Just wanted to update everyone on our last two concerts.
Ben(Mozée, husband and tenor player/engineer/soundman/pool boy), and I did our annual concert in Akron, opening the Russell Park Summer Concert Series on 7/9. This year I invited Mike, Sabu and Danny to play and we had a wonderful time! A great turnout and a very responsive audience and amazing musicians made a very memorable day. It is always a pleasure to play to my hometown audience. Got to have lunch with the guys at Guy's (where else?)after the gig. Beside the music, my favorite part of any gig is The Hang.
We played a private party on Sunday, so we all got another chance to connect in the musical sense, trying out a couple new charts and relaxing.
Tuesday we played at The Charles Burchfield Nature and Arts Center. The manager there, Mark, helped all of us load in and load out. What a great, appreciative man!
This was our first time playing that venue. It is a beautiful place (I will try posting a picture of the gig) and an interesting audience. Sabu, Mike and John Bacon joined me onstage and I was lucky enough to have my own sound man (Ben-Thanks!) which makes everything easier. We had a ball and my newest charts are sounding good.
A special thanks to Shirley, Ruth, the two Daves, Joan, my Mom and sister and Olivia for their undying support.
I hope to see some of you at Lewiston for my last three gigs this summer (7/29, 8/12 at Academy Park 8/29 at 12:30, Lewiston Jazz Festival). There is something very different and very special about an outdoor concert!!!