The news at 11

I missed putting up a post about the first Monday evening workshop on 6/1/09. This was the last night to rehearse songs for the gig on Saturday 6/6/09 (more on that below). In attendance were Annie and Vicki (vocals), Sam (trumpet), Christian (piano), Don (bass), Jim (baritone sax), Wes (tenor sax), Gene (drums), Martin (percussion), Matt (flute) and Tim (guitar). We did run-throughs of "Four Brothers" featuring four part harmony arranged by Christian, "St. Thomas," "In Memory of Elizabeth Reed" in about its 10th iteration arranged by Tim (someday he'll get it right), "Feeling Good," "At Last," "I'll Remember April," and several others that, five days later, I can't recall.

On Saturday 6/6/09 the workshop played at the McRae Park Fun Day from 12:30PM-2:00PM. This is usually an outdoor event, but due to the cold temperatures and rain things were moved indoors. This was good as cold wet weather makes if hard to play an instrument with any facility, and for the bassist and guitarist, holding an electrified instrument while getting rained on and standing in water leaves much to be desired. Musicians playing at the gig were all of the above plus Dick (vocals). We played "Four Brothers," "Yardbird Suite," "Feeling Good," "Corcovado," "At Last," "Day by Day," "I'll Remember April," "Centerpiece," "St. Thomas," "Gentle Rain," and probably a half dozen other songs that aren't coming back to me as I type this. The gig was fun and went pretty well.

The workshop will now be meeting on Monday evenings from 6:00PM-8:45PM throughout the summer. The next one is 6/8/09. If you're interested in playing jazz, come on down and give it a whirl.