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Music Improvisation Workshops at Prussin Music
Did the first workshop at of a series of four last night.
It was really wonderful. A great and interesting group of musicians.
I'm looking forward to more
We talked about the idea of non-idiomatic improvisation and did duo
playing. Really musical evening.
Busiest week of the year!
Finally finished my piece Fukushima Breakdown for the Orkestra Futura: Phoenix Rising concert on November 12
Very excited to be working with the band again: Chad MacQuarrie/guitar, Chris Gestrin/keys,
JP Carter/trumpet, DB Boyko/voice, Tommy Babin/bass, Lee Hutzulak/electicity, Skye Brooks/drums,
Special Guests Rainer Wiens and Joane Hétu.
My workshops at Prussin Music on Sundays in November is almost full. Two more spaces to fill.
The NOW Improv workshops at the Western Front going great. Come on down and check them out
on Mondays from either 4 - 6 pm or 7:30 - 9:30 pm. They're free. Full up but lots of fun to come and
observe the proceedings. I hope we can do them more than once a year.
Still working away on my piece for the VICO to be played at the end of March 2012.
I'm pretty excited about that.
My duo CD with drummer Joe Poole is mixed and we're just working on the packaging and
plans for marketing.
A week Sunday I record a duo CD with guitarist Rainer Wiens while he is in town.
Music Improvisation Workshops at Prussin Music
I'm doing workshops at Prussin Music in November.
Call 604.736.3036 to register. There's only space for 15 people.
New CD to come!
I just did some recording yesterday with the amazing drummer Joe Poole.
Had a quick listen to a rough mix of about ten minutes of it last night.
I'm very excited, I must say.
Joe and I clicked from the first time we played at Presentation House Salon series last year.
We're planning a release and tour for next year.
El Barrio and the DIY ethos
Played El Barrio with Swanvista last night. I really find that playing with Chad, Tommy and Skye to be a great experience.
I just wanted to note the Cole Schmidt has been booking El Barrio for some time and want to say how appreciative I am
of his efforts. He's consistently giving Vancouver players another much needed venue to play their original music.
It's really important that players adopt the DIY ethos and make things happen.
Also in this regard, I have to give a shout out to Poib Fehr for his Audio Hallucinations series at the Nyala Restaurant
on Main St. and Jared Burrows and Clyde Reed programming the Presentation House Salon in North Vancouver.
We can't support these efforts enough.
Playing with Swanvista tonight!
I'm really excited to be playing with Chad MacQuarrie's band Swanvista tonight.
Chad on guitar, Tommy Babin/bass, Skye Brooks.
2270 East Hastings St. in Vancouver
9 pm start
Meta 5 - 1 @ The Railway Club Feb 15
We had a great gig at El Barrio last Thursday.
This Tuesday we play at the Railway Club in Vancouver (579 Dunsmuir).
Should be different without JP Carter there.
Chad MacQuarrie on guitar
Tommy Babin on bass
Skye Brooks on drums
me on saxophone.
Come check it out.
It's a triple bill starting at 9:30 pm.
We're on 2nd at around 10:30 - ish.
Meta 5 @ El Barrio tonight February 10 at 9:30 pm
I'm really stoked to be playing with Meta 5 tonight.
JP Carter/trumpet
Chad MacQuarrie/guitar
Tommy Babin/ eletric bass
Skye Brooks/drums
We'll be playing tunes of mine.
I'll be playing alto and soprano saxophone.
El Barrio
2270 East Hastings St.
Vancouver.9:30 pm
Lenny Breau book by Ron Forbes-Roberts
I just had to comment briefly on a book that I just started called One Long Tune - The Life and Music of Lenny Breau. I grew up in Winnipeg and was fortunate to get to hear Lenny Breau live a number of times in trio and solo settings. As I read this book, I realize how inspiring I found Lenny's music. This book is really well written and researched and takes me back to those inspiring evenings at a little coffee house on Broadway called The Ting. My most mind blowing memory was hearing Lenny play a tune caled Vision, from a McCoy Tyner album called Expansions. Lenny distilled this wonderful cut with, among others, Wayne Shorter, Gary Bartz and Woody Shaw into a true solo guitar tour de force. I remember as a young guitarist having my head opened up to hearing what kind of personal vision that one could conjure. Lenny was a magician ... very inspirational.
Check out the show last week (August 10, 2010)
Played a wonderful show recently with Raphael Arsenault (violin), Lee Huztulak/electronics and Daniel Ruiz/drums+percussion with me on tenor and alto saxophones.
You can hear Part 1 of it on You Tube now.
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