An old, old cell phone recording of us playing this in Jack's living room on the Upper West Side...I've used WavePad to try to render the audio quality somewhat acceptable via noise reduction and some equalization tweaks. It's a lovely piece, and I think we played it rather well, given that it was a read-through! :)

Ravel Sonatine 2nd Movement-Josh Johnson and Jack Nieman (Jacqueline Jonee)

Recently found a zip file with a bunch of recordings I made back in 2007, I believe with my cell phone. This is one of those recordings...it's like a time capsule! Hard to believe how much the quality of recording devices has improved since then! 

CPE Bach Flute Sonata in A Minor - Allegro

Even this Bundy bass from the 70s plays better than the new Buffet student bass.. :-\

Weber2ncCto2ndmvt Bundy bass clarinet

Yamaha Super Bocal demo-Tchaik 4

A year and a half after I made the Youtube video of this excerpt, I decided to dust it off, see how much of it was left in my fingers and my head, and re-record it using my new Yamaha PN2 Hamilton-plated Super Bocal, and this is the result! I'm pleased. :) I can get a trillion different colors out of this bocal, which might be my favorite part! (The high notes are no longer even remotely scary, either, which is nice...)

Shostakovich 9 bassoon solos w/Yamaha Super Bocal

an old recording of my favorite Telemann Fantasie...I wouldn't play it this way now, I don't think, but at the time, this tempo seemed appropriate. 

Telemann Fantasie no. 12 for solo flute in g minor

Just unearthed this little recording from several years ago...I was trialing a 17.75 inch viola for a couple of weeks, and it was a KILLER sounding instrument. I ended up not being quite able to afford it, but man, I would have loved to have bought this thing! I don't remember what I'm playing, it was some rando piece I was working on at the time...listen to the C string on this thing, though! God, I miss playing the viola. *sigh* 

Joshua Jönsson

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