Up Jumped Spring

Last Saturday we had snow. Today it's almost all gone. It is starting to seem that spring has sprung. On top of that, in a few hours the clocks are set forward an hour adding to the daylight time after work. Woo-hoo!

Today we had many of the usual suspects at the workshop, including Sam (trumpet and bass), Wes (tenor sax), Ira (also sax), Todd (trumpet), Steve (trumpet and flugelhorn), Jack (trumpet), Gene (drums), Tim (guitar), Annie (vocals), Tria (vocals), Dick (vocals); returning on bass was Max and joining us for the first time on trumpet was John.

The set list today included "Freddie the Freeloader," "Ceora," "Dear Old Stockholm," "West Coast Blues," "Meditation," "Easter Parade," "Day By Day," "Follow the Rainbow," "It's Been A Long, Long Time," "April in Paris," "Autumn In New York," Peri's Scope," "My Little Suede Shoes," "Sunny," "I'll Remember April," "Black Orpheus," "The Late, Late Show," "What Is This Thing Called Love," "I Could Write a Book," "Blue Trane," "Ornithology," Lazy Afternoon," "Let's Fall In Love."

We also talked about the "Bunny Breakfast" at which the Jazz Workshop will perform on 3/27/10, developing the set list. And we also talked about the song list for the workshop with the long term goal of developing a collection of arrangements of songs for weekly use.

Today's photos are by Don Lehnhoff, actually taken last week. At the top is a tenor sax; in the middle a flugelhorn and at the bottom an archtop guitar.