Save the Date: 'Interview Music' Live Recording Nov. 14 in Berkeley!
Hello folks,I wanted to give you a heads-up about a show next month that I'm very excited about. My group will be giving only the second performance of my new 4-part suite Interview Music (made possible by a grant from the San Francisco Friends of Chamber Music). The show will also be our first appearance at the historic Hillside Club, a beautiful Maybeck-designed hall at the foot of the Berkeley Hills.I wrote the piece over the past year and a half, specifically for my Quintet+1 (Adam Shulman on piano, Fred Randolph on bass, Sheldon Brown on bass clarinet, Kasey Knudsen on alto saxophone, Jon Arkin on drums, and myself on trumpet). It's close to an hour long and contains the most involved writing I've ever done. You can read more about it, including what the title means, here.More importantly, we're going to be doing a recording of the performance which will hopefully be released as our fourth album next year--and you have the opportunity to say, in the words of Pee Wee Marquette, "that's my hand on that record!" This is also likely to be your last chance to hear Interview Music in its entirety for quite a while. We'll also be playing other music from our book including music from our album Roads & Codes ("★★★★½ " - DownBeat).The show will be Friday, November 14 at 8pm, and the Hillside Club is located at 2286 Cedar St. in Berkeley. Hope to see you!
I also wanted to let you know about two exciting shows this weekend--the first is Friday 10/24 at 9pm. It's the debut of a brand-new 17-piece big band, the Morchestra, which is led by guitarist/composer/arranger extraordinaire Tony Corman, and features an embarrassment of local riches in the band. We're going to be playing at the newly-relocated Birdland Jazzista Social Club in Oakland and it should be a great time. More info here.Saturday night (10/25), I'm excited to be getting together with my friends Fred Randolph, Adam Shulman, and Bryan Bowman for some good old bar jazz at the Albatross Pub in Berkeley from 9:30-12:30. Just a $3 cover. Come on by and see if we can be louder than the crowd!