Music Production and Recording

Girl Talk – Neal Hefti

Just Above A Whisper

Janet Planet – Vocals
Gene Bertoncini – Guitar
John Harmon – Piano

Recorded, mixed and mastered by Tom Washatka

New York, New York – John Kander  arr. Maury Laws

Strings Attached

Live in concert with the Rochester Minnesota Orchestra conducted by Jere Lantz.

New York, New York arranged by Maury Laws (Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer & Frosty the Snowman fame).

Recorded by John Gibson
Produced, mixed
and mastered by Tom Washatka

 

Get Happy – Harold Arlen  arr. Matt Turner

Get Happy

Live in concert at the Grand Theater in Oshkosh Wisconsin.
Janet Planet – Vocals
Tom Washatka – Saxophone
Matt Turner – Cello/arranger
Tom Theabo – Guitar
John Harmon – Piano
John Gibson – Bass
Dane Richeson – Drums

Produced, mixed and mastered by Tom Washatka

By The Light Of The Silvery Moon/What A Little Moonlight Can Do – Edwards/Madden  Woods

Anita Wardell – Vocals
Tom Theabo – Guitar

Recorded, mixed and mastered by Tom Washatka

 

West Coast Blues – Wes Montgomery

Clearly

Cynthia Bane – Vocals
John Harmon – Piano
Andy Sachen – Bass
Mike Malone – Drums

Recorded, mixed and mastered by Tom Washatka

 

Taos Pueblo – John Harmon

Rite Of Passage

John Harmon – Piano/Composer

Produced, edited and mastered by Tom Washatka

 

 

 

 

When I Fall In Love – Victor Young

Tonight … The Moon Belongs To You

Drew Fase – Vocals, Piano
Tom Washatka – Saxophone

Recorded, mixed and mastered by Tom Washatka

 

The Great Plains – Jim Olsen

The Great Plains

Jim Olsen – Flute, composer
John Harmon – Piano

Recorded, mixed and mastered by Tom Washatka

 

 

Little Bird – Mike Sullivan

Little Bird

Mike Sullivan – Vocal, Guitar, Composer
Tom Washatka – Saxophone

Recorded by Mike Sullivan
Mixed and mastered by Tom Washatka

 

 

I Raise My Glass – Janet Planet & John Harmon

More Beautiful Than Planned

Janet Planet – Vocal
John Harmon – Piano, Composer

Recorded and Mixed Larry Darling

Mastered by Tom Washatka

The Island – Janet Planet w/Urban World

Can’t Take That Away

Janet Planet – Vocal
Jeff Pietrangelo – Trumpet
Tom Washatka – Saxophone
Claude Cailliet – Trombone
Tom Theabo – Guitar
Orlando Cabrera – Percussion
Mike Murphy – Drums

Recorded, mixed and mastered by Tom Washatka

The More I See You – Michele Korb

Ab Origine

Michele Korb – Vocal, Guitar
Tom Theabo – Guitar

Recorded, mixed and mastered by Tom Washatka

Elis – Chris Swansen

Love Letters From Cary Bluff

Janet Planet – Vocals
Matt Blanchard – Saxophone
Ryan Ferreira – Guitar
Ike Sturm – Bass/arranger
Ziv Ravitz – Drums

Recorded, mixed and mastered by Tom Washatka

Yellow Soled – Chris Swansen (music) Cully Swansen (lyric)

Love Letters From Cary Bluff

Nancy King – Vocals
Steve Christofferson – Piano
Cully Swansen – Bass

Recorded, mixed and mastered by Tom Washatka

 

 

Good Morning Heartache – Higginbotham, Drake, Fisher  arr. Ken Schaphorst

Janet Planet – Vocals
Tom Washatka – Saxophones
Woody Mankowski – Saxophones

Recorded, mixed and mastered by Tom Washatka

 

 

 

Lazy Afternoon – Moross, La Touche

Live At The Metropolitan Room

Janet Planet – Vocals
Tom Theabo – Guitar
Gene Bertoncini – Guitar
Dan Loomis – Bass
Ross Pederson – Drums

