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Tuesday,
June 25, 2002
I could not have been prouder of my band playing this gig. After the preparation we did with the Midwestern road touring, they sounded disciplined, exciting, moving, just everything. It was a thrill to play Carnegie Hall (Judy Garland 1961!). What would have been overwhelming stagefright at most other times in my life, was not this time, as Terry Teachout had predicted. My mother came to New York for the first time in her life. Friends and family flew into New York from everywhere, Denver, Austin, St. Louis, Chicago etc. We all stayed at the same hotel and spent wonderful, magical days in a very hot and humid New York. We ate at the Carnegie Deli, my mother and friends saw the Statue of Liberty (very sorry I missed that but I had an interview), we all gathered at the Russian Tea Room, the Oyster Bar, and Trattoria dell'Arte. I received a Sunday New York Times feature on June 23rd before the show, but the band wasn't reviewed for the concert. We did receive a standing ovation and I'd like to list the set and the band. I will never forget this trip. Mostly I will remember the love and support I received from family and friends and these musicians.
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Monday,
June 17, 2002 Saturday,
June 15, 2002
This
is a fabulous club. We went
there on short notice... I
wanted to rehearse my quartet
for the what was then the
upcoming Carnegie Hall gig.
It isn't particularly easy
to find places that will host
an entire band, travel and
hotel, on short notice. I
was helped in this case by
the president of MaxJazz,
Rich McDonnell. We drove to
St. Louis and had a wonderful
gig. I hope we get an invitation
to go back to this club in
their regular series in the
fall. And I'm so proud of
my quartet. ERic Montzka on
drums, Neal Alger on guitar,
and Michael Arnopol on bass.
We stayed at the Ritz in St.
Louis.
It was a bit of southern hospitality and marble floors. |
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Thursday
& Friday, June 6 &
7, 2002
Press Trip, New York City
New
York is a fabulous city! Truly.
I flew into New York to do
some print press, a cable
channel performance, and a
radio interview. I also got
to hang out with the wonderful
people from Blue Note New
York. My only regret is that
there is no "Blue Note-New
York" t-shirt. I did
bring home a New York t-shirt
though and will wear it proudly.
These 11 photographs were done by my friend, photographer Valerie Booth, and together they tell the story of the trip. Notice the mural/photo of the World Trade Center in the background behind the piano. |
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Monday
& Tuesday, June 3 &
4, 2002
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Thursday,
May 30, 2002 Friday,
May 31st, 2002
To be a musician. What an interesting experience. As I'm checking into another hotel, I think about the people who are not checking into another hotel, and I envy them. Then the sun goes down and we're onstage. I watch the set clock, slightly illuminated and hidden behind the monitor man who is across the stage to the left behind the curtain. The clock is there so the performer can see the time at a glance. The monitor man is there waiting for a hand movement as signal of any needed change in sound levels. I look across the piano and hear Michael play a bass solo on Miles Davis' "Nardis" that is sinewy and brilliant. It is different than anything ever played before and anything that will ever be played again. It will never be recorded. I look at the clock and mark the time. That's jazz. There's the thrill. What a dilemma. |
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