Next Time: Sat., 11/25, 11am-2pm, TowerLight (3601 Wooddale Ave., St. Louis Park)
We're in the basement theater. As of last time, the signs encouraging masks had been removed, so things are looking up.
This week's gang included Steve C (piano), Steve H (soprano), Jack (trumpet), Raphael (bass), Sam (trumpet and trombone), and Serdar (guitar).
Your scribe kicked things off with a medium version of Honeysuckle Rose (II-167). Jack directed us to a mixed ballad and double-time feel on When Sunny Gets Blue (I-440). Steve C took the typical ballad, We'll Be Together Again (I-xxx), at a medium swing pace. Raphael changed things up entirely with El Gaucho (I-131). Sam couldn't find the tune he wanted, but instead opted for Killer Joe (II-229), which worked out quite well, thank you.
Round 2 began with Jack's call for a mid-tempo lope through There Will Never Be Another You (I-407). Yours truly pulled out a handout of Irving Berlin's Count Your Blessings Instead of Sheep, shifting from ballad to light swing and back again. Serdar finally got a pick, going with On the Sunny Side of the Street (II-xxx). Your scribe shifted over to piano, and Raphael called the Coltrane bit, Lazy Bird (I-241). As Jack and said scribe were pulling up stakes, Sam was trying to organize the remaining trio on the jazz waltz Three Flowers (I-412).
Hope to see you next time.
Happy Thanksgiving!
--SJH
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