Produced, mixed and mastered by Tom Washatka

Crooked Road – Metheny/Moore

Dreamlands I

Nancy King – Vocals
Steve Christofferson – Piano

Produced and mastered by Tom Washatka

 

 

Woman’s Got Soul – Curtis Mayfield  arr. Tom Theabo

A Fine Sample

Tom Theabo – Guitar/arranger
Jim Doherty – Trumpet
Tom Washatka – Saxophone
Claude Cailliet – Trombone
John Gibson – Bass
James LeFerve – Drums

Recorded, mixed and mastered by Tom Washatka

 

Mr. Phone – Tim DeMaster

The Way Of  The World

Tim DeMaster – Vocals, guitar
Tom Theabo – Guitar, Bass
Tom Washatka – Saxophone, MIDI programming

Recorded by Tim DeMaster

Mixed and mastered by Tom Washatka

El Tigre – John Harmon

Da Capo

Janet Planet – Vocals
John Harmon – Piano, composer
Tom Washatka – Saxophone
John Gibson – Bass
Zach Harmon – Drums

Recorded, mixed and mastered by Tom Washatka

Easy To Love – Tom Washatka Quorum

Easy To Love

Tom Washatka – Saxophone
Matt Turner – Piano
Charles Ledvina – Bass
Ryan Korb – Drums

Live at the Neenah Jazz Fest

Mastered by Tom Washatka

Inner Sun – Gabe Wilson

Break In The Clouds

Gabe Wilson – Vocal, Guitar, Composer, Backing Track Programming
Penny Wilson – Vocal, Percussion

Recorded by Gabe & Penny Wilson

Mixed and mastered by Tom Washatka

 

Four – Janet Planet

All I Want For Christmas

Janet Planet – Vocal
Tom Washatka – Saxophone
Tom Theabo – Guitar

Mixed and mastered by Tom Washatka

Gin & Juice – Snoop Dogg

Chansons pour mon Chaton

Virginia Rodgers – Vocal, Harp, Arrangement

 

Recorded, mixed and mastered by Tom Washatka

You Don’t Know What Love Is – Scott Dercks & Tom Washatka

When Friends Speak

Tom Washatka – Saxophone
Scott Dercks – Guitar

Recorded, mixed and mastered by Tom Washatka

 

I’ll Take Manhattan – Rodgers & Hart

Of  Thee I Sing

Janet Planet – Vocals
Tom Washatka – Saxophone
Tom Theabo – Guitar
John Harmon – Piano/arranger
John Gibson – Bass
Danny Lueck – Drums

Recorded, mixed and mastered by Tom Washatka

Leopard-Skin Pillbox-Hat – Bob Dylan  arr. Tom Theabo/Janet Planet

Sings The Music Of Bob Dylan

Janet Planet – Vocals
Tom Theabo – Guitar/arranger
John Gibson – Bass
Danny Lueck – Drums

Recorded, mixed and mastered by Tom Washatka

 

I Fall In Love Too Easily – Styne  arr. Matt Turner/John Harmon

Outside In

Matt Turner – Cello
John Harmon – Piano

Recorded, mixed and mastered by Tom Washatka

 

Dee Dah/This Can’t Be Loved – Rodgers

Dreamlands II

Nancy King – Vocals
Steve Christofferson – Piano

Produced and mastered by Tom Washatka

 

 

Line For Lyons – Gerry Mulligan

Comes Love

Lisa Roti – Vocals
Tom Washatka – Saxophone
John Harmon – Piano
Tom Theabo – Guitar
Chris Carani – Bass
Martin Bany – Drums

Recorded, mixed and mastered by Tom Washatka

 

I Can’t Give You Anything But Love – Jimmy McHugh

I Can’t Give You Anything But Love

Tim Buchholtz – Vocals
Marty Robinson – Trumpet
John Greiner – Alto Saxophone
Jeff Erickson – Tenor Saxophone
Tim Albright – Trombone
Matt Buchman – Piano
Cully Swansen – Bass
Ryan Korb – Drums

