Although I won’t be in town, I was excited to see that Kamasi Washington is coming to Seattle, playing at Neumo’s on July 30: I’ve read a fair amount about Washington in the last couple of months, but one aspect of his approach that particularly interested me was his participation in creating the West Coast […]
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Jazz Shows
I had the opportunity to bounce around a bit this weekend, and really wanted to hear some jazz, so I went to several shows/sessions that I absolutely loved this weekend: Brass Tacks in Georgetown with Ron Weinstein, Jeff Johnson, and Mike Stone: I had heard about Brass Tacks before; I think Darian Asplund has had […]
Roy Orbison and Local Music Circles
I had a fun opportunity a couple of weeks ago to perform in a tribute to the music of Roy Orbison, a musician whose most popular songs I’m familiar with but who also wrote and performed a lot of material less well-known to me. It was fun and interesting to play the show and get […]
New Orleans JazzFest 2015
Hi all! I’ve made a playlist on my YouTube channel with some of the short video clips I managed to take while in New Orleans. They are very short, but it hopefully will give you at least small idea of the energy behind these live performances and the music happening here. Go here and check out […]
Lottie’s Lounge
Great gig at Lottie’s Lounge with Eric Hullander and Papa Josh the other night. I got a chance to really dig into some standards that I haven’t played in a long time, and all three of us were listening close. I found myself thinking a lot about the old Dexter and Hayes sessions I used […]
News
Hi everyone! Lots of exciting stuff happening. Polyrhythmics just returned from 4-day west coast tour that culminated in a show at the Great American Music Hall in San Francisco, CA. The Hall has been the site of many amazing concerts over the years, and is a beautiful room to play in. I felt very lucky […]
Greetings From The Road!
The Polyrhythmics are currently on our way out of Louisiana, heading toward Colorado. The Mardi Gras celebration in New Orleans was more colorful and vibrant than I could have imagined, and although the multiple parades and costume balls range from neighbor and family friendly to parties that were for older folks, the one thing that […]
Tour Blog 5
When I left off, we were heading to Texas, a state I had never visited before, pretty exciting! It was an early departure from Santa Fe, and it was going to be a long day of driving, but luckily there was no gig we had to get to, just a hotel room waiting at the […]
Post 4
So we’re back home, in beautiful Seattle, but I have still have a ways to go in the tour. I enjoy talking about it, and hopefully you guys enjoy reading about it, so I’ll keep going. Okay…with the end of the Phoenix show came one of our monster drives: 10 hours overnight to Telluride, Colorado. […]
Tour Blog 3
San Diego: Our San Diego show was in the beach town of Ocean Beach, at Winston’s, where we’d played once before and had a really successful show. Unlike last time, I went to the beach for a little while before we started, which was gorgeous! A nice last look before we turned East. Then I […]