Ready, Willing & Able

Personnel

• Luis Giraldo — voice
• Bria Skonberg — voice and trumpet (tracks 2 & 8)
• Ben Paterson — Hammond B3 organ
• Ed Cherry — guitar
• Jason Tiemann — drums

Notes

Several years ago, Ben Paterson came to Frankie’s Jazz Club in Vancouver to play with Cory Weeds. While enjoying the set, Cory asked me to join them on stage for a tune. I didn’t know Ben personally then, but at that very moment, I knew I wanted to someday record an album with him. This began my being a pain in Cory’s ass for years about producing a record for me.

In late 2021, we found ourselves booking flights and hotels to fly out to New York City at the end of January 2022 to go into Rudy Van Gelder Studio for two days to record with Ben. I pitched Cory and Ben on doing not one but two albums: organ trio and piano trio. Ben agreed, and here is the result of day one.

Production

• Executive Producer: Luis Giraldo & Cory Weeds
• Produced by Cory Weeds
• Recorded at Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ on January 28th, 2022
• Engineered by Maureen Sickler
• Mixed and mastered by Shawn Pierce
• Cover artwork by Perry Chua
• Photography by Cory Weeds
• Design and layout by Perry Chua