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
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
Next Time: Sat. 5/9, 11am-2pm, TowerLight (3601 Wooddale Ave., St. Louis Park)
Bring your own stand. We usually play out of the Real Book (vols. I-IV)
Present at our last gathering: Matt (vocals), Maria 9bass), Bill (drums), Raphael (bass), Jack (trumpet, recorder), Steve H (piano), John P (guitar), Bob W (trombone), Randy (flute, alto), Ari (trumpet).
Tunes we played or otherwise messed around with:
Matt: All of Me (I)
Maria: Ceora (II)
Matt: Anything Goes (handout)
Jack: Bye Bye Blackbird (II)
Matt: Beyond the Sea (I)
Bob: I Thought About You (II)
Matt: Moonglow (I)
Steve: The Pinochle Deal (original handout)
Raphael: Black Nile (I)
John P: There Is No Greater Love (I)
Matt: You Made Me Feel So Young (handout)
More tunes were played after your scribe departed.
Hope to see you next time!
--SJH
Next Time: Sat., 5/2, 11am-2pm, TowerLight (3601 Wooddale Ave., St. Louis Park)
Bring your own stand.
Present:
Maria (bass), Bill (drums), John C. (trombone), Ari (trumpet), Steve H (piano), Jerry (guitar), Raphael (bass), Randy (alto, flute), Matt (vocals), Meghan (vocals)
Tunes:
Maria: Ceora (I)
Jerry: Quizas Quizas Quizas (III)
Ari: Pent Up House (I)
John C: Perdido (II)
Matt: Nice and Easy (handout)
Steve H: Softly, As In A Morning Sunrise (II)
Matt: Since I Fell For You (handout)
Raphael: Lush Life (II)
Meg: It Don't Mean A Thing If It Ain't Got That Swing (I)
Randy: Chega De Saudade (I)
Matt: Dream A Little Dream (I)
Your scribe had to leave, but other tunes were in the offing...
--SJH
We played in the Club Room of TowerLight this time, and it was, if your scribe may say so, a success.
More later.
--SJH
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
