Tuesday, June 9, 2009
Plugging Along Through a Very Hot Summer
It’s been a whirlwind month.
Five weeks ago, Jan and I have sailed on the beautiful Sapphire Princess, a very happy ship, from Vancouver to Whittier, Alaska and returned to Vancouver. We brought our folding bikes to throw off the shackles of ShoreEx and generally go our own way. That made a real difference in our enjoyment of Alaska. I did a small website here on the mechanics of bringing our bikes on board.
We are getting closer to having a recording made at Promise Land Church with the locals, especially the two Tonys.
We got back from Alaska just in time to do the first big band gig of the modern era, June 6, at the Becker Vineyards in Stonewall. The band played great! Saxes were RF, Tony Campise, Tony Bray, Chris Kapral; trumpets were Kevin Flatt and, in one of his last gigs in Texas, Pat Murray; Matt Walker played trombone; rhythm section was Angelo Lembisis, Ulrich Ellison, Kris Afflerbach, JF. Canary was Jennifer Zavaleta.
This gig is the reason I’ve abandoned plans to go to LA--that and the remoteness of it all. Schlepping all the stuff required 1600 miles is daunting. And now that I know we can get a fine local result, I’m going for it.
Here are ten--TEN--charts I’ve taken down since we got back here in June:
Skyliner (Charlie Barnet), All Right, OK, You Win Joe Williams/Basie), Chattanooga Choo Choo (GMO), Walkin’ My Baby Back Home (Billy May/Nat Cole), Still Diggin’ on James Brown (Tower), The Very Thought of You (Nelson Riddle/Ella), Stella By Starlight (Nelson Riddle), Cut the Cake (AWB), Corner Pocket (Basie), Save the Last Dance for Me (Michael Bublé).
Labels:
Alaska,
Arrangements,
folding bikes,
Los Angeles,
Promise Land Church
Saturday, June 6, 2009
Tune List for 6/6/09 Wedding Gig in Stonewall, TX
89 Just the Way You Are
50 Li'l Darlin
100 The Way We Were
112 Little Brown Jug
113 Sophisticated Lady
Jen 1
Jen 2
139 Witchcraft
27 April in Paris
34 What's New
4 Serenade In Blue
103 Moonlight Serenade
177 I Just Called to Say I Love You
199 "Godfather" Theme
108 String of Pearls
28 Take the "A" Train
32 Candy
33 I Got It Bad
80 Three Little Words
58 In The Mood
83 Do the Hustle
91 Can't Take My Eyes Off of You
205 Zoot Suit Riot
187 Into the Mystic
152 Shiny Stockings
123 Fly Me To The Moon
210 Car Wash
111 Stompin' at the Savoy
176 Bye Bye Blackbird
204 Just a Gigolo/I Ain't Got Nobody
185 Beauty & the Beast
92 Signed, Sealed & Delivered
Jen 3
42 Blue & Sentimental
29 Jumpin' at the Woodside
209 Let Me Stand Next to Your Fire
39 The Magic Trumpet
117 Mack the Knife
208 Rock Lobster
188 Domino
105 Begin the Beguine
128 Jump Jive & Wail
Jen 4
90 Soul Bossa Nova
11 No Spring This Year
19 Cherokee
40 Come Back to Sorrento
57 When Lights Are Low
106 Perdido
107 Cheek to Cheek
142 Perfidia
178 Brazil
180 Day by Day
201 In the Wee Small Hours of the Morning
203 Harlem Nocturne
50 Li'l Darlin
100 The Way We Were
112 Little Brown Jug
113 Sophisticated Lady
Jen 1
Jen 2
139 Witchcraft
27 April in Paris
34 What's New
4 Serenade In Blue
103 Moonlight Serenade
177 I Just Called to Say I Love You
199 "Godfather" Theme
108 String of Pearls
28 Take the "A" Train
32 Candy
33 I Got It Bad
80 Three Little Words
58 In The Mood
83 Do the Hustle
91 Can't Take My Eyes Off of You
205 Zoot Suit Riot
187 Into the Mystic
152 Shiny Stockings
123 Fly Me To The Moon
210 Car Wash
111 Stompin' at the Savoy
176 Bye Bye Blackbird
204 Just a Gigolo/I Ain't Got Nobody
185 Beauty & the Beast
92 Signed, Sealed & Delivered
Jen 3
42 Blue & Sentimental
29 Jumpin' at the Woodside
209 Let Me Stand Next to Your Fire
39 The Magic Trumpet
117 Mack the Knife
208 Rock Lobster
188 Domino
105 Begin the Beguine
128 Jump Jive & Wail
Jen 4
90 Soul Bossa Nova
11 No Spring This Year
19 Cherokee
40 Come Back to Sorrento
57 When Lights Are Low
106 Perdido
107 Cheek to Cheek
142 Perfidia
178 Brazil
180 Day by Day
201 In the Wee Small Hours of the Morning
203 Harlem Nocturne
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