing a tribute to who?' quickly turned into, 'Oh man, this really is hip!' I loved Bishop’s disc from the second I put it in the CD player; I am a sucker for fat bass lines and funky drum grooves, after all ..."

Personnel (Studio)