September 24, 2011

RUMOR MILL: Adding some music theory in an occasional morning session is being considered.

Tunes Played: You Don't Know What Love Is, It's Only a Paper Moon, Honeysuckle Rose, Oh Lady Be Good, Dolphin Dance, Sweet Sue, September Song, S' Posin', Green Dolphin Street, Bag's Groove, Cantelope Island, Wave, I Hear A Rhapsody, On The street Where You Live, Invitation, How High The Moon, Nearness Of You, Don't Go To Strangeers, Darn That Dream, Recado, But Beautiful, It Had To Be You, Save Your Love For Me, What Is This Thing Called Love, No Moon At All, At Last.

Attendees: Todd (trumpet), Steve (alto), Bill (ukulele), Jeff (bass), Jim (piano), Noah (guitar), Joel (guitar), Gene (drums), Josh W (guitar), Greg (guitar), Peter (bari), Sam (trumpet) and vocalists Annie, Victoria, Matt and Dick.

Late Update for 9/10/11

So this is a bit of a retro post regarding the first Saturday Workshop of the season.

Tunes covered included Django, You don't know what love is, Stella by starlight, In your own sweet way, Footprints, Speak no evil, Body and soul, Freddy freeloader, Autumn leaves, Four, Days of wine and roses, Blue train, What a difference a day made, Impressions, How high the moon, In the wee small hours of the morning, No moon at all, and Save your love for me.

The jammers included Gene (drums), both Joshes (guitar), Serdar (guitar), Bill (ukulele), Todd (trumpet), Jeff (bass), and vocalists: Annie, Victoria, and Matt.

September 17, 2011

Summer down, Fall up

Tunes Played: Blue Train, Fee-Fi-Fo-Fum, Funny Valentine, Wave, Body and Soul, Peace, Tune Up, Chelsea Bridge, Cherokee, Moanin', Little Boat, Some Day My Prince Will Come, It Had to Be You, Meditation, Just Friends, Imagination, How High The Moon, Softly As I Leave You, Invitation, I'll Remember April, Maybe September, Dream, Just In Time, All The Things You Are, Sophisticated Lady, What Is This Thing Called love, Midnight Sun, St Thomas.

Attendees: Josh B (guitar), Steve (alto), Josh W (guitar), Gene (drums), Jeff (bass), Sam (bass, trumpet), Wes (tenor), Jim (clarinet, vocals), and Vocalists Annie, Victoria and Dick.

Last Summer Session

The final summer session for the Jazz Workshop in the Park was somewhat subdued, mostly because the PA system wasn't working and the instrumentalists had to keep it soft in order to hear the vocalists. Those softly playing instrumentalists included Gene (drums) and Josh (guitar) with a nicely balanced saxophone section - Steve (alto), Keith (tenor) and Peter (bari). The vocalists belting out the tunes without any electronic enhancement included Annie, Victoria and Dick.

The songs covered by the workshop this week included Willow Weep for Me, So Lar, My Funny Valentine, I Thought About You, Can't Help Loving That Man, Tenor Madness, In Walked Bud, When Sunny Gets Blue, Who Can I Turn To (in two different styles), Honeysuckle Rose, Bye Bye Blackbird, Day By Day, The Preacher, I Could Write a Book, Blame It on My Youth, and Corcovado.

No session this week! The first non-summer session will move back to the regular Saturday noon meet time on September 10th.

And if, for some silly reason, you won't be getting your jazz fix at the Workshop on September 10th, you might want to see if you can get it over at the Selby Ave Jazz Fest in St. Paul (www.selbyavejazzfest.com)

August 22, 2011

One more Summer session comming, next Monday Aug 29th 5:00 pm to 8:00. Then to Winter hours, Saturday September 10th 10:00 am to 4:00.

Tunes played this week: Stardust, Elora, Gentle Rain, I've Never Been In Love Before, Good Morning Heartache, Blame It On My Youth, Straight No Chaser, I Hear A Rhapsody, Candy, Triste, Embraceable You, Early Autumn, St Louis Blues, No Moon At All, Angel Eyes, Just In Time.

Attendees: Todd (trumpet), Josh (guitar), Steve (alto), Keith (tenor), Sam (bass), Gene (drums), and Vocalists Annie and Victoria.

Aug 15 2011

Been a little miscellaneous these past days (weeks). Had a good time showing off at the Freedom Jazz Festival Aug 13th.

NOTE: Back to winter hours Sept 10th, Sat 10:00 am to 4:00. Aug 29th will be last Monday Eve session.

Tunes played this week: You Don't Know What Love Is, Everytime We Say Goodbye, Soon It's Gonna Rain, Bye Bye Blackbird, I Thought About You, Angel Eyes, Nardis, Lets Get Lost, All The Things You Are, Mr Magic, Good Morning Heartache, Dearly Beloved, Dear Old Stockholm, You'd Be So Nice To Come Home To, Blame It On My Youth, My Funny Valentine, Time After Time, and Let's Fall In Love.

Attendees: Steve (alto), Todd (trumpet), Gene (drums), Russ (piano), Sam (wind Synth), Josh W (guitar) and vocalists Annie and Victoria.

1 August 2011

Call it Monday in the park.

Timing, preping and generly getting ready for The Freedom Jazz Festival August 13th.

Tunes Played: Reflections In Blue, Summertime, What Ever Lola Wants, Bernies Tune, Close Your Eyes, Chain Of Fools, Minor Swing, Ornithology, and There Will Never Be Another You.

Attendees: Gene (drums), Jeremy (drums), Martin (conga), Josh (guitar), Keith (tenor), Steve (alto), Todd (trumpet), Sam (trumpet), Rob (drums), Jeff (bass), and vocalists: Annie, Victoria, and Matt.