Hello all,

I just wanted to take a moment to shamelessly plug Brent's new Sunday gig at the Buffalo Wings and Rings. It is a rare thing these days to have a steady Jazz gig, and this venue would like to gear itself to have just that. However without the support of live bodies to accompany the live music, it will not last for long.

So with that in mind, I hope you all will find a little time to come out and support one or more of the Sunday gigs lined up so far. If the turn out is good, they pl… Continue

Just to review what I have been doing lately: I had a great gig last Saturday at the Duke Energy Center for Children's Hospital. It was a large event, around 500 people. We(Tim Watson, Steve Barone, and Joe Jahnigen) had a blast playing jazz standards for "older" crowd of people who didn't want to dance after dinner. Everything ran smoothly. Thank you, Cara Cross!
The following day I had a fun rehearsal with Jim Connerley's Vintage Keys group. We are at the Wisp this Friday at 8:30.
Monday and T… Continue

I'm up and dealing with Monday. This morning will be a good day for a long practice session. I still can't decide if I like the late Florida Otto link tenor mouthpiece that I have been playing for the last few weeks. I lean towards the Sig. slant link that I have been playing for that last 15 years.
I think I am going to make some blueberry coffeecake muffins this morning for Vanessa's "team" at work. Also, make some lemonade with real lemons this morning. Then after lunch, finish cleaning up th… Continue

So I am surfing the web, as I oft times do while between tasks at work, and I come across this jazz blog that gives reference to an alto player named Grace Kelly. This girl looks like on of the kids I used to teach, but if any of them had even played a quarter as well I would have been dancing in the streets. If you have time take a listen. She may be the next Chris Potter. web site

Today it's a practice day. Can't work in the yard/garden in the rain. So I will work on the Gap scale, you no the 6 note scale that is essentially two augmented triads separated by half steps. I warm-up on that for a while then randomly move onto something else. I hope everyone is well today. Now it is breakfast for me.