This Week!
Hello all!
It’s gonna be a great week!
Really excited about a couple of redrawblak events occurring over the next week. That’s the name I give the experimental/electronic shows I put on from time to time, and I’m fortunate to have two really good ones coming up.
Tomorrow night (6/21) I’m hosting at the Open Ears Music Series, a weekly experimental series held upstairs at the Blue Nile in New Orleans (you’ve probably noticed a number of previous shows I’ve done there). The music will feature a very special trio with drummer Paul Thibodeaux and bassist Dave Hinson, both incredible musicians that I’ve been wanting to work with on a project like this.
The night will focus on trio improvisations, of course, but we’ll also mix in a couple of compositions—Paul Motian’s ‘Etude’, for one—as well as textural shifts featuring duos within the band. I’ll start the second half of the show with some structured solo improvisations I’ve been working on over the past few months.
All in all, it should be a great night. Hope you can make it!
Next Monday night, a different incarnation of redrawblak will make an appearance…the duo with drum virtuoso Simon Lott. It’s been a little while since we’ve played, so I have a feeling the energy will be even higher than usual. We’ll be playing 6/27 at the Dragon’s Den at around 10PM.
Playing with Simon, who I’ve known since I was about 18 years old, is one of the true pleasures of my life. Please come check out the music we’re making together!
One other note: both of the above shows are -no cover- shows…so there’s no excuse to prevent you from coming to check them out :)
I also am very fortunate to have been asked to return and play LSU’s Hot Summer Nights and Cool Jazz series, which kicks off this week with a special concert featuring vocalist Phillip Manuel and myself as guest saxophonist. Playing jazz with Willis Delony, Bill Grimes, and Troy Davis as your rhythm section is a rare treat, and one I’m very much looking forward to.
You can also catch me at Sullivan’s Ringside in Baton Rouge this Saturday with Soulhaven, the best band in Baton Rouge (!).
I’ll give a full listing of all these events below. See you out there! Thanks for the support!
21 June 2011
redrawblak (w/Paul Thibodeaux and Dave Hinson)
Open Ears Music Series, Blue Nile (Upstairs), Frenchmen St, New Orleans, LA
10PM
23 June 2011
LSU’s Hot Summer Nights and Cool Jazz #1
LSU Recital Hall, Baton Rouge, LA
7:30PM / $20GA/$10FSS
25 June 2011
Soulhaven
Sullivan’s Ringside, Baton Rouge, LA
9PM-1AM
27 June 2011
redrawblak (w/Simon Lott)
Dragon’s Den, New Orleans, LA
10PM
30 June - 3 July 2011
Soulhaven
Spinnaker Beach Club, Panama City Beach, FL
10PM
6 July 2011
David Mahoney Quartet
Balcony Music Club, New Orleans, LA
6-9PM
David Phy’s ‘Influencia de Jazz’
Mojito’s Rum Bar and Grill, New Orleans, LA
9PM-12AM
8 July 2011
Soulhaven
The Station, Baton Rouge, LA
10PM
11-17 July 2011
Soulhaven
Sloppy Joe’s Bar, Key West, FL
also on the horizon:
31 July 2011: Thomas Johnson and the People @ d.b.a. New Orleans
…much love!!!
