Jazz Fest and Renos
Wow, the last 10 days seemed to just fly by!!! We are in the middle of complete chaos at The Cellar. The demolition part of the reno has started and we are in full swing. I will post some pics in this blog.
First lets talk jazz fest. All in all a great festival on all accounts. Good attendance with a few exceptions, good people and of course fabulous music. Okay lets talk highlights at the club: Playing with The Night Crawlers is always fun and this time we had a great organ player from Washington State named Delvon Dumas who played wonderfully. The crowd was a tad light but musically the band really came together. 2) The Jill Townsend Big Band always delights but a new arrangement of a Ross Taggart tune called "Don't Call Before Ten" really burned and it was a feature for baritone saxophonist Chad Makela who really really tore this tune up. 3) Tuesday night, Brad Turner's Tribute to The Trumpet Masters. I got the feeling that these guys had been running around all day and were happy to be 'home' so to speak and they came ready to play and play they did. The crowd loved it and so they should. The band ripped it up on literally every tune from Clark Terry's Snapper to Freddie Hubbard's Lament For Booker. 4) Cam Ryga and Frank Marocco Quintet on Saturday night was beautiful. Frank is such a wonderful man and you could tell the mutual admiration that Cam and Frank had for each other. At one point Cam was telling the audience that Frank had played the accordian on among other things The Godfather. Without missing a beat Frank played several of teh Godfather quotes he had done in the movie. The music was awesome and Cam especially sounded wonderful. 5) Ian Hendrickson-Smith Quartet. Bop at its finest and Ian played 2 very very spirited sets of music and was very gracious to the local cats that joined him. Gestrin on piano, Rushka on bass and Poole on drums. They sounded amazing which is not a suprise.
My gigs??? Well, I have to honestly say that other than the NIght Crawlers I didn't feel musically satisfied with much that I played but hey what can you do. The gigs with Lonnie were fun and it was a thrill to play with Lonnie, Peter Bernstein and Fukoshi Tanaka. What great guys and boy are they amazing musicians. The Center gig was fun. I felt like a rock star with my very own dressing room (thank Coastal) and my very own rider with food and beer. Amazing!!
Check out the reno pics!!!!
First lets talk jazz fest. All in all a great festival on all accounts. Good attendance with a few exceptions, good people and of course fabulous music. Okay lets talk highlights at the club: Playing with The Night Crawlers is always fun and this time we had a great organ player from Washington State named Delvon Dumas who played wonderfully. The crowd was a tad light but musically the band really came together. 2) The Jill Townsend Big Band always delights but a new arrangement of a Ross Taggart tune called "Don't Call Before Ten" really burned and it was a feature for baritone saxophonist Chad Makela who really really tore this tune up. 3) Tuesday night, Brad Turner's Tribute to The Trumpet Masters. I got the feeling that these guys had been running around all day and were happy to be 'home' so to speak and they came ready to play and play they did. The crowd loved it and so they should. The band ripped it up on literally every tune from Clark Terry's Snapper to Freddie Hubbard's Lament For Booker. 4) Cam Ryga and Frank Marocco Quintet on Saturday night was beautiful. Frank is such a wonderful man and you could tell the mutual admiration that Cam and Frank had for each other. At one point Cam was telling the audience that Frank had played the accordian on among other things The Godfather. Without missing a beat Frank played several of teh Godfather quotes he had done in the movie. The music was awesome and Cam especially sounded wonderful. 5) Ian Hendrickson-Smith Quartet. Bop at its finest and Ian played 2 very very spirited sets of music and was very gracious to the local cats that joined him. Gestrin on piano, Rushka on bass and Poole on drums. They sounded amazing which is not a suprise.
My gigs??? Well, I have to honestly say that other than the NIght Crawlers I didn't feel musically satisfied with much that I played but hey what can you do. The gigs with Lonnie were fun and it was a thrill to play with Lonnie, Peter Bernstein and Fukoshi Tanaka. What great guys and boy are they amazing musicians. The Center gig was fun. I felt like a rock star with my very own dressing room (thank Coastal) and my very own rider with food and beer. Amazing!!
Check out the reno pics!!!!
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