What a fantastic trip this has been, one of my favorite European tours. Besides getting to play my own trio music, I was fortunate to play with an incredible diversity of great players. Thank you to: Kim Clarke, Urszula Dudziak, Camille Gainer, Jane Getter, Roland Heinz, Masa Kamaguchi, Klaus Kugel, Billy Mintz, Mark Tokar, Michael Urbaniak, Mika Urbaniak, Petras Vysniauskas, Yuri Yaremchuk.
Also had a blast working at the BORG in Innsbruck with some extremely talented young musicians, and meeting some wonderful people throughout Tyrolia as Billy and I went to several schools in an attempt to answer that elusive question: What is Jazz?
Acknowledgements would not be complete without thanking Maurice and Ania for their hospitality and amazing Paella last night! Also thanks for the term “aesthetic fascism” which I plan to start using immediately.
Below: backstage after playing with Urszula Dudziak in Warsaw. Left to right: Roberta, Jane Getter, Ula, Camille Gainer, Kim Clarke.
Below: “Five Spot” takes a bow after a set of improvised music in Lviv, Ukraine. Left to right: Roberta, Mark Tokar, Yuriy Yaremchuk, Petras Vysniauskas, Klaus Kugel. (Thanks to Sergey Muralov for this photo.)
