One of the album highlights is an interpretation of Rodgers & Hart’s “Isn’t It Romantic?” that begins with about 75 seconds of just Krall’s voice and Anthony Wilson’s guitar. In the photo, Schmitt appears to be listening intently-something that all great musicians and all great recording engineers do. The liner notes also include a photo that Krall took, which captures LiPuma engaged in a conversation with recording engineer Al Schmitt, a 20-time Grammy winner. The dedication is particularly poignant because Krall and her longtime collaborator, Tommy LiPuma, completed the album prior to the famed producer’s death on March 13. To follow the ongoing efforts of Masi and his production team ( Masi Posse Productions), there is a Facebook page that has been set up.The liner notes of pianist/vocalist Diana Krall’s new album of jazz standards, Turn Up The Quiet, include a dedication: “For Tommy.” DownBeat used that phrase as the title of the cover story on Krall in our June issue. The band was created for the film, featuring an original soundtrack of “new” 80’s music. The film Turn Up The Night is about the rise and fall of (fictional) 80’s hard rock band, Boy Elroy. It all coincides with the launch of a fundraising effort to finish the production and move us past the delay hurdles of 2020.” “We’re super excited – we think it is going to have a hell of a response. ‘Turn Up the Night’ is a film about the rise and fall of 80’s hard rock/hair metal band, Boy Elroy.
“ It’s a song called ‘The Only’ and it features members of Buffalo’s very own Nerds Gone Wild, along with Kevin Sampson and The Night Shift. “We just had an exciting release of an original hair metal song – it’s the first big peek at the movie for the public,” said Masi. Now, as we can finally see a light at the end of a long, dark tunnel, it appears as if Masi is finally getting the production schedule back on track. At the time, film production was ramping up, but the project hit a “hiatus” when the pandemic struck.
A couple of years back, I posted on the efforts of Rick Masi, Executive Producer of the 80’s hard rock/hair metal band film, Turn Up The Night, being filmed in Buffalo.
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