In the fall of 2021, guitarist and composer Oren Hartov penned an album’s worth of jazz of all sorts — fusion, straight-ahead, funk, bossa nova, and more — and sought out a band of talented players to record the music. In the spring of 2022, the six musicians gathered for two days of recording at Clear Lake Studios in North Hollywood, CA, and Shaky Eddie was born. From the acid-jazz of lead single Mirror Juice to the Dave Brubeck-esque Ilana, Shaky Eddie is a record full of musical zigs and zags unified by a common love of the jazz idiom.

Personnel:

Drums: Pepe Hidalgo Ramos

Bass: Nick Dinucci

Vibraphone, Piano, Fender Rhodes: Nigel Newton

Saxello, Alto Sax, Tenor Sax: Hailey Niswanger

Guitar\ Oren Hartov

Hammond B-3, Piano, Fender Rhodes, Wurlitzer, Clavinet: Riccardo Gresino

Producer: Jesse Hartov

Recording Engineer: Ivan Rivera

Assistant Recording Engineer: Michael Gove

Mix Engineer: Michael James

Mastering Engineer: Dave Donnelly for DNA Mastering

Design, Illustration, and Photography: Joe Tornatzky

Photography: Stephen Pulvirent

Written and Arranged by Oren Hartov