Coming next week, MetroSongs live at Artomatic in Crystal City, VA, Saturday June 2 at 4:00 pm. We’ll be on the main stage on the 10th floor of this 11-floor art extravaganza. Come out for the music, stay for the art (or vice versa).
Hope to see you there!
I’m looking forward to playing a selection of MetroSongs at the Artomatic festival in Crystal City, VA on June 2 at 4 pm. I’ll be on keyboards with Jason Mendelson and the Open Doors.
All I know about this event is what I read in the papers (to paraphrase Will Rogers); apparently Artomatic is what happens when a bunch of artists and musicians take over an 11-story office building in near-suburban northern Virginia. We’ll be on the 10th floor on the main stage.
By the way, if you’re interested in experiencing MetroSongs before the show, you can check out some videos of our live performances, and of course listen to the songs themselves.
On Thursday May 24, I’m joining an extended edition of Jason Mendelson and the Open Doors in the Classic Albums 1977 showcase at the Iota Club & Cafe in Arlington, VA. We’re performing selected songs from the classic Steely Dan album Aja, complete with horns and backup singers.
We’re appearing alongside an impressive roster of local musicians who will recreate other legendary sounds of those bygone days. I don’t think Billy Joel and the Ramones appeared on the same stage in ’77, but they will do so (at least in spirit) on the 24th.
Speaking of which, I may be one of the only people on the Iota stage who was actually around to listen to those albums in 1977, but I digress…
In addition to this foray into classic rock, the jazz continues at the Black Fox Lounge on Friday May 4, when I take my place at the piano alongside Aaron Myers and the rest of the Black Fox Jazz Ensemble.
Another live video from our performances at the Black Fox Lounge in Dupont Circle (Washington, DC). This one’s an instrumental; our take on the Duke Ellington standard “Caravan”
Here’s the first of what I hope will be several videos from our April 13 performance at the Black Fox Lounge. I’m very happy that we captured this particular performance of “Fly Me To The Moon”, which went on an interesting (and surprising) trip.
The band:
More fun to come next Friday the 20th with Aaron and the ensemble.
Just got the word from Aaron yesterday that we’re playing tonight, April 13, in a special second Friday performance at the Black Fox Lounge, I’ll be on the piano along with Percy White on bass and Joe Henderson on the drums. The music should start around 9:45 pm (we’re following another performance that Aaron is also playing for), and as always there’s no cover charge for the music.
We’ll be back again on April 20 for the third Friday in the month, with the Black Fox Ensemble in its standard form: Aaron at the mike, me at the piano, Will Stephens at the drums, and Percy on the bass.
I’ll be celebrating at our family seder in Boston on Friday night the 6th, so I won’t be playing with Aaron Myers at the Black Fox Lounge in Dupont Circle. If you’re in DC and aren’t otherwise occupied with a seder of your own, please stop in and check out the band!
I’ll be back at the Fox on April 20 with Aaron and the rest of the Black Fox Ensemble.
By the way, thank you very, very much to everyone who came out to the Black Fox on March 30 to hear my “Dupont Jazz Project.” I want to extend a special thanks to the guest vocalists, Jason, Jeff, CaShandra, and Aaron, who helped make it a special night. I hope to do it again soon.
To start off that Pesach spirit, check out this clip from Bob Moses’ musical epic “The Story of Moses”. Hag sameach!
