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Wednesday, June 30, 2004 10:43:03 AM
The Echo Beach band setlist last Sunday on the patio at Park Chalet was: "Place To Be" (played at the beginning, middle and end of our set), "Key West Intermezzo", "Jamaican Sun", "Girl From Ipanema", "One Note Samba", "Freddie Freeloader", "Viva Tirado", "Merengue", "St. Thomas", "Tune Up", "Killer Joe", "Blue Bossa" (ballroom dancers -- a guy and a girl -- strutted their stuff in front of us during this tune), "Afro Blue", "So What", "Bright Size Life", "Footprints", "Fall", "Cal's Pals", "Delicate Creature" (a woman seated in the restaurant called out "A Love Supreme" when we finished playing the tune and I had not thought of the resemblance before), "Wave".
Saturday, June 26, 2004 10:36:02 AM
My setlist last night, playing solo on vibraphone, at a company party at Oddpost World Headquarters in Hayes Valley, was: Several improvised tunes in various keys, "Cal's Pals", a variation on Les Perez's "Catamaran", "Llama Serenade", "Delicate Creature", "Wave", "Footprints", "Afro Blue", "Key West Intermezzo", "Morning" (from "Morning/Midday"), "Fall", "Merengue", "St. Thomas", "Jamaican Sun", "Place To Be", "Viva Tirado".
A palm tree completes the scene, at the Oddpost corporate party, 6/25/04
Monday, June 21, 2004 7:05:42 PM
Our setlist yesterday, at the beautiful new Park Chalet in Golden Gate Park was: "Place To Be", "Wave", "One Note Samba", "Freddie Freeloader", "Killer Joe", "Blue Bossa", "Afro Blue", "So What", "Footprints", "Bright Size Life", "Jamaican Sun", "Girl From Ipanema", "Morning/Midday", "Fall", "Cal's Pals", "Delicate Creature", "Viva Tirado". A great venue, delicious food, excellent microbrews from the big brother restaurant due west, The Beach Chalet. Thanks to Michael Pinkham for once again ably handling the drumset playing on this gig. .
Saturday, June 19, 2004 11:05:56 AM
Our setlist last night, outdoors on the deck at Borders Los Gatos was: "Morning/Midday", "Merengue", "Girl From Ipanema", extended percussion intro / "Afro Blue", "Cal's Pals", "Delicate Creature", "Place To Be", "Wave", "Killer Joe", "Footprints", "Fall", "So What", "Freddie Freeloader", "St. Thomas". We appreciate all the positive comments, CDs sold, and friendly people who were there last night.
Monday, June 07, 2004 10:59:49 AM
Our setlist yesterday at Towles Cafe was: "Wave", "One Note Samba", "Freddie Freeloader", "St. Thomas", "Tune Up", "Killer Joe", "Blue Bossa", "Afro Blue", "So What", "Bright Size Life", "Jamaican Sun", "Footprints", "Girl From Ipanema", "Fall", "Morning/Midday", "Cal's Pals", "Delicate Creature", "Viva Tirado", "Merengue", "Place To Be" and "Key West Intermezzo". Lucas Carlton sat in on drumset with us for the first set.
Sunday, June 06, 2004 10:52:40 AM
Setlists of the last two days: On Friday night at Borders Fremont we played - "Killer Joe", "Viva Tirado", "Morning/Midday", "Key West Intermezzo", "Place To Be", "Freddie Freeloader", "Sharkbeat/Merengue", "Fall", "Bright Size Life", "Girl From Ipanema", "Extended percussion intro/Afro Blue", "Footprints", "Cal's Pals", "So What".
Yesterday at The San Francisco Zoo we played - "Place To Be", "Freddie Freeloader", "Wave", "Girl From Ipanema", "Afro Blue", "Footprints", "So What" and "Cal's Pals". Michael Pinkham sat in on drumset with us.
Live music in preparation
Thursday, June 24, 2004 1:15:22 PM
I'm preparing some Martin Denny tunes and other music for a solo gig on vibraphone and Akai Headrush pedal, tomorrow night at a business reception in Hayes Valley.
Thursday, June 03, 2004 1:35:17 PM
"Bright Size Life"
Today the band is playing at The Park Chalet at Ocean Beach for the first time. Exciting prospect to perform at the newly-opened venue.
Music from the computer today
Friday, June 25, 2004 4:31:47 PM
iTune: U2 - "Electrical Storm (William Orbit Mix)". In my U2 Top 5 picks for sure. Everything works, especially the guitars and the bells, for me.
Thursday, June 24, 2004 1:16:08 PM
iTunes: Dizzy Gillespie - "Two Bass Hit", "Oop-Bop-Sh'bam"; The J. Geils Band - "Back To Get Ya"
Tuesday, June 22, 2004 2:57:54 PM
Ripped from CD to iTunes: Tears For Fears - "Break It Down Again", "Break It Down Again (Karaoke Version)"
Thursday, June 10, 2004 4:23:29 PM
iTunes: Neil Young and Crazy Horse - "Powderfinger", "World On A String", "Come On Baby Let's Go Downtown"; Nick Drake - "Things Behind The Sun"
Wednesday, June 09, 2004 12:21:47 PM
iTunes: Fleetwood Mac - "Save Me A Place", "That's All For Everyone"; Pat Metheny Group - "Follow Me"; Pat Martino - "Lazy Bird"; Medeski, Martin and Wood - "Partido Alto";
Tuesday, June 08, 2004 1:35:43 PM
iTunes: The Lovin' Spoonful - "Full Measure", Grin - "Lost A Number", Johnny Cash - "Hurt", Metheny/Hancock/DeJohnette - "Jack In"
Saturday, June 26, 2004 10:41:37 AM
Markus Stockhausen, Arlid Andersen, Patrice Heral, Terje Rypdal - Karta on CD. No exaggeration - these guys are a supergroup of European and World music.
