Tonight my roomie, Vinnie Sperrazza will be performing at Smith’s Bar at 9:00pm with his quartet. His quartet features Matt Blostein on alto sax, Peter Brendler on bass, Danny Fox on piano and Vinnie on drums. This will be the first time I hear this particular quartet perform and I look forward to it. Vin’s… Continue reading Sperrazza/Blostein Quartet Tonight
Category: Music
Congrats, Jacob, on a Great Night of Music
Last night was the beginning of the Jacob Sacks New Music Series 2005. This series was inspired by Jacob’s 10 year anniversary of moving to New York City. This first concert’s performers were Jacob Garchik and Ben Gerstein on trombones, Thomas Morgan on bass, Dan Weiss on drums and Jacob Sacks on piano. It was… Continue reading Congrats, Jacob, on a Great Night of Music
Outside Sources
Tonight at Barbes, my friend, Michael Bates and his Outside Sources band will be performing at 8:00pm. Come and check it out. It’s a great band with some hot players!
The Sacks Series
On Friday, January 14th, my best friend and pianist extrodinaire, Jacob Sacks, will be performing the first concert of his 2005 music series. The other performers on this night are Ben Gerstein and Jacob Garchik (trombones), Thomas Morgan (bass) and Dan Weiss (the killin’ drummer I wrote about last week). Actually, everyone who will be… Continue reading The Sacks Series
Awe Inspiring!
On Thursday night (January 6th) I went to the 55 Bar to hear Dan Weiss, my friend (and drummer for 4inObjects, the collective band we’re in) perform classical North Indian tabla compositions which he arranged for drum set. It was soooooo unbelieveable! It was more than 60 minutes of non-stop playing and each composition Dan… Continue reading Awe Inspiring!
Holiday Obsessions
At this time, I have a mild obsession with the lengendary musician Billie Holiday. For any of those who don’t know her, she was one of the greatest jazz singers to ever exist. Being a jazz musician and vocalist, I can’t believe that I never really checked her out during my time at music school.… Continue reading Holiday Obsessions