Category Archives: Roberta Piket Trio

News on my current trio featuring Ratzo Harris on bass and BillyMintz on drums

September ’09

Posted on September 10, 2009 by Roberta

I’m looking forward to having five straight nights at Dizzy’s later this month. It’s so rare to get to play five nights in a row in NYC. The music really gets going when you can play every night. I’ll post … Continue reading →

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Warsaw to Madrid to Barcelona and beyond

Posted on December 1, 2007 by Roberta

It’s been an exhilarating and exhausting week. Last Sunday I arrived in Warsaw with fellow New Yorkers Jane Getter (guitar), Kim Clarke (bass) and Camille Gainer (drums) to play a show with Urszula Dudjiak. Great musicians and Urszula is phenomenal. … Continue reading →

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What’s Happening…

Posted on May 5, 2007 by Roberta

I’m so pleased at the fantastic review Love and Beauty received from Tom Conrad in the current issue of JazzTimes. Continue reading →

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Back in NY

Posted on December 17, 2006 by Roberta

I am sorry I didn’t do a better job of blogging this tour. Below are some photos to compensate. Here is one of Masa and Billy at our performance at Jazz del Clot: Here is one of the scenery in … Continue reading →

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Madrid Jazz Festival

Posted on November 24, 2006 by Roberta

We played the last two nights at Bogui Jazz, a beautful and relatively new jazz club in Madrid for the 23rd Madrid Jazz Festival. It went very well. Billy and I have both played with Masa Kamaguchi a lot. Masa … Continue reading →

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Oct 26

Posted on October 27, 2006 by Roberta

The party’s over. Time to head home. We played at Tula’s in Seattle the last two nights for the Earshot Festival. The first night we had a little trouble hearing each other so it felt weird. The room was quiet, … Continue reading →

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October 22

Posted on October 22, 2006 by Roberta

People sometimes ask, “what’s it like on the road?” Here is what it’s like: Friday morning Billy and I did a clinic at Crater HS in Medford, OR, near Ashland. Meanwhile Ratzo, who had returned to NY a few days … Continue reading →

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October 19

Posted on October 20, 2006 by Roberta

This morning Billy and I did a clinic with the Ashland (OR) HS jazz band. (Ratzo flew back to NY to take care of some academic business.) They were very good. We talked a lot about rhythm and dynamics, as … Continue reading →

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October 17

Posted on October 17, 2006 by Roberta

What day is it?? What week is it? It feels like we’ve been out for three weeks, not one. We have a couple of days off, after doing six gigs in five days.(Not that I’m complaining. Actually after two days … Continue reading →

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Saturday Oct 14

Posted on October 14, 2006 by Roberta

For me there is always one gig on the road, hopefully early on, where the conditions enable you to completely loosen up and take the music to a level of complete intuition and impulse, where your conscious mind gets out … Continue reading →

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