Thursday, June 17, 2004 6:30:06 PM
In the car today: Charlie Haden's Quartet West (Haden, Billy Higgins, Alan Broadbent, Ernie Watts) - Quartet West. Like a cool breeze that's totally refreshing. Recorded in Berkeley.
Thursday, June 10, 2004 2:34:57 PM
M'Boom - LIVE AT S.O.B.'s - New York on CD. Recorded 2/9/92 this unique percussion ensemble (Max Roach, Joe Chambers, Omar Clay, Warren Smith, Roy Brooks, Fred King, Ray Mantilla, Eli Fountain) burns it up on Monk's and Kenny Clarke's "Epistrophy" (I believe that Monk would have dug the timpani), Monk's "Blue Monk", Green/Sour/Heyman's "Body and Soul", Janet Jackson/Jimmy Jam/Terry Lewis's "Come Back To Me" and several originals. For me, this band is way up on the heights of jazz. M'Boom band member Warren Smith writes passionately about his experiences in the group here. Echo Beach plays "Morning/Midday" and "Jamaican Sun" by the group and we're about to re-enter "Rumble In The Jungle" back into our repertoire after a long layoff of the tune.
As I prepare to move to another house, this CD is one of the desert island discs I'm keeping near the stereo and out of a packing box.
Thursday, June 10, 2004 10:22:34 AM
Dizzy Gillespie, Sonny Stitt, Sonny Rollins, Ray Bryant, Tommy Bryant, Charlie Persip - Sonny Side Up on CD. Dizzy, Sonny and Sonny make a great sound as a section and many of the solos here are extremely creative and entertaining. The rhythm section is excellent. The listener reviews on Amazon for this album are glowing and it's hard to disagree.
Friday, June 04, 2004 1:08:29 PM
Joni Mitchell - "Blonde In The Bleachers" on vinyl from For The Roses
Thursday, June 03, 2004 2:34:06 PM
Love - the forever changes concert from last year, on CD
Tuesday, June 01, 2004 2:33:54 PM
10cc - "I'm Not In Love" on vinyl from The Original Soundtrack
Sunday, June 20, 2004 11:48:47 AM
"Jazz History", said the head of SF Jazz last night, onstage before introducing Wayne Shorter, Herbie Hancock, Brian Blade, Dave Holland at the Masonic Auditorium. Jazz history, indisputably. Standout impressions for me: 1) how much Brian Blade reminds me of Max Roach behind the drumkit. Of minor import are his glasses, haircut and face; of major import is the way Blade strokes the kit in dozens of ways, using every part of the kit with invention, syncopating like your ears cannot believe, raising his elbows to touch everything. I felt like I was watching and hearing Max at moments and that from me is 100% a major compliment. Nevertheless Blade is an original drummer and a great one. 2) Herbie and Dave churning note clusters together. 3) Hearing a wonderful rendition of "Footprints". 4) Three of us (John, Justin, me) in Echo Beach were in the house last night and felt the privilege of being there.
Tuesday, June 15, 2004 10:27:03 AM
Last Friday night, from the back row of Davies Symphony Hall I had the pleasure of hearing the San Francisco Symphony (one of the world's best by wide acclaim) perform with Nexus, arguably the best percussion ensemble of all time, on one of the most interesting pieces of late-20th-Century symphonic music, Toru Takemitsu's "From me flows what you call Time...".
Thursday, June 03, 2004 1:35:33 PM
I found a well-done, frequently-updated Nick Drake website here with recent interesting details including a new CD release last month and a mention of a recent BBC Radio documentary.
I like these pictures shot recently by Jos L. Knaepen, pictures of Dave Liebman, Adam Nussbaum and Steve Swallow in concert.
Friday, June 18, 2004 8:55:20 AM
"Weary of the Waltz / and mashed potato schmaltz?" - Roxy Music on MusikLaden puts ennui out of your mind. Netflix has this DVD for rent. The DVD combines Roxy and T-Rex performances from the '70s in Germany on the "Beat Club" and "MusikLaden" tv shows. Roxy, true to their cinema-inspired name, performs a stage show and plays its soundtrack simultaneously. Their early energy when Eno was in the band may be compared to the David Bowie/Spiders From Mars band but for me, Roxy's vision and creativity are more ambitious, thought-provoking and entertaining. This is not the laid-back Roxy Music of Avalon. This is a band exclaiming vivid lyrical scenarios and philosophical statements on top of gorgeous rock 'n' roll noise, sounding like tomorrow's news. For anyone who enjoys British rock this DVD is essential viewing.
Wednesday, June 16, 2004 5:11:09 PM
from Brother Mark, the DVD Bangles "A" spanning the band's mid-to-late '80s TV appearances around the globe. Favorite tracks? The ones that are played and sung live. As I saw for myself in Golden Gate Park last summer, this band absolutely kicks it, on stage.
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