River Whale

Nick Lane has performed with Maynard Ferguson, Rod Stewart, Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers, Chicago, Tower of Power, and Etta James (to name a few.)  

River Whale was a piece that Lane originally wrote for Maynard Ferguson: 

“I wrote/sold the original to Maynard Ferguson as part of the 1980, “It’s My Time” album.  … When a new “producer” was brought in on that Maynard project for CBS, River Whale was shelved in favor of 2 songs/charts which the producer wrote.  It wasn’t until Eric Miyashiro contacted me several years ago, that River Whale was finally properly recorded.”

Miyashiro put the song on his Maynard tribute album, Pleiades.  As for today’s performance, Nick said,

“It’s a little intimidating putting stuff out there 40+ years after the fact and wondering how today’s sophisticated musicians will react to it.”

We aren’t worried about that; we know you’re going to love it!  (And hey, Nick Lane thinks you're a sophisticated musician - who knew we would leave you on such a high note?)