Today's the big day at ACB-KC with Miel Adams! Please come on over, hang out, play some incredible horns, hang for the concert/jam, and have some fun with us!

We are excited to show anyone who hasn't been to ACB the digs!

Concert at 5:30 will be with these killer musicians:

Matt Villinger: Keys
Jason Emmond: Bass
Brian Steever: Percussion

We'll play a couple tunes and then open it up for a jam as well!

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Blaine.... I will be there at this Jam Session in Loveland this afternoon. I will have my Harrelson with. This is your chance to see AND play it!!!!

@Dr-GO said in 2019 Jazz Festivals:

By the way, check out the valve action on the Kanstul in this cut:

W.O.W.
Outstanding. And Brenda Flowers definitely has got an Ella Fitzgerald vibe going on. A hint, at least.

I play in a quintet. The other four members play in a wind ensemble in the mountains west of us.. the conductor wanted to have a doubt brass quintet for a big 4th event that included multiple groups. OK. I drove 60 minutes to play 20 minutes of sight reading pieces (although i rehearsed them in my studio). Tempos were rushed. Everyone wanted to leave - big crowd but late -- hour drive home. Good Faith and support. Otherwise -- meh.

I thought I had suggested this before but :Groundhog Day:

I will post a new thread (In the appropriate spot) about Community Bands. There are lots of pros and semi-pros posting here. I think the CB group could benefit by some feedback from others who are not former pros or semi pros but just want to play but may be frustrated by the traditional (social) Community Band structure. My view (Like GeorgeB) is the if you are a serious player, albeit a recreational player, you are limited by the expectations of the the preponderance of the Community Band. Namely, socialization, lack of practice etc.experience.

@tjveloce no booth - we go as buyers. It’s when we negotiate the big deals 😉

Wow. What an experience last night (this morning) was. We played a New Years party with a 1920's "Roaring 20's" theme. The place was PACKED! And everyone, I mean everyone was wearing 1920's attire. Men in tuxes with wing top shoes, women in flapper dresses. And our band played nearly the entire time from 9 pm to 1 am, with just one half hour break for two burlesque performances by two very talented women.

But the most memorable time, was during my solo through Mack the Knife, a very appreciative lady dressed in a black sequenced flapper dress with her hair coiled in golden locks started fingering trumpet valve flurries against her thumb. While I was playing my solo, I signaled to her with my index finger to come toward me. As she came toward me she kept her trumpet air solo going to where I bet over to meet her reach, then released my fingers so that her fingers could play my valves. Oh my God! I was able to direct the proper air support to make her fingerings sound to the changes the rhythm section was providing. She was ecstatic, I was mesmerized with the combined partnership producing an amazing improve, and the crowd went simply wild.

Never done ANYTHING like that before, but if any of you are looking for a REAL crowd pleaser, this is it,

Jazz Jam Pic at Wholly Grounds.
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@fels CANCELLED

Boy, arranging music from a variety of original scorings is just great. Let us know when you post another video. I'd love to hear it/them.

@trumpetsplus OF COURSE!!

@kehaulani-0 Exactly. And that in rapid succession!

Man, if I had a dollar for every time I played that. My first pay gigs were dances and some combo jazz. But I started playing in a "Soul Band" in the mid-sixties with Soul Man, Sittin' on the Dock of the Bay, Mustang Sally etc. Great music and great fun. Enjoy.

@J-Jericho said in Taps Across America:

@Dale-Proctor I'm glad the cancer was removed and hope that the procedure took care of the problem. I wish you a speedy and complete recovery!

Thanks! They found it early and got clean margins, so that should be all. They had to take a skin graft from my leg, though, and my leg is killing me. This too shall pass…