Jon Lax Autumn Dance CD

' Jim Santella (L.A. Jazz Scene)'Both a multi-instrumentalist and producer/engineer, Gainen has an impressive project. Anyone looking for soothing, evocative underscore cannot lose.

' Music Connection MagazineMaurice completed studies at Boston's Berklee College of Music in Composition and Performance. He also received a National Endowment For The Arts scholarship to study under Jazz legend Lew Tabackin. In 1988 he opened his recording studio Maurice Gainen Productions in Los Angeles. Since then, he has produced, recorded, mixed and mastered too many CDs to count in all genres including Jazz, Alternative, Rap, R&B, Rock, Broadway and World Music. He has also played flute and/or sax on many of these CDs. The people recording at his studio and his session players include many well-known stars, such as Darek Oles w/Brad Mehldau and Bennie Maupin, Jim Hershman w/Lee Konitz and Scott Colley, Larry Koonse, Jim Hershman and Eric Von Essen, L.A. Jazz Quartet (3 CDs), Angela Carole Brown, Rafael Moreira (Pink, Rockstar INXS), Royal Crown Revue and The Hues Corporation ('Rock The Boat'). Maurice also did sound design for Patty Austin. He does CD mastering for all of the 5 major record labels and his recent credits include over 100 CDs for Starbucks/Hear Music. THE SONGS:LITTLE LINDA is a firey version of the Spyro Gyra song, with a hot percussion break by Emiliano Almeida.

FEEL LIKE MAKIN' LOVE is the Roberta Flack classic with Maurice's flute framed by sultry background vocals.

LA CITA (THE QUOTE) is an original by Marcelo Berestovoy, one of the most respected guitarists in Los Angeles. Flamenco spoken here! It features percussionist Paul Alexander Gonzalez. Paul and Marcelo can be seen world-wide touring with Latina superstar Paulina Rubio. MEDITATION is the Jobim classic with June Angela singing the lead vocal.

Coming from a creative family (with sisters involved in publishing, painting and acting), the multi-instrumentalist grew up in the Sydney suburb of Balmain, hanging out with the likes of Alex Lloyd, Josh Pyke, Holly Throsby and numerous other contemporary musicians.

After a number of years as a hobby musician (and a serious career as a photographer) it was whilst travelling in Spain early in 2004 that Byrne decided to take his musical inclinations a step further. He bought a guitar from a busker and started writing songs. After asking fellow musician David Lane for some advice, Byrne was pointed in the direction of producer (and Church drummer) Tim Powles. The two connected and began working together recording a collection of songs.