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In a Jam with BB9
Music is a great way to bring people together in new and unexpected ways. My life partner, Yolanda, studied classical music and plays the flute. I’m a jazz trumpet player, and have played and taught classical for many years. The two of us now … Continue reading
Baseball and Wedding Bands
These two things have nothing to do with each other except that they occurred within a week of whirl-wind activities. Yolanda had a trade show in Chicago, so we made a long weekend of it with our good friends, Marianne, … Continue reading
DC Jazz Festival
It’s been a busy summer already and I’m just getting around to documenting my latest musical adventures. Today was a perfect, sunny day for a Jazz Fest, held on the Capitol Riverfront on the Anacostia River. The concert was the … Continue reading
Posted in Concerts, Jazz Band, Uncategorized
Tagged Crawdaddies, DC Jazz Festival, Irma Thomas, New Orleans jazz, Rebirth brass band
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Kennedy Center NSO
Last night we had a great evening of wining, dining and music. It was my first opportunity to hear the National Symphony Orchestra at the Kennedy Center. The program highlighted American contemporary composers, with a little dance thrown in at the end. … Continue reading
Triumphant Trumpets: Faddis, Soloff & Stafford
Last night at Blues Alley we had the good fortune to hear a trio of bad-ass trumpets, accompanied by piano, bass and drums. The Triumphant Trumpeters were Jon Faddis, Lew Soloff and Terrell Stafford – each a legend in his … Continue reading
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Tagged Blues Alley, Jazz band, Jon Faddis, Lew Soloff, Terrell Stafford
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NAPBIRT PDX
Are you ready for it? National Association for Professional Band Instrument Repair Technicians. Just goes to show you there is an association for just about anything. This year’s NAPBIRT conference was in my old haunt, Portland Oregon (airport code PDX) … Continue reading
Oh! for Ophicleide
As Promised: The O-phi-cleide I have to look it up every time I write it down – which in my many years of working on the unusual as well as the mundane, has happened all of 3 times. What exactly is it, you … Continue reading
Posted in Instrument Repair, Uncategorized
Tagged instrument repair, ophicleide, ophicleide repair, vintage instruments
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Bonkers
I thought I would take a moment to introduce you to my partner in repair crime. Not long after I arrived in DC, we were at a gig of the Bohemian Caverns Jazz Orchestra, a 17-piece big band that plays every … Continue reading
Christian Scott Quintet at BoCav
We have the great fortune to live down the street from one of the oldest jazz clubs in the country. At the ripe old age of 88, Bohemian Caverns has hosted many of the GREAT greats of jazz, and suffered … Continue reading
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Tagged Adams Brass Instruments, Bohemian Caverns, Christian Scott, Jazz, Jazz Quintet, Trumpet
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A Rockin’ Middle Eastern Thai Christmas…in Portland
I hope you all had a Merry, Merry Christmas. I had the good fortune to spend it with friends and family in my old home town, weird-as-it-gets, Portland. I do hope they manage to keep it that way. Our first weirdly … Continue reading
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Tagged Aaron Meyer, Chad Hensel, Rich Cooper, Steve Cannon, Steve Conrow, Wally's Music
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