Today’s gigs – May 17, 2015: Eyal Vilner Big Band & Arturo O’Farrill Afro-Latin Jazz Orchestra

A double header today:

First, the Eyal Vilner Big Band returns to Smalls Jazz Club, in Greenwich Village, NYC for our monthly matinee appearance. Great swinging music with a fantastic band from 4:30pm – 7:00pm! $20 cover. Come hang!! (If you’re out of town, you can also watch on the online livestream – visit Small’s website via the link above and click the Live Video link.)

Then, I’ll be heading over to Birdland to play with Arturo O’Farrill & the Afro-Latin Jazz Orchestra at their weekly residency. 2 shows – 9:00pm & 11:00pm – $30 cover.

These are 2 of my favourite bands to play with, all in one day! Chops don’t fail me now…

Win A Free Trumpet Lesson! (2015 Edition)

Similar to around this time last year, I have a contest running on my Facebook page, at the moment, as I work to increase the ‘fan following’ over there. The lucky winner will receive a free 1 Hour Trumpet Lesson. This lesson can take place in person, should the winner be located here in New York City (or in a city around the world that I currently have plans to visit, in the next little while), or Online via Skype.

It’s easy to enter. Here’s what you need to do:

  1. “Like” the Bryan Davis Facebook Page.
  2. Comment on the announcement post about the contest (embedded below), and say why you’re interested in the lesson.

The winner will be picked, at random, from people who have “liked” both the page and commented on the post, when the total Page Likes hit 5000. (At time of writing, that total is currently 4925 likes.)

Please share this post, or the Facebook Announcement post, with anybody you think may be interested in this contest. Best of luck!!

Update (May 16): We now have 5000+ Page Likes. The winner will be drawn on Sunday, May 17th at 12:00pm EDT. Any entries made before that time will be eligible to win!

Update #2 (May 17): We have a winner. Congratulations to Elliot Connors.