Blue Canteen Music

04/18/2023

A very special THANK YOU to all the jazz journalists who have favorably written and reviewed Red Beats!

Thank you to all the radio stations across the country and overseas that are playing the record and reporting spins to JazzWeek

In three weeks on the top 50, Red Beats is #18.

THANK YOU GROOV Marketing and Consulting for your continued support of the music.

03/16/2023

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03/09/2023

Special thanks to Jon McCaslin for featuring my latest release RED BEATS on his outstanding blog FOUR ON THE FLOOR.

The recording is streaming now ano being played nationwide on jazz radio.

Drummer, composer, author and educator Steve Fidyk recently released his new big band recording entitled Red Lines featuring a stellar line-...

02/08/2023

Special thanks to Moz Taylor at Jazz Boulevard Radio Show, a weekly award-winning, 2-hour syndicated radio show produced in jazzy Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The program’s syndication network includes stations from B.C. to Newfoundland, as well as in other countries.

Thanks for spinning Steve’s new record RED BEATS!!

JBRS 971 … On the show this week we sample some new and recent recordings from Montreal trumpeter Rachel Therrien, bassist Ben Wolfe, a drummer led Big Band album from Steve Fidyk, and tuba master Jim Self. Also tracks from Don Byron and Claire Daly looking at the sounds of Motown Records … and ...

02/01/2023

A very special thank you to
Michael Doherty for the positive and in-depth review of Steve Fidyk’s new CD RED BEATS.

https://michaelsmusiclog.blogspot.com/2023/01/steve-fidyk-red-beats-2023-cd-review.html

For information on how to order, please visit:

www.bluecanteenmusic.com

Jazz drummer and composer Steve Fidyk’s new album Red Beats features big band arrangements of his original material. He has several diffe...

01/29/2023

The Steve Fidyk Live Wire Broad Band (USA)-Red Beats (Blue Canteen Music)
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Blue Canteen Music

01/18/2023

A very special thank you to Dee Dee McNeil for the fantastic review of Steve Fidyk’s new CD RED BEATS.

“Jack Wilkins sounds amazing on guitar and the horn harmonies are arranged beautifully by Andrew Carson. In fact, all the arrangements of these original compositions by Fidyk are tight, creative and exciting. They exploit the merging of contemporary styles with big band swing and bebop jazz. Fidyk’s polyrhythmic message is both engaging and tenacious. This is his fourth date as a leader and features all-star band members pulled from popular bands like the Buddy Rich Big Band, the Count Basie Orchestra, The Jazz Orchestra of Philadelphia, Maynard Ferguson’s Big Bop Nouveau, The Army Blues, The Navy Commodores and The Airmen of Note. What’s not to love?”

- Dee Dee McNeil, Musicalmemoirs’s Blog

To preorder your copy, please visit: www.bluecanteenmusic.com

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01/10/2023

One for T.J., arranged by Philadelphia tenor saxophonist Jack Saint Clair, is one of the featured compositions on the new Steve Fidyk Live Wire Broadband recording RED BEATS.

Jack first honed his craft as a composer/arranger during his four years leading a big band on first Thursday nights at LaRose Jazz Club in Germantown. Since then, he has arranged music for the Philly POPS, the Jazz Orchestra of Philadelphia, the Temple University Jazz Band, the PRISM quartet and Chelsea Reed and her Fairweather Nine. More recently, Jack has written some sting arrangements for saxophonist Larry McKenna which will soon be released on CD.

For more information, please visit www.bluecanteenmusic.com

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01/06/2023

A very special thank you to Debbie Burke for the incredible review and interview with Steve Fidyk on his new CD Red Beats!!

If you love big band and want to keep that amazing, engaging and evocative classic feeling but you’re writing brand new music, how do you infuse extra flavor and dimension? Ask Steve Fidyk. His upc…

01/03/2023

This holiday season, BCM artist Steve Fidyk had the opportunity to discuss his new big band recording RED BEATS with author Debbie Burke. This interview will post next week so please continue to check our socials for updates~

In the meantime, checkout Debbie’s new book DEATH BY SAXOPHONE, a murder mystery about a sax player "falling off" the Verrazano Bridge! The book is available now at Amazon.com. Check it out!

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