Night Out
I did something that I haven't done in quite some time last night. Actually go out to another venue and listen to live jazz. My night started out by hitting A&B Sound and picking up two aweseom Tubby Hayes records. One called Mexcian Green and the other called 100 % Proof. The latter is an amazing date with a big band and Tubby Hayes is really tearing it up. He's got a huge tenor sound and simply swings his ass off. I have heard of him for a long time but never really picked anything up. When I was on the road with Paul Anka, Alvin Cornista and I were talking and Hayes' name came up and decided I better check him out. WOW!!
I headed down to O'Douls to hear Ross Taggart play some solo piano and brought my horn along. I had the pleasure of playing a whole set with him and it was so much fun. I have sat it with Ross tons before but for some reason we really connected this time and thought that we played some nice stuff.
After O'Douls I headed over to Rime to catch Brad Turner's Quartet. Im embarassed that its taken me so long to get to Rime and I have to say its a GREAT PLACE. It was encouraging to see 50 or 60 people there. I couldn't help wonder why The Cellar can't seem to draw like that on a Tuesday night. Ah, to have the walk by of Commercial Drive. I'm not trying to insinuate at all that Cem has it easier. He works hard and like any jazz club I think struggles to get by. The vibe was great, lots of musicians hanging out and a great listening audience. I sat with two of Vancouver's Jazz Scenes biggest characters Jesse Cahill and Terry Deane or Big T as he is affectionatley known. We got into the dangerous game of overrated / underrated. I wish I had the guts to post some of my thoughts but I might be black listed forever I mean afterall I am the guy that likes George Coleman over Wayne Shorter. One thing the 3 of us agreed on unanimously is that Dylan van der Schyff is the finest player of brushes in this city. the whole band was sounding great!!
Then it was off to the airport to pickup Fathead and Karen Newman. It was great to see them come off the plane. They have become good friends and I get excited everytime I see them because they are so cool.
It was fun to get away from The Cellar and go somewhere else to hear music. I should do it more often.
I headed down to O'Douls to hear Ross Taggart play some solo piano and brought my horn along. I had the pleasure of playing a whole set with him and it was so much fun. I have sat it with Ross tons before but for some reason we really connected this time and thought that we played some nice stuff.
After O'Douls I headed over to Rime to catch Brad Turner's Quartet. Im embarassed that its taken me so long to get to Rime and I have to say its a GREAT PLACE. It was encouraging to see 50 or 60 people there. I couldn't help wonder why The Cellar can't seem to draw like that on a Tuesday night. Ah, to have the walk by of Commercial Drive. I'm not trying to insinuate at all that Cem has it easier. He works hard and like any jazz club I think struggles to get by. The vibe was great, lots of musicians hanging out and a great listening audience. I sat with two of Vancouver's Jazz Scenes biggest characters Jesse Cahill and Terry Deane or Big T as he is affectionatley known. We got into the dangerous game of overrated / underrated. I wish I had the guts to post some of my thoughts but I might be black listed forever I mean afterall I am the guy that likes George Coleman over Wayne Shorter. One thing the 3 of us agreed on unanimously is that Dylan van der Schyff is the finest player of brushes in this city. the whole band was sounding great!!
Then it was off to the airport to pickup Fathead and Karen Newman. It was great to see them come off the plane. They have become good friends and I get excited everytime I see them because they are so cool.
It was fun to get away from The Cellar and go somewhere else to hear music. I should do it more often.
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