January

happeigh noo yere!

so the Adobe Probe gig @ the Stone 1-10-09 went off great. The place was packed, the energy was up, and the band felt great. I feel very lucky to be and have been a part of this! Met all sorts of people, was just a great time.

There's audience-recorded excerpt of the first tune, 'duck', at the Facebook page for Screwgun Records: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Screwgun-Records/52797520319

Also great fun was the previous night - I got a semi-last minute chance to play with Shane Endsley at the Jazz Gallery. Shane, of course [if you read my previous post] is in Adobe Probe with me, and we also attended Eastman together. He's an insanely great musician, both as a trumpet player and as a drummer. This was our first time playing together in about 10 years with him playing trumpet, so it was a treat. We played 5 of his tunes - also in the band were Chris Speed [also in Adobe Probe], Brad Shepik, Todd Sickafoose, and Ches Smith. So it was a great band.

Next up is my solo gig, back at the Stone, on January 21st. I play at 10 pm. I'm going to play an unrecorded piece of Tim Berne's, plus an Andrew Hill tune, I'm leaning towards 'Dedication' from Point of Departure. Please come on out!

http://www.thestonenyc.com/calendar.php

Other than that, work will resume on a couple different recordings of electronic material, one 'beat' oriented, one most definitely not so. and I hope to write a book of ['improvising'] ensemble music this year as well.

thanks for reading!