Koch Style

Sterling Koch (pronounced "Cook") is a nationally recognized lap steel guitarist who is a touring and recording artist. Sterling specializes in playing traditional, Chicago style blues in a contemporary style on the lap steel guitar. He has recorded 4 solo albums of steel guitar music. The latest release titled "Slide Ruler" features bassist Tommy Shannon (Stevie Ray Vaughan) and Grammy nominated drummer Chet McCracken (Doobie Brothers). The single from the album, "If You Wanna Rock & Roll" was featured on the nationally syndicated radio program "Blues Deluxe." He has had the support of the legendary steel guitarist Calvin Cooke (mentor to Robert Randolph) when first starting on steel guitar and now can claim "steelers" Darick Campbell (The Campbell Brothers), Aubrey Ghent and Freddie Roulette as friends and mentors.

Lee Morgan - Expoobident (1960) {2000 Koch Jazz Remaster}
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© 2000 Rhino / Koch Jazz / Vee-Jay | KOC CD-8556
Jazz / Hard Bop / Post Bop / Trumpet

Although not one of his better known albums, Lee Morgan's EXPOOBIDENT is a strong outing in the still-early stages of the trumpeter's career. The oddly titled session, originally recorded for the Vee Jay label, is an excellent showcase for Morgan's developing style as one of the premier hard bop trumpeters. Also on the date are other heavy-duty boppers like the big-toned tenor man Clifford Jordan, bassist Art Davis, the great Art Blakey on drums, and the underrated pianist Eddie Higgins. The young Morgan is the central figure, however, and smartly displays his wares in swinging fashion.

Jules Massenet - Werther
Rolando Villazon / Sophie Koch / Covent Garden Orchestra / Antonio Pappano
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Label/Cat#: Deutsche Grammophon # 477 9340 | Country/Year: Europe 2012
Genre: Classical | Style: Romantic, Opera

". . . [there are numerous times] when subtlety and beauty of his vocal effects take the breath away: the dazzling light and rapid fade, for instance, during the syllables of the word "lumière" [in act one] . . . Sophie Koch puts her best tonsils forward singing the agonized Charlotte of act three, while Eri Nakamura is suitably bubbly [as Sophie] . . . Villazón's ardour finds its match in Antonio Pappano's conducting. He never shrinks from the luscious ache in Massenet's music or its dramatic bustle. Nocturnal sighs; bucolic whooping; dark melodramatics: the Royal Opera House orchestra takes care of them all." ~The Times

The Duke Pearson Nonet - Honeybuns (1966) {Koch Jazz Remaster 1999}
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© 1999 Koch Jazz / Atlantic | KOC-CD-8519
Jazz / Hard Bop / Post Bop / Piano

This 1998 Koch CD reissues a Duke Pearson LP from 1966, containing music from the previous year. Other than "Our Love" (a familiar classical theme adapted to American pop music by Larry Clinton), all six selections are originals by the pianist. Utilizing a nonet that includes trumpeter Johnny Coles (who does his best to be soulful on "Honeybuns"), trombonist Garnett Brown, flutist Les Spann, altoist James Spaulding, tenor saxophonist George Coleman, baritonist Pepper Adams, bassist Bob Cranshaw, and drummer Mickey Roker, Pearson performs music in a style that would have fit in quite well on Blue Note.

This is the latest album, "Rock Slide," by internationally recognized lap steel guitarist Sterling Koch (pronounced "Cook") from Pottsville, PA. "RockSlide" is the follow up to his previous "Let It Slide" album released in 2013 and "Slide Ruler" album released in 2011 which featured legendary blues bassist Tommy Shannon (Stevie Ray Vaughan, Johnny Winter) and Grammy nominated drummer Chet McCracken (Doobie Brothers). The new album, "RockSlide" includes eight songs, seven originals and one cover, of varying blues/rock styles. The cover song, "Crossfire," is a song originally recorded by Stevie Ray Vaughan. Three of the originals were co-written with South Carolina lyricist Freida Gantt…

A true original, Greg Koch has gained worldwide recognition for his quirky, untraditional guitar playing methods. Here, he illustrates his unique style and string manipulation skills through several songs including: "The Devil's Interval," "Chief's Blues," "Torn Asunder," "Spank It," "Tonus Diabolicus," "Death of a Bassman," and "Zoinks."