Long Time No Blog

Wow, long time no blog. Sorry about that, I hadn't realized how long it has been since I last posted. Almost 3 weeks. Things have been rolling along quite nicely here at The Cellar with a plethora (yeah thats right) of good shows here at the club and despite the changing seasons the crowds have kept up at a relatively good pace considering. Some highlights: Pianist Ross Taggart brought in a wonderful trio (Ken Lister on bass and Craig Scott on drums)on May 21st and played a spirited couple of sets. Brad Turner was at master control getting the sounds on tape so who knows what will happen. May 14th was a fun night with vocalist Lorraine Foster doing a tribute to Rosemary Clooney which sounded fabulous. Lorraine did a wonderful job and the crowds were thoroughly entertained. George Evans made a rare Cellar apperance on May 12th and 13th and thoroughly entertained the audience. The trio of Jesse Cahill (drums), Jodi Proznick (bass) and Tilden Webb (piano) were particularily impressive. Guitarist Oliver Gannon appeared with his quartet on May 11th and as he always does HE SWUNG HIS ASS OFF. I have had the great pleasure of having a lot of great musicians play here at the club but none make me smile more than the'King Of Canadian Jazz Guitar.' It was great. I can't honestly say it was a highlight for the crowd because I don't know but for me it was a highlight. My band with Sharon, Jodi and Jesse played on May 20th and it was so much fun I can't believe it. There is not 3 musicians I would rather play with more. It was fantastic!!!

Some exciting booking possibilities. I had a very very nice conversation with Hank Jones last weekend and also had a chat with Cedar Walton so there are some exciting things in the the works for the fall. Its gonna be a pretty fantastic second half of 2006.