I was very pleased to learn yesterday that I was accepted into the September Atlantic Center for the Arts Residency with master artist Sam Rivers. Here are some details.
The ACA is a great place. I was there a couple of years ago for a residency with Steve Lacey. Unfortunately Mr. Lacey was too ill to attend and pased away shortly thereafter. However, I met Eric Clark and Scott Hil there and that is how our new music trio Fragments was eventually formed.
I encourage any serious artist or writer to check out the ACA’s residency opportunities. It’s a beautiful environment where you can focus on your work (the food’s really good too).
In October Billy Mintz, Ratzo Harris and I will take it on the road again. We’ll be touring the West Coast. More details as they come in.
Roberta. That’s great news. I’ve kept up with your playing over the years. I used to spin music for WEMU, in Ypsilanti, Michigan (just outside of Ann Arbor). My station director told me you heard me playing something from Speak, Memory as you were driving out of town. I still play that disc a lot. I live in Philly now and hope you come and play around here some time. Congrats on the residency and I wish you well.
Marc…
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I still remember driving out of Ann Arbor that morning after playing the Firefly Club and hearing my CD on the radio. What a nice sendoff. We’d like to play Philly. We used to play Ortlieb’s once in a while and I liked the vibe but the piano is not great. I’d like to find another venue in Philly with a good piano.