PRODUCER/MUSICIAN NED
MANN FIGHTS LOU GEHRIG’S DISEASE
WITH THE RELEASE
OF “FINDING MY WAY HOME”
Cross-Continental
All-Star Album Features Randy Brecker, Mike Stern, Will Lee, David Mann, Chuck Loeb and Rufus Reid , United in
Fight Against ALS.
Visit www.helpnedfightals.org
NEW YORK/SAN DIEGO: Music and inspiration -- always
a powerful combination – have joined hands in an amazing new way for Ned Mann and
music fans everywhere.
For years, Mann was a major player in the New York City music scene, as an in-demand
bassist and engineer/producer. But then ALS – Lou Gehrig’s disease – struck in
1999, taking away his mobility and his career seemed finished.
Today, with the beautiful new jazz double-album Finding
My Way Home, Mann and his band of believers make a defiant stand against
ALS. Volume One features musical luminaries including Randy Brecker, Will Lee, and
Chuck Loeb playing inspired contemporary jazz. Volume Two showcases Mike Stern,
David Mann, and Rufus Reid swinging standards in a mainstream jazz setting.
Equipped with new adaptive PC technology, Mann has accomplished a 21st Century feat with Home,
performing all mixing and post production duties on his computer using
SmartNav, a system that gives him full control of his mouse via head movement.
“The gift of music reappearing in my life inspired me to
help others. I produced these all-star
sessions to raise funds and awareness for ALS research. The support from the
musical community has been truly amazing, with everyone from musicians to
studios generously donating their time, talents and creativity”, Mann says. “This project has been a true
blessing for me, keeping me positive, focused and surrounded by great music. It
shows that as long as one has hope anything is possible.”
All profits from Home will be donated to the ALS
Association. Although there is no
treatment today that halts or reverses ALS, new methods, such as stem-cell
research, offer hope and the possibility of an eventual cure.
Ned’s brother David worked tirelessly on the project,
helping to coordinate recording sessions in NYC, and then sent the digital
music files to Ned for mixing and finishing at his home base in San Diego. The result is
an album that breaks new ground in its combination of art, technology, and
sheer strength of the human spirit.
“It is a rare joy to
make music simply for the love of it,” David Mann reports. “All these great
musicians were celebrating their love of music, but also their love of Ned.
This joy and love comes through in the music. We hope that people are moved by
it.”
Finding My Way Home CDs are available from CDbaby, and
downloads from CDbaby iTunes, AmazonMP3, and Rhapsody.
