Next Time: Sat. 9/5, 11am-2pm, TowerLight (3601 Wooddale Ave., St. Louis Park)
Bring your own stand. We're in the basement theater.
A more intimate group this time, but perfectly set up: Bill (drums), Raphael (bass), John P (guitar), Steve H (alto), John C (piano), Ari (trumpet, flugelhorn)
The session started with Bill's call, It Could Happen To You (II), with alto, guitar, bass, and drums. John C arrived in time for the second tune--John P's choice of Stella By Starlight (I)--and decided to forego the trombone entirely in favor of the keyboard; Ari was set up in time to participate in that one. He also got the third tune pick, going with Tune Up (I). Yours truly went with the Clifford Brown tune, Sandu (II). Raphael opted for Oliver Nelson's The Drive (II),
Round Two had Bill calling East of the Sun (III). John P decided on the classic Have You Met Miss Jones (I). The next one went to Ari, but your scribe forgot to write it down. Next up, yours truly opted to pick things up a bit with Charlie Barnet's Skyliner (II), which went fine once we established the form. Raphael thought it might be fun to give Randy Weston's High Fly (II) a whirl, but we universally agreed it was not.
We began a third go 'round with Bill's choice, Tangerine (II). John P. thought it was time for a ballad, calling Georgia On My Mind (II). It was so ballad-y that, fifteen minutes later, three of us had to leave, thus bringing the session to a halt.
Hope to see you next time!
--SJH
