Tonight, I’ll be joining Pedro Giraudo’s magnificent Big Band for a hit at the Zinc Bar, in Greenwich Village, NYC. Pedro’s written some astonishing music and I’m thoroughly looking forward to trying to play it!! 2 shows – 8pm & 10pm. Come on through…
Tonight’s gig – Oct 13, 2014: CBBB @ Smoke
Tonight, I’ll be joining Orrin Evans and the Captain Black Big Band for their fortnightly visit to Smoke Jazz & Supper Club. We’ll be celebrating lead trombonist David Gibson’s birthday, too. This band is always a party, but tonight promises to be extra festive! Do come through…
2 shows – 7pm & 9pm.
Smoke is located at 2751 Broadway (between 105th & 106th Streets), New York, NY.
Back in NYC and have hit the ground running! Great gig with the Schapiro 17, last night, at Shapeshifter Lab in Brooklyn. Good day of “day job” work and students, today. Managed to fit in a last minute appointment, via Skype, with a new student in Berlin, Germany. This technology is amazing! Now to head downtown to meet another student the old-fashioned way… 😉
Last night’s gig with the RK Music Big Band – short highlight reel!
Had a most enjoyable day in Mank, Austria yesterday; my afternoon workshop was warmly received and the concert in the evening was very good fun! My featured numbers were a couple of Maynard Ferguson charts, as requested by the bandleader; my good friend Robert Kerschbaumer. He chose to challenge me with Gonna Fly Now and Maria. Another friend, and sometime student, of mine – Peter Achim – was in the audience and posted this highlight reel from those two songs on YouTube. Just a brief taste, but I hope you enjoy – thanks Peter!
Safe to say that today is a busy one!
This afternoon, from 1pm – 4:30 (1300-1630!) I’ll be presenting my workshop at Musikschule Mank. It’s not too late to come by! The ticket price is €35/20 (Activ/Passiv) – the Activ includes a ticket to the evening concert!
This evening, I’ll be playing Lead Trumpet and a couple of features with the RK Musik big band at their Frank Sinatra Tribute Concert in Stadtsaal Mank, at 19:30.
That’s the public events! Also, I’ll be playing a promo recording/video shoot, this morning, for a new project for 2015: The FireHorns. Then, of course, there’s the requisite rehearsal/Soundcheck between the workshop and the concert. It promises to be a long but fun day! Chops don’t fail me now….