June 20, 2026

Next Time: Sat, 6/27, 11am-2pm, TowerLight (3601 Wooddale Ave., St. Louis Park)

Bring your own stand.

There will be NO Workshop Saturday, 7/4. Go out and have a whizzbang of a time celebrating our nation's bisesquicentennial (or semiquincentennial, or sestercentennial, or quarter millennium--whichever seems most fitting for you)!

Present: Steve C (piano), Raphael (bass), John C (trombone, piano), Steve H (alto, rhythm, piano), Ari (trumpet, rhythm). 

Tunes called and played:

Steve C: Line for Lyons (III)

John C: Exactly Like You (III)

Raphael: Boplicity (I)

Steve H: Cherokee (I)

Ari: Pure Imagination (III)

Steve C: Strollin' (III)

Raphael: Rosetta (II)

Steve H: Lover Man (II)

Ari: Autumn Leaves (I)

John C: I'll Remember April (I)

Steve H: I Could Write A Book (I)

Ari: Little Sunflower (II)

June 13, 2026

Jazz on the Patio!

Report soon.

-SJH

June 6, 2026

Report soon.

--SJH

May 30, 2026

Next Time: Sat, 6/6, 11am-2pm, TowerLight (3601 Wooddale Ave., St. Louis Park)

Bring your own stand. We'll be in the basement theater.

Your scribe has no report of the goings on, but as soon as he does, a report will be forthcoming.

Hope to see you there!

--SJH

May 23, 2026

Next Time: Sat., 5/30, 11am-2pm, TowerLight (3601 Wooddale Ave., St. Louis Park)

Bring your own stand.

Who was present to play

Ari (trumpet), Raphael (bass), John C (trombone, piano), John P (trumpet), Serdar (guitar), Randy (flute, alto), Matt (vocals), Steve H (piano)

What those present played

Tume Up (I)

I Won't Dance (III)

Honeysuckle Rose (II)

Smokey Blues (handout)

You and the Night and the Music (handout)

Airegin (I)

My Funny Valentine (I)

When the Red Red Robin Comes Bob Bob Bobbin' Along (handout)

There Will Never Be Another You (I)

Dindi (II)

On Broadway (IV)

F Minor Blues (ad lib)

--SJH 

May 16, 2026

Next Time: Sat, 5/23, 11am-2pm, TowerLight (3601 Wooddale Ave., St. Louis Park)

Come when you can, leave when you must.

Bring your own stand.

Present: Raphael (bass), Bill (drums), Jerry (guitar), Ari (trumpet), Randy (alto, flute)

Songs played: Desafinado, Jordu, Besame Mucho, Watermelon Man, Round Midnight, Road Song, There Will Never Be Another You, When You're Smiling, So Danco Samba, Exactly Like You, Midnight Sun, St. Thomas.

Hope to see you next time!

--SJH

May 9, 2026

Next Time:

Bring your own stand.

Present: John L (trumpet), John C (piano), Ari (trumpet), Raphael (bass), Randy (alto, flute), Matt (vocals), Steve H (drums!), Jerry (guitar)

Played:

John L: Basin Street Blues (II)

Matt: The Frim Fram Sauce (II)

Jerry: Mercy Mercy Mercy (II)

Raphael: Off Minor (II)

Matt: My Kind Of _____ (handout)

Steve H: Tangerine (II)

Ari: Song For My Father (II)

Matt: Quizas, Quizas, Quizas (III)

Randy: Wave (I)

Jerry: Chitlins Con Carne (I)

Matt: You Make Me Feel So Young (handout)

Raphael: Daahoud (I)

--SJH