Next Time: Sat., 8/27, 11am-2pm, entrance to McRae Rec Center (906 E. 47th St., MPLS), weather permitting.
Bring your own chair and stand.
A smaller group this time out, despite the excellent weather. Sam (trumpet, trombone), Steve (alto), John (trombone) and Raphael (bass) were on hand.
We opened with a choice by your scribe, East of the Sun (III-104). Sam went Latin with Aquellos Ojos Verdes (III-25), better known to most of us as Green Eyes. Raphael dug back into the history books for My Lucky Star (III-293). John also stayed with jazz roots, opting for At Sundown (III-33).
We came back around again to yours truly, who called a medium-up version of How Deep Is the Ocean (III-150). Sam chose an easy-going swinger for his second tune, Mean To Me (III-274). Raphael, apparently feeling nostalgic, pulled out Irving Berlin's Let's Face The Music And Dance (III-278), which is tricky to improvise on, given its varying length passages. Don't know what got into John, but he decided on Benny Golson's Stablemates (III-378), which we managed to get through without much incident.
Third time around. Your scribe sent us back to the 1930s again, going with Kalmar and Ruby's Nevertheless (III-300). Ever the contrarian, Sam went to the quicker Bernie's Tune (III-39). Raphael's choice was I'm Sitting on Top of the World (III-187). Fats Waller made an appearance on John's pick, Ain't Misbehavin' (III-13).
Three of us had to leave at 1:30, so we finished off with On the Sunny Side of the Street (II-312). Another session when we played everything out of the same volume of the Real Book!
Looking forward to seeing more of you this coming weekend at the Workshop.
--SJH
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