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 once in Brooklyn in an old Victorian house. I guess most of the homes in Brooklyn are too small, although you would think some of the people in those beautiful brownstones would want to do something like this. I guess people in NY have to work too hard to pay our exhorbitant housing costs to think about holding concerts.
Anyway, we had a nice crowd. Everyone was very attentive and quiet. It is so great to play consistently almost every day with the same people. I feel that this trio has really evolved over the last week. Imagine if we had six months on the road!
Finally a picture of all three of us! Thanks to the audience member who took this.
My playing has been better over the last couple of gigs. I think the Thursday gig on the keyboard made me appreciate anew the possibilities inherent in playing a good acoustic piano. Also, gigging every day and thinking about nothing but music helps. (It’s one of the great things about being on the road.) I have been stretching out more soloistically on intros and generally just delving into each piece in a more focussed way.
I recorded the gig on minidisc but I’m not sure how the sound came out. If it’s good I may post a sample or two in the blog. I have to get the sidemen’s permission first.