Horn arrangement Tom Washatka

Recorded, mixed and mastered by Tom Washatka

Drift – Cody James

Start Climbing

Cody James – Vocals, Guitar, Bass, Drums

String arrangement Tom Washatka

Recorded by Cody James

Mixed and mastered by Tom Washatka

 


Waters Of March – Janet Planet

Consequence Of  Two

Janet Planet – Vocal
Tom Theabo – Guitar

Recorded, mixed and mastered by Tom Washatka

Swing Low – Geo

CD #9

George Peterman – Vocal
Tom Theabo – Guitar
Tom Washatka – Saxophone, horn arrangement

Recorded, mixed and mastered by Tom Washatka

Autumn To May – Richard Stiles

Autumn To May

Janet Planet – Vocal
Richard Stiles – Piano
Virginia Rodgers – Harp
Tom Washatka – English Horn

Recorded, mixed and mastered by Tom Washatka

What Do You See – Richard Stiles

Maybe Something

Janet Planet – Vocal
Tom Theabo – Guitar
Tom Washatka – Saxophone

Tom Washatka – MIDI Programming

Recorded, mixed and mastered by Tom Washatka

Composer/Arranger

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Trouble – Madie Vandenheuvel

Madie Vandenheuvel – vocals

Arranged, recorded, mixed and mastered by Tom Washatka

 

Fried Bananas – Dexter Gordon  arr. Tom Washatka

Madisalsa

Arranged by Tom Washatka

 

 

 

 

maddie-v-album

Already Gone – Madie Vandenheuvel

Madie Vandenheuvel – vocals

Arranged, recorded, mixed and mastered by Tom Washatka

 

 

 

 

 

Easy To Love – Cole Porter  arr. Tom Washatka

Janet Planet – vocals
Woody Mankowski – saxophones
Tom Washatka – saxophones

Arranged, recorded, mixed and mastered by Tom Washatka

Aware – Frank Moscato

Franki Moscato – Vocals

Arranged, recorded, mixed and mastered by Tom Washatka

Spanish Boots Of Spanish Leather – Dylan  arr. Tom Washatka

Janet Planet – vocals with Big Band

Arranged, produced, mixed and mastered by Tom Washatka

 

Love Beyond Time – Chris Swansen  arr. Tom Washatka

Janet Planet – Vocals
Tom Washatka – Saxophone
Ryan Ferreira – Guitar
Ike Sturm – Bass/arranger
Ziv Ravitz – Drums

Arranged, recorded, mixed and mastered by Tom Washatka

 

The Island – Ivan Lins  arr. Tom Washatka

Janet Planet – Vocals
Tom Washatka – Saxophone/arranger
Jeff Pietrangelo – Trumpet
Claude Cailliet – Trombone

Tom Theabo – Guitar
Scott Pingel – Bass
Orlando Cabrera – Percussion

Mike Murphy – Drums

Arranged, mixed and mastered by Tom Washatka

 

Message In A Bottle – Sting  arr. Tom Washatka

Janet Planet – Vocals
Tom Washatka – Saxophone/arranger
Matt Turner – Cello
John Harmon – Piano

Tom Theabo – Guitar
John Gibson – Bass
Dane Richeson – Drums

Arranged, mixed and mastered by Tom Washatka

Prayer – Tom Washatka & Janet Planet

Janet Planet – vocals

Composed, arranged, recorded, mixed and mastered by Tom Washatka

 

 

Way Down Yonder In New Orleans – Layton  arr. Tom Washatka

Janet Planet – Vocals
Tom Washatka – Saxophone
Tom Theabo – Guitar
John Harmon – Piano/arranger
John Gibson – Bass
Danny Lueck – Drums

Arranged, recorded, mixed and mastered by Tom Washatka

Feeling Of Joy – Tom Washatka & Janet Planet

Janet Planet – Vocals
Tom Washatka – Saxophones

Composed and arranged by Tom Washatka

Royaly Free Muzic

 

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