pleased to Announce
July 26 sunday 2pm 6717 Walker street Steve and Shiela's Annual Sebastapol Jazz Garden Party (pot luck and donation)
Bishop Norman Williams quintet Bishop sax Mark Wright trumpet Eugene Pliner keys John Repetto Bass Orion drums
sunday
Aug 9 Kuumbania 530pm will be playing jazz @La Estrellita's440
E12street &5th Ave oakland 94606 Myamba keys/leader Steve Favuis
sax David Jefferies bass Orion Drums no cover, donation kids welcome
sunday Aug 16th John Zalabak Trio Richmond Yacht Club John Bass/leader Marl Kroll piano Orion Drums Private Party .
sunday
Aug 23 noon Marie Louise Clark's The Jazz Habit with Orion on drums
Featuring singer Marie Louise Clark @ The Village Inn & Restaurant 20822 River Boulevard Monte
Rio
Jazz jams ..... Monday night Mike Olmos Trumpet/leader Grant and Green saloon North Beach sf donation
tuesday Beach Chalet sf 6pm Gerry Groce Vibes/leader no cover kids welcome great veiw of ocean & Sunset
tuesday night 930ish till
2am Eugene Waren Bassist/leader Club Delux Haight and Ashbury sf donation
wendsday night "Amenisa" 10pm Mitch Marcus sax/leader valencia street Mission sf donation
sunday 430 dogpatch 3rd street sf andrew spaith/sax leader w Vince Lateono drs. July 19 PETE YELLEN(
peteyellin.com LEADS 5 cover two drink minimum free buffet
sunday evening Savanah mission street DONALD "DUCK" BAILEY ON DRUMS (ps check out his new record as leader
and drummer with Odean Pope .)$5 cover
thanks for making the World, me, you,and your love ones a more Peaceful and Joyful place Orion's Joy of Jazz
see yoke below(also check out Bill Crow's funny book Jazz Anedotes)
The Life and Art of Bass Playing
by
Tony Levin
In the beginning there was a bass.
It was a Fender, probably a Precision,
but it could have been a Jazz - nobody knows. Anyway, it was very old ...
Definitely pre-C.B.S.
And God looked down upon it and saw that it was good. He saw that it was very
good in fact, and couldn't be improved on at all (though men would later try).
And so He let it be and He created a man to play the bass.
And lo the man looked upon the bass, which was a beautiful 'sunburst' red, and
he loved it. He played upon the open E string and the note rang through the
earth and reverberated throughout the firmaments (thus reverb came to be.)
And it was good.
And God heard that it was good and He smiled at His handiwork.
Then in the course of time, the man came to slap upon the bass. And lo it was
funky.
And God heard this funkiness and He said, "Go man, go." And it was
good.
And more time passed, and, having little else to do, the man came to practice
upon the bass. And lo, the man came to have upon him a great set of chops.
Andhe did play faster and faster until the notes rippled like a breeze through
the heavens.
And God heard this sound which sounded something like the wind, which He had
created earlier. It also sounded something like the movement of furniture, which
He hadn't even created yet, and He was not so pleased. And He spoke to the man,
saying "Don't do that!"
Now the man heard the voice of God, but he was so excited about his new ability
that he slapped upon the bass a blizzard of funky notes. And the heavens shook
with the sound, and the Angels ran about in confusion. (Some of the Angels
started to dance, but that's another story.)
And God heard this - how could He miss it - and lo He became Bugged.
And He spoke to the man, and He said, "Listen man, if I wanted Jimi Hendrix I would
have created the guitar. Stick to the bass parts."
And the man heard the voice of God, and he knew not to mess with it.
But now
he had upon him a passion for playing fast and high. The man took the
frets off of
the bass which God had created. And the man did slide his fingers upon
the
fretless fingerboard and play melodies high upon the neck. And, in his
excitement, the man did forget the commandment of the Lord, and he
played a frenzy of high melodies and blindingly fast licks. And the
heavens rocked with the assault and the earth shook, rattled and
rolled.
Now God's wrath was great. And His voice was thunder as He spoke to the man.
And He said, "O.K. for you, pal. You have not heeded My word. Lo, I shall create
a soprano saxophone and it shall play higher than you can even think of."
"And from out of the chaos I shall bring forth the drums. And they shall play so
many notes thine head shall ache, and I shall make you to always stand next to
the drummer."
"You think you're loud? I shall create a stack of Marshall guitar amps to make
thine ears bleed. And I shall send down upon the earth other instruments, and
lo, they shall all be able to play higher and faster than the bass."
"And for all the days of man, your curse shall be this; that all
the other musicians shall look to you, the bass player, for the low
notes. And if you play
too high or fast all the other musicians shall say "Wow" but really
they shall hate it. And they shall tell you you're ready for your solo
career, and find other bass players for their bands. And for all your
days if you want to play your fancy licks you shall have to sneak them
in like a thief in the night."
"And if you finally do get to play a solo, everyone shall leave the bandstand
and go to the bar for a drink."
And it was so.