I'm heading in to Toronto to play a gig on Monday night at the Trane Studio with Martin Loomer and the Orange Devils Big Band.
We'll be playing tunes from the early part of the swing era - mostly charts from the repertoire of Fletcher Henderson, Jimmie Lunceford, Duke Ellington, Count Basie, Andy Kirk and the Mills Blue Rhythm Band.
The Trane Studio is located at 964 Bathurst St., just N. of Bloor in Toronto. Music starts at 9 p.m.
I'm looking forward to this gig. The band features some excellent musicians. The sax section on this occasion includes veteran reedman Bob Brough on alto/bari/clar, Kira Payne on alto/tenor/clar and Andy Ballantyne on tenor/clar. I'm playing lead alto/soprano/clar.
My recording gear is getting dragged along, since I need some live material for a demo. With any luck, I'll have some good tracks to post here next week.
We'll be playing tunes from the early part of the swing era - mostly charts from the repertoire of Fletcher Henderson, Jimmie Lunceford, Duke Ellington, Count Basie, Andy Kirk and the Mills Blue Rhythm Band.
The Trane Studio is located at 964 Bathurst St., just N. of Bloor in Toronto. Music starts at 9 p.m.
I'm looking forward to this gig. The band features some excellent musicians. The sax section on this occasion includes veteran reedman Bob Brough on alto/bari/clar, Kira Payne on alto/tenor/clar and Andy Ballantyne on tenor/clar. I'm playing lead alto/soprano/clar.
My recording gear is getting dragged along, since I need some live material for a demo. With any luck, I'll have some good tracks to post here next week.