Classic Session…
So last night, I watched all three club sets. There was great variety and quality of music – first was a quartet with Chad and Tyson and a great Czech pianist named Michal that has been playing every night at 11 for fun, it was great to see their evident group chemistry at the club. [...]
End of the week!
Its hard to believe this is already Friday! There’s so much going on, each day feels like a week… We had a raucous hang last night at Props Pub to celebrate Meredith’s birthday (she’s a violinist from Vancouver BC) – everyone was there, it was great to have so many musicians just hanging out in [...]
Club Sets, etc
Last night I played at the on campus club, called “the club” with Tyson and Sam Anning on bass (from Australia). We had a great time though I still feel that the mix of excitement and nerves and travel is causing me to overplay and sound scattered. We were preceded by a trio led by [...]
Today's schedule:
When I woke up I thought I had mostly free time after dinner. Now check out my day’s schedule: 10-12 combo rehearsal 12-12:30 rehearse for trio gig tonight 12:30-1:30 lunch 1:30-3 workshop with david gilmore 3:30-5 workshop with matt penman 5-6 practice furiously 6-7 dinner 7-8 small bit of relaxation 8 go to “the club” [...]
Banff Day 2
I am fortunate enough to have been accepted into this year’s Jazz and Creative Music Workshop at the Banff Centre in Banff, Canada. This is an amazing workshop held each summer up here in the rarefied (read: hiking up mountains is even harder with the lack of oxygen!) air, and led by one of the [...]
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