North Sea Jazz Festival
David Moss
Abercrombie, Herbie, Chick, Wynton, Benson,
etc. playing live. Frank Gambale put up a spectacular
show with Chick Corea band. We had front row
seats for Abercrombie with Marc Johnson and Joey
Baron, plus Mark Feldman on violin - fantastic.
But the absolute highlight for me was Pat
Metheny in a quiet and intimate duet with Jesse
Van Ruller, I was sitting right at the edge of
the stage about 10 feet from Metheny, hanging
on to every movement of his fingers. Anna said
that afterwards I looked like I do when we just
had sex.
Anna had a great time too, she liked the funky
stuff best, like Candy Dulfer and Chick Corea.
Of the straight ahead stuff, she liked Wynton best.
She also turned out to be quite the groupie - her
flirtatious smile got her an autographed CD from
Dave Holland, and the next day she used the
same smile to get Candy Dulfer's bodyguard to
go backstage and bring her the autograph. I was
impressed!
I also added Keith Freeman to the list of RMMGJ
regulars I've met in person and picked up guitar
tips from. He's a fellow ex-pat Brit, so we spent
a pleasant afternoon drinking tea, eating cucumber
sandwiches, doing silly walks, and admiring each
other's guitars. His Hofner Jazzica is a really nice
instrument, anyone looking for something one step
above the Epi Regent and similar should really
take a close look at that one.
Nice trip!
Steve Modica
David Moss wrote:
> Just got back... blown away by seeing Metheny,
> Abercrombie, Herbie, Chick, Wynton, Benson,
> etc. playing live. Frank Gambale put up a spectacular
> show with Chick Corea band. We had front row
> seats for Abercrombie with Marc Johnson and Joey
> Baron, plus Mark Feldman on violin - fantastic.
> But the absolute highlight for me was Pat
> Metheny in a quiet and intimate duet with Jesse
> Van Ruller, I was sitting right at the edge of
> the stage about 10 feet from Metheny, hanging
> on to every movement of his fingers. Anna said
> that afterwards I looked like I do when we just
> had sex.
er.. nekkid and sweaty? eeeyyeeeeeew... :)
>
> Anna had a great time too, she liked the funky
> stuff best, like Candy Dulfer and Chick Corea.
> Of the straight ahead stuff, she liked Wynton best.
> She also turned out to be quite the groupie - her
> flirtatious smile got her an autographed CD from
> Dave Holland, and the next day she used the
> same smile to get Candy Dulfer's bodyguard to
> go backstage and bring her the autograph. I was
> impressed!
>
> I also added Keith Freeman to the list of RMMGJ
> regulars I've met in person and picked up guitar
> tips from. He's a fellow ex-pat Brit, so we spent
> a pleasant afternoon drinking tea, eating cucumber
> sandwiches, doing silly walks, and admiring each
> other's guitars. His Hofner Jazzica is a really nice
> instrument, anyone looking for something one step
> above the Epi Regent and similar should really
> take a close look at that one.
>
> Nice trip!
>
>
>
>
--
Steve Modica
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he leaves you alone" - me
Mark Kleinhaut
Hey Dave, sounds like a great time. How was Robin Eubanks sounding (the
bone player in Holland's band)?
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David Moss
"Mark Kleinhaut" wrote...
> Hey Dave, sounds like a great time. How was Robin
> Eubanks sounding (the bone player in Holland's band)?
Well, I have to confess - what Anna didn't mention to
Dave Holland was that we missed his gig - he was on
at 6 pm on the Saturday, and we didn't get to the jazz
festival early enough because we'd bought an antique
gramophone on our day trip to Delft and had to drop
it off at the hotel first. We got there just in time to meet
him coming out and get the autograph.
But we'll have the chance to check him out on
Tuesday, he's playing right here in Karlsruhe.
Adam Gottschalk
"Mark Kleinhaut" <markkl...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> Hey Dave, sounds like a great time. How was Robin Eubanks sounding (the
> bone player in Holland's band)?
Didn't see the festival of course, but I really like that band, though I
don't have any recordings yet. When I saw them in NYC I was truly
impressed with how well Eubanks was able to contend with the
sometimes-over-the-top playing of Chris Potter, whatever that means.
Tom Lippincott
>> that afterwards I looked like I do when we just
>> had sex.
>
>er.. nekkid and sweaty? eeeyyeeeeeew... :)
>
actually I was thinking "you mean after one tune you rolled over and went to
sleep?"
heh
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David Moss
"Tom Lippincott" wrote...
> you mean after one tune you rolled over and went to sleep?
LOL - Anna too!