Sittin-in Tonight

Went to see/hear the Morgan Fisher/Pascal D'Aboyer photo exhibition/LIVE tonight at Super Deluxe in Azabu. Later, went over to What the Dickens in Ebisu and "sat-in" with Derek Short's band.

Marunouchi Building Gig

Had a fun gig last night with the Jeff Curry Trio at the New Marunouchi Building in Tokyo. It was great playing again in a piano-less trio. No offense to all the piano players I know. It's been a while and felt good. Harmonically, I like that freedom. Also, it felt comfortable to play flugel in that group with the wood bass and wooden drums and in a large open space. Tone of the instruments seemed to match up well. I need to consistently play in a group like that because maybe sometimes I rely a little too much on listening to piano players for the form. When playing in this type of trio I sometimes feel like I get lost in the form or am on the edge. That used to bother me a lot more than it does these days. I just figure if we lose the form, that's how somebody on the bandstand was hearing it and let's go with that. It used to be a source of tension and stress. These days, my thinking has completely changed about those things. I love a quote I heard yesterday...

"If you're not prepared to be wrong, you'll never come up with anything original."

Ken Robinson

New Blog - "Brain Chow"

Pretty self-explanatory from the "header". Have a couple of other reasons for compiling all this info in one place. But, a little early to get into it. Enjoying where this little experiment is taking me though.....

Eddie Henderson at Kamome 6/2/09

Heard Eddie Henderson with "Tiger" Onitsuka's Quintet last night at Kamome in Yokohama. Always great to hear Eddie. One of the true masters on the horn. Looking forward to hearing him a few more times while he is around Tokyo this week.

Schedule Update

June 06 Foreign Correspondents' Club
June 08 Kamome
June 23 Jeff Curry Trio
July 27-29 Senzoku Univ. Faculty Concerts, Karuizawa, Japan
August 06 Kamome
Sept. 23 Stella Theater Orchestra (All Nippon Junior Jazz Competition)