This was another amazing year with headliners, Chick Corea, Wynton Marsalis, and Geri Allen. Next year is year 10! We had an awesome crew of 10 people– 7 veterans and 3 newbs. We… Continue reading
Daniel, our cello player, went away for a couple weeks over the Summer. I had no idea what the trip was about until he got back and told us that he spent time… Continue reading
Some people I knew were volunteering at a local family shelter, and for some reason, I felt that they needed some jazz music to go with that. Honestly though, nobody knew what that… Continue reading
This past weekend we brought back our video game tunes and played at a private party for Professor Jim Whitehead and the Center for Games and Playable Media. We, of course, played the… Continue reading
Consistently, we never go under 3 people showing up to our weekly jam sessions. This past weekend we had, me on sax, Wes on guitar, Yu on bass, Daniel on cello, Raj on… Continue reading
The weekend was surreal. We had about 11 people volunteer this year to help out with the press office. Almost our whole band was there all weekend and it was unbelievable. Ben, Yu,… Continue reading
After looking at sleigh bells, I’m wondering if we need finger cymbals too. It’s funny having studied percussion, b/c I know the different techniques for playing things like sleigh bells, shakers, tambourines, and… Continue reading
We definitely need sleigh bells. I totally remember them from being a percussionist back in high school and undergrad. Where can we borrow sleigh bells? Well, I decided to look online to see… Continue reading
What kind of music would you play for people standing in line for Black Friday sales? We already play jazz, and our last gig had a number of video game favorites. I suppose Christmas music is a given for this gig. I just ordered a Vince Gauraldi b…
Hi, this is the first post of, hopefully, many. I needed a place to compile information on noise ordinances in San Jose, so we make sure we aren’t breaking laws on this adventure.… Continue reading
We met Dotan the piano guy that day and Isaiah showed up. Sarah played violin with us as well.
This is when we added Raj and Daniel Brown with cameo from Josh McCoy.
It was after I had just met Jensen the violinist. We got paid in scone mix. Thanks, Sister Debbie.
