June 26, 2021

Next Time: Sat., July 3, 11am-3pm, behind McRae Rec Center (906 E. 47th St., MPLS), weather permitting. (Bring your own chair.)

Sam's Add-A-Tune: Four (I-149)

Your scribe returned from vacation to a mostly lovely, though drizzle-shortened, afternoon at the Jazz Workshop. Present were Sam (trumpet and trombone), Raphael (bass), Serdar (guitar), Steve H (soprano), and other Steve H (trumpet and flugelhorn)--though, since this latter Steve H attended the Workshop years before, and was in fact one of the people who first informed the former Steve H about the Workshop, one might suppose that the sax-playing Steve H is actually the "other" Steve H. Anyhow, welcome back, Steve H.

Sam got things going with Love Me Or Leave Me (III-255). Raphael discovered It Only Happens When I Dance With You (III-206). Yours truly was feeling a bit Ellingtonian, and opted for Creole Love Call (III-88). Sam had us take a swing at Sister Sadie (III-355), with only modest success. Steve H. the trumpeter went more Strayhorn than Ellington with A Flower Is A Lovesome Thing (II-134). Raphael put his finger down on Eclypso (II-115), which was more fun than expected. Your scribe turned next to the more up-tempo Indiana (II-201). Sam must have picked a tune which is not in the record. Steve H. the trumpeter then pulled out yet another Ellington bit, C-Jam Blues (II-74), at a brisk tempo. Serdar got the last one in, Billie's Bounce (II-44), before rain halted the proceedings.

--SJH