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

February 14, 2026

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

Bring your own stand.

Who showed up?

Maria (bass), Raphael (bass), Bill (drums), John P (guitar), Randy (alto, flute), Ari (trumpet), Jack (trumpet), Matt (vocals), John C (piano)

What did they play?

L-O-V-E (III), Boplicity (I), Horace Scope (II), Blue Moon (handout), Alice in Wonderland (I), There Is No Grater Love (I), Beyond the Sea (II), The Girl From Ipanema (I), My Funny Valentine (I), Bye Bye Blackbird (II), When the Red-Red-Robin Comes Bob-Bob-Bobbin' Along (handout).

See you next time? Here's hoping!

--SJH

February 7, 2026

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

Bring your own stand.

Thanks to John C for taking notes.

Present were Steve C (piano), Raphael (bass), Maria (bass), Bill (drums), Scott (guitar), Serdar (guitar), Randy (alto and flute), Jerry (guitar), John C (trombone), John L (trumpet), Jack (trumpet), Ari (trumpet), Matt (vocals).

Tunes Played: 

All of Me (I)

I'll Remember April (I)

You Brought A New Kind of Love To Me 

Nostalgia in Times Square (I)

I Won't Dance (III)

Horace Scope (II)

Rubber Duckie (handout)

Candy (II)

Wave (I)

--SJH