Art Direction / Print & CD Packaging Design Zebra Records compilation made up of song contributions from Chaka Khan, Brenda Russell, Vince Mendoza, Lori Perry, Gino Vanelli, Toots Thielemans, Al Jarreau, Mark Portmann and The Yellowjackets. Zebra Records, the brainchild of label owner Ricky Schultz, brought a new label re-launch campaign to the attention of Eric […]
Art Direction / Print & CD Packaging Design Zebra Records, the brainchild of label owner Ricky Schultz, brought a new label re-launch campaign to the attention of Eric Scott was at the time working full-time as art director. The creative brief included updating the label’s brand and designing a unifying look for all the releases with […]
Art Direction / Print & CD Packaging Design The Zebra Acoustic label re-release of music written by Charlie Chaplin, who is long remembered as a golden era film actor, but often overlooked for having composed music for the cello. The recordings were performed by Thomas Beckmann and Johannes Cernola. Zebra Records, the brainchild of label owner Ricky Schultz, brought a […]
Art Direction / Print & CD Packaging Design Zebra Records, the brainchild of label owner Ricky Schultz, brought a new label re-launch campaign to the attention of Eric Scott was at the time working full-time as art director. The creative brief included updating the label’s brand and designing a unifying look for all the releases with […]
Art Direction / Print & CD Packaging Design “Rob Mullins’ liner notes inform us that this disc is his attempt to reflect the craziness of the modern world, and he musically captures that vibe without getting self indulgent or inaccessible […] on a disc that incorporates rhythms of the world (samba, Latin, African), Crusaders-influenced soul, […]
Art Direction / Print & CD Packaging Design Keyboardist David Garfield pays an upbeat tribute to friend and legendary session drummer Jeff Porcaro, joined by an impressive team of studio friends and session players, (in cluding Gregg Bissonette, Michael Boddicker, Larry Carlton, Lenny Castro, Bill Champlin, Vinnie Colaiuta, Nathan East, Peter Erskine, Donald Fagen, Steve […]
Art Direction / Print & CD Packaging Design Zebra Records, the brainchild of label owner Ricky Schultz, brought a new label re-launch campaign to the attention of Eric Scott was at the time working full-time as art director. The creative brief included updating the label’s brand and designing a unifying look for all the releases with […]
Art Direction / Print & CD Packaging Design Influenced by George Benson and Wes Montgomery, Zachary Breaux was a flexible guitarist who could handle soul-jazz, post-bop and hard bop as well as more commercial pop-jazz and NAC music. Though the jazzman only recorded a handful of albums – including 1992’s Groovin’ and 1994’s Laidback, both on NYC, […]
Art Direction / Print & CD Packaging Design Since this keyboardist left his high profile gig with the Rippingtons in the mid 90s, he’s paid some bills doing parts and arrangements for superstar producer David Foster, and Portmann’s own instincts as studio ringleader make No Truer Words a busy, diverse affair. One gets the sense that Portmann’s […]
Brand Strategy, Art Direction, Design & Marketing Promotions Zebra Records’ artistic director Ricky Schultz commissioned a specialized “out of the box” approach to marketing his portfolio of A&R recruitment and jazz consultancy. The result: a tailored approach with customized rubberstamp, 3 inset postcards and Digipak®-style print package for a Portfolio/CV, hand-made in time for the […]