December 28, 2024

Next Time: Sat., 1/4, 11am-2pm, TowerLight (3601 Wooddale Ave., St. Louis Park)

Happy New Year!

A quartet made an appearance for our last Workshop of 2024: Jan (trumpet), Jerry (guitar), Steve H (piano, soprano), and Raphael (bass). Fewer people, of course, means more songs and extra solo time. 

We began with Jerry's pick, Mercy, Mercy, Mercy (II-262). Your scribe called the next one, Perdido (II-311). Raphael opted for Bright Boy (II-68). Jan went for the classic, On the Sunny Side of the Street (II-298).

For round two, Jerry stuck with his funky groove with Watermelon Man (III-429). Yours truly picked that non-Christmas song that often shows up at Christmas time, Thad Jones' A Child Is Born (I-79). Raphael made us work on Horace-Scope (II-168). Jan changed to a Latin mood with Watch What Happens (II-413).

Jerry started round three with the fun Let's Get Lost (II-238). Your scribe went to the easy-going (but not easy to play) John Lewis tune, Afternoon In Paris (I-12). Raphael made us work again by calling the next page, Airegin (I-13). Jan stuck with the adventurous by choosing the Frank Foster jazz waltz Simone (II-350). We closed out the session playing Jerry's call, Killer Joe (II-229).

See you in 2025!

--SJH