July 15, 2011 | Posted in So Forth
Brian Groder, my going-to-music buddy and great trumpet player, and I really lucked out this night. The concert was with Vijay Iyer performing with Karole Armitage Dance Co. Vijay kindly added us to the 'friends of artists' list which meant …
July 14, 2011 | Posted in So Forth
So off to The Stone tonight to hear Tim Berne, sax and Chris Davis, piano. I had not heard her perform before. We are, I am sure, all grateful to The Stone for the continuous stream of interesting concerts. I …
July 13, 2011 | Posted in So Forth
This was a trip to visit Mary Rowell in her hometown of Craftsbury, VT. When she and Preston Stahly were San Diego we got together for lunch. I told her I had never been to VT so she invited me …
July 8, 2011 | Posted in So Forth
James Moore, of Dither, asked me to be the Mistress of Merch. which was fine with me: sell CDs, keep track of income, all that. One part was that it was helpful; the selfish part is that I had a …
July 7, 2011 | Posted in So Forth
Talk about favorites. SHARA WORDEN. I heard her first when Steve Smith recommended her CD, "Penelope," composed by Sarah Kirkland Snider. This was a fabulous surprise and I loved the story, the music and the singing. Then I came back …
July 5, 2011 | Posted in So Forth
8 pm Kenny Wollesen, drums with Russ Lossing, piano and Louie Belogenis, saxes. Kenny is brilliant always. Russ Lossing was good and the sax player seemed good. Not my favorite gig. They sorta played together, without eye contact ever, which …
July 4, 2011 | Posted in So Forth
July 3, 2011 | Posted in So Forth
As part of the River to River Festival, Tristan Perich, Daniel Wohl, and Lesley Flanigan with Transit New Music Group performed at St. Paul's Chapel. The space is lovely but very difficult for music. The sound was not-so-hot but it …
July 2, 2011 | Posted in So Forth
June 30, July 1 and 2. Evenings spent with daughter Allison, friend Sean Conway, lunch with Diamanda Galas, and dinner with George Lewis, Miya and son Tadashi. All lovely times. Lucky me.
June 29, 2011 | Posted in So Forth
A favorite evening. David Borden/Mother Mallard at Issue Project in Brooklyn. I met David briefly in San Diego and we bonded as Facebook friends and we are the same age. He has a series of songs/tunes he has written for …