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Category Archives: November 2005 West Coast Tour
Conclusions and one last picture
I almost forgot to post this picture of the Space Needle in Seattle. Well the tour is over and I’ve been home several days. We finished up with two gigs in Seattle and a gig in Eugene, OR. Last Friday … Continue reading
Billy Dances
I’m too tired to write; here are some pictures I’ve been meaning to post. Here is a picture of Mt. Hood I took during the drive up to Portland from California. In Seattle we stayed at the home of some … Continue reading
Wednesday Nov. 23
Happy Holidays. Yesterday we played here in Portland at Dunes. It was a small bar with a pretty good Sohmer upright. Sohmers are good pianos and this one was in good shape. A friend of Billy’s named Leif, a saxophonist, … Continue reading
Nov. 20 Sunday
This afternoon the trio played at Chez Hanny. San Francisco resident Frank Hanny opens up his living room to concerts Sunday. These kinds of house concerts are much more prevalent on the west coast than in NY. I did one … Continue reading
Nov. 19, Saturday
After an exhausting day of driving from LA to the Bay area, Fragments played at the Hillside Club tonight. We didn’t play the written parts perfectly, as we haven’t played the music for a few months and had only a … Continue reading
Nov 18, Friday
Okay, I feel back to my old self now. I was really depressed about the electric piano gig at Tropical. Last night we played at the LA County Museum of Art and they have a beautiful 9-foot Grotien-Steinweg. We set … Continue reading
Nov. 17, Thursday
Last night I made a decision that I will never play a piano trio gig again on an electronic piano. It is impossible to get any real subtlety of tone or touch. Especially when playing someone else’s keyboard, you never … Continue reading
Nov. 16 Wednesday
Today Ratzo, Billy and I are giving a clinic/demonstration at Saddleback College in Mission Viejo, where our good friend Joey Sellers teaches. Joey is a truly great trombonist/composer. (Joey will be playing with the Two Bass Band tomorrow night at … Continue reading
Nov. 15
Tuesday was a busy day. Billy rehearsed the West Coast Two Bass Band at the musicians’ union in LA. It was my first time at the LA union. Unlike the NY local, the pianos are all in very good condition. … Continue reading
Nov. 14
Monday I gave a lecture/demonstration at California Institute for the Arts. The jazz program there is run by pianist David Roitstein. The faculty includes Darek Oles on bass and Joe Labarbera on drums, and I was fortunate that they were … Continue reading