April 4, 2026

Next Time: Sat., 4/11, 11am-2pm, TowerLight (3601 Wooddale Ave., St. Louis Park)

Bring your own stand! We usually play from the Real Book, unless someone brings a handout.

Who was there? A pretty big crowd for the day before Easter! Tom (piano), Raphael (bass), Maria (bass), Bill (drums), Serdar (guitar), John P (guitar), Scott (guitar) Jack K (trumpet), Mike (tenor), Randy (flute, alto), Steve H (soprano), Ari (trumpet), and Sharon (guitar, vocals)

What did we play? Well, fewer tunes, but plenty of soloing. 

Steve: I'm Putting All My Eggs In One Basket (II)

Tom: Long Ago and Far Away (I)

Raphael: Ceora (II)

Maria: There Will Never Be Another You (I)

Sharon: Dream A Little Dream Of Me (I)

Serdar: My Funny Valentine (I) [medium Latin]

John P: Doxy (II)

Scott: Mr. P.C. (I)

Randy: Killer Joe (II)

Ari: Lady Bird (I)

Mike: Have You Met Miss Jones (I)

That's all your scribe knew about before leaving, but the fun was still going strong.

See you next time!

S--SJH

March 28, 2026

Next Time: Sat., 4/4, 11am-2pm, TowerLight (3601 Wooddale Ave., St. Louis Park)

Bring your own stand (and the first three or four volumes of the Real Book, if you got 'em)

People present:

Raphael (bass), Steve H (piano), Carl (bass), Bill (drums), Jack K (trumpet, recorder), John L (trumpet), Matt (vocals), Ari (trumpet), Serdar (guitar), Randy (flute, alto)

Tunes tooted:

Raphael: Lonely Dreams (II)

Bill: There Will Never Be Another You (I)

Matt: I'm Beginning To See The Light (I)

Serdar: Softly, As In A Morning Sunrise (II)

Randy: Serenade To A Cuckoo (I)

Matt: When You Wish Upon A Star (handout)

Jack: I Thought About You (II)

John L: Triste (I)

Matt: Come Fly With Me (III)

Ari: Topsy (I)

Carl: All Of Me (I)

Matt: It Had To Be You (handout)

See you next time!

--SJH

March 21, 2026

Next Time: Sat. 3/28, 11am-2pm, TowerLight (3601 Wooddale Ave., St. Louis Park)

Bring your own stand.

Everybody came ready to enjoy the music: Jack K (trumpet, recorder), Randy (flute, alto), John L (trumpet), John C (trombone, piano), Steve H (soprano, piano), Raphael (bass), Bill (drums), Serdar (guitar), Scott (guitar), Ari (trumpet). 

Plenty of tunes, plenty of solos.

Jack K: My Romance (I)

Randy: Black Orpheus (I)

John L: It Could Happen To You (II)

John C : I Remember April (I)

Steve H: Too Young (II)

Raphael: Dewey Square (II)

Serdar: Billie's Bounce (II)

Scott: Blue Monk (I)

Ari: Body and Soul (I)

Jack K: Four (I)

Randy: My Favorite Things (I)

Ari: Maiden Voyage (I)

Your scribe had to leave before this one got played, and other songs may have been called. 

--SJH

March 14, 2026

Next Time: Sat., 3/21, 11am-2pm, TowerLight (3601 Wooddale Ave., St. Louis Park)

Bring your own stand. We play mostly from the Real Book vols. I-IV.

Another weekend, another barrel of fun. Quite a good chunk of the usual gang showed up: John P (guitar), John L (trumpet), Ari (trumpet), Raphael (bass), Bill (drums), Steve H (piano, soprano), Matt (vocals), Randy (alto, flute), Serdar (guitar). Going around the circle, they called the following tunes:

Bill: Sunny (III)

John P: Beautiful Love (I)

Matt: Let's Get Lost (handout)

Randy: Triste (I)

Matt: Hallelujah, I Love Her So (handout)

Ari: Pure Imagination (III)

John L/Matt: Lullaby of Birdland (I)

Steve: Lucky Southern (I)

Matt: September in the Rain (handout)

Raphael: Hello, Young Lovers (I)

Matt: You and the Night and the Music (handout)

Other songs were probably played after your scribe had to leave.

See you next time!

--SJH

 

March 7, 2026

Next Time: Sat., 3/14, 11am-2pm, TowerLight (3601 Wooddale Ave., St. Louis Park)

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

Present: John L (trumpet), Raphael (bass), Maria (bass), Steve C. (piano), Megan (vocals), Matt (vocals), Randy (alto, flute), Jack (trumpet), Ari (trumpet, flugelhorn).

Tunes played: 

Three Little Words

Moonlight in Vermont

Sandu

Georgia on My Mind

Blue Bossa

All of Me

Lullaby of Birdland

Four

The Night Has A Thousand Eyes

Oleo

My Funny Valentine

Wave

St. Thomas

See you next time.

--SJH

February 28, 2026

Next Time: Sat., 3/7, 11am-2pm, TowerLight (3601 Wooddale Ave., St. Louis Park)

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

Report soon.

--SJH

February 21, 2026

Next Time: Sat. 2/21, 11am-2pm, TowerLight (3601 Wooddale Ave., St. Louis Park)

Bring your own stand. 

The gang seems to be growing each week! This session we had on hand Bill (drums), Maria (bass), Raphael (bass), Steve C (piano), Steve H (alto), John L (trumpet), Ari (trumpet, flugelhorn), Jerry (guitar), Serdar (guitar), John P (guitar), Scott (guitar), and Mike (tenor). 

Here's what we played, and what volume of the Real Book to find it in.

Raphael: Easy Living (I)

Maria: Boplicity (I)

John P: I Remember You (II)

Ari: Au Privave (I)

Jerry: Moanin' (II)

Serdar: Do You Know What It Means To Miss New Orleans (II)

Steve C: Beautiful Love (I)

Raphael: Hocus Pocus (II)

Maria: Cherokee (I)

Scott: Now's The Time (II)

When your scribe departed at 1:30, they were still going strong, with reports that they went on to play Stella By Starlight (I), Blue Bossa (I), and Blue Monk (I). Great fun!

Hope to see you next time!

--SJH