We ended up out in the lobby of McRae because the floors
were being waxed, and a decent summer crowd attended: Sam (bass), Tom (drums),
Phil (piano), Wes (tenor), Steve H (alto and soprano), Steve M (alto), Jack D
(trumpet), Annie (vocals). Dick came by briefly, but his throat was out of
sorts. And Carl stopped by from a gig that didn’t work out to play euphonium.
Sam kicked things off with a tune Gene (RIP) used to like to
call, Nostalgia in Times Square
(I-306). Over to Phil, who has a penchant for jazz waltzes, and we went with Waltz For Debby (I-432). Wes surprised
everyone with his pick, Wave (I-431). Yours truly called the next one, I’ve Got The World On A String
(III-189).
Since we were a bit tardy getting started, Annie has already
arrived at this point, and we got the vocals going with It Never Entered My Mind (III-205), then contradicted herself with Georgia On My Mind (II-145). Dick
sounded good on The Nearness Of You
(II-285), but then had to bail out after Fly
Me To The Moon (II-135). Since Jack had to leave soon, Steve passed to him,
and we played Every Time We Say Goodbye
(III-113).
Back to vocals, Annie took two more with the deceptively
tricky A Sleepin’ Bee (III-357) and Dearly Beloved (I-103). Tom passed the
pick to Sam, who called Django Reinhardt’s Nuages
(I-307). More vocals, this time The Birth
of the Blues (II-49) and You Made Me
Love You (III-459). Carl got a chance, and took us Two Degrees East, Three Degrees West (II-408). We finished off with
Annie’s last call, Time After Time
(III-408).
Participant Picks
Sam
Giants of Jazz
An hour of live music with Theolonius Monk, Dizzy Gillespie,
Sonny Stitt, Kai Winding, Al McKibbon and Art Blakey
Phil
Bill Evans Trio
Waltz for Debby
About forty minutes for the whole album
Steve H
Phil Woods
A Sleepin’ Bee
Enjoy.
--SJH
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