Hello again, it’s been a minute! Funny how quickly a month and a half can whizz by. July was a bit crazy, but in a good way. I threw together a last minute gig with some of my best friends, I recorded a podcast, I even buzzed my hair off!
Okay, to be fair, it wasn’t “last minute” as much as it was “last ten-days-or-so.” But that’s still not a whole lot of time to throw an amazing group together, rehearse, and market for a ticketed show (it sold out). I played for the first time at Tyrant Studios on July 8th with my “Give” trio consisting of Eli Davidovici and Mili Hong just before they went back home to Montreal after doing their yearly pilgrimmage of leaving their mark all over the Vancouver jazz fest. The group also included one of the best tenor saxophonists in the city, John Nicholson. Tyrant is a historic room and you can really feel it when you’re there. It has a true intimate “jazz club” vibe and it’s right in the heart of downtown.
Apart from of a couple more trio gigs at 2nd Floor Gastown and Pourhouse during July, I also made an appearance on Will Chernoff’s Rhythm Changes podcast (listen here). My episode apparently stands out as being both particularly meandering AND way longer than the standard episode. We talked so long that Will ran out of space on his hard drive in the middle of our conversation. It was a fun conversation and I’d like to thank Will for having me on despite not having any particular projects to plug.
So it’s been an eventful month. And the next month is shaping up to be just as, if not more eventful than the previous one!
UPCOMING GIGS
Scroll down to view a list of the public engagements I’ll be performing in from now until the end of September (all listings include myself on guitar).
August 23rd - 6:30/8:30 pm - 2nd Floor Water St.
Sara Kim Trio
Sara Kim [v], Dan Howard [b]
August 25th - 7:00-8:15 pm - Roedde House Museum
Chris Fraser Trio (donations accepted, event link)
James Meger [b], Omar Amlani [d]
September 7th - 8:00/9:30 pm - Tangent Cafe
Chris Fraser [g] Sharon Minemoto [p] Darren Radtke [b]
September 8th - 8:00/9:30 pm - Frankie’s Jazz Club
Todd Stewart Quartet ($16, reserve a table)
Quincy Mayes (pn), Jodi Proznick [b], Todd Stewart [d]
September 21st - 8:00/9:30 pm - Tangent Cafe
Jocelyn Waugh Quartet
Jocelyn Waugh [tp], Omar Amlani [d], Wynston Minckler [b]