Thanks // Tour Next Week
Posted on | April 9, 2010 | No Comments
Big thanks to everyone who came out to our Sextet CD Release show last night at TaborSpace, we had a great time and it was a fantastic audience as well! Also thanks to the TaborSpace folks for providing such a great venue and piano (and coffee!)
It’s always interesting how tunes develop over time, and we’ve been playing many of the tunes in our book for over a year, some for even longer. When we pulled out our old classic “Szesc” yesterday night, I realized just how much faster we play it now than when I wrote it 5 years ago. Certainly this is not a surprising trend, but in this specific instance it was nice to actually be able to pull it off at that tempo after so many train wrecks back there in the past!
The newer tunes have come together really well too. I feel like we may be on the verge of getting tired of playing them, but we haven’t quite gotten there yet so they’re really tight and still full of energy. I do forsee some significant new repertoire for this band in the coming year, however.
I’m really happy to have the opportunity to take this sextet on the road after almost 5 years of playing together, and we’ll keep you posted on happenings as we make our way southward. The Medford Mail-Tribune has a nice preview of our show on Thursday in Talent (a small town between Ashland and Medford), here. We’re teaming up with some great bands in Eugene (Douglas Detrick Quintet) and San Francisco (the Nice Guy Trio), and we may even see some sun for a change as we head southward (though admittedly there is sun outside my window right now in Portland, though one never knows how long that will last…)
Anyway, for a refresher, here’s the tour schedule. Tell your friends! Happy weekend everyone…
Wednesday, April 14, 2010, 9:00PM
Douglas Detrick Quintet
Andrew Oliver Sextet
Sam Bonds Garage
407 Blair
Eugene, OR
$1-$5 cover
Thursday, April 15 2010, 8:00-10:00PM
Andrew Oliver Sextet
Avalon Bar and Grill
105 W. Valley Rd.
Talent, OR
$10
Friday, April 16, 2010, 9:00PM
Andrew Oliver Sextet
Darren Johnston’s Nice Guy Trio
BlueSix Acoustic Room
3043 24th St. (at Treat St.)
San Francisco, CA
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