History of Vectordisc Records
Vectordisc is the result of the combined efforts of many musicians, with a geographic epicenter based in Chester County, Pennsylvania, just west of Philadelphia: Click here to see all our artists.
All of our recordings are remarkably different from one another stylistically. We embrace both improvisation and formal composition.
Our first CD was released in 1998: violinist Kristin Garson's Music Under the Influence with Ron Thomas, Richard Burton, Glenn Ferracone, Ray Ferretti and Paul Klinefelter. The next recording, in 2001, was Ron Thomas’ Scenes from a Voyage to Arcturus with Richard Burton, Glenn Ferracone, Bob Meashey and Bob Howell.
In 2002, the Ron Thomas Quartet was featured on The House of Counted Days, featuring John Swana, Tony Marino and Joe Mullen. In 2006 two CDs were released: Ron Thomas’ 17 Solo Piano Improvisations and Richard Burton’s Simple Major/Simple Minor with Ron Thomas, Chico Huff and Glenn Ferracone. Also in 2006, Vectordisc picked up distribution of Mike Falcone's Playing Live with Ron Thomas, Paul Klinefelter, and Glenn Ferracone. In 2007, we released Cycles with Ron Thomas, John Swana and Joe Mullen, and Wings of the Morning: Solo Piano by Ron Thomas.
In 2008, we released Elysium with Ron Thomas, John Swana and Joe Mullen.
In 2009, we released I Saw It Comin' by the Johnny DeFrancesco Power Trio is available on CD Baby and Amazon and iTunes.
This album features Johnny DeFrancesco, guitar and vocals; Glenn Ferracone, drums; Paul Klinefelter, bass; and Joey DeFrancesco, organ.
In 2009, we also released Music for Film by Jon English and the
Bay Area Jazz Composers Orchestra is available on CD Baby.
Latest Release:
Ron Thomas and Bobby Rose, "Galaxy" (2009) with Ron Thomas, keyboards, and Bobby Rose, guitar.
Future
Releases:
Ray Ferretti, "Nice View" (2009) with Ray Ferretti, Guitars, Bass, Keyboards and Percussion; Richard Burton, Keyboards; Ron Thomas, Keyboards.
Paul Klinefelter, "Night Mood" (2009) with Paul Klinefelter, acoustic and electric bass; John Swana, trumpet; Ron Thomas, piano and keyboards; Joe Mullen, drums; Steve Giordano, guitar; Terry Klinefelter, piano; Bob Meashey, trumpet; Marc Adler, flute; George Rabbai, trumpet and flugelhorn; and Matt Davis, guitar.
Richard Burton, "Fat Samba," (2009) with Richard Burton, keyboards; Ray Ferretti, guitars and bass; Ron Thomas, keyboards; Glenn Ferracone, drums; and Joe Mullen, drums.
Javier O'Keefe, “Earleville Breakdown” (2009) with Javier O'Keefe, guitars and banjo. Click here to learn more and listen to MP3 files.
Jori Parys, "Debut" (2009) with Roger Adler, guitars, bass, drums, keyboards and programming; Richard Burton, keyboards; and Jori Parys, vocals.