Wow, it’s done. I’m back on land and preparing for the next phase. I spent the last two months on a cruise ship playing improvised music and popular songs from the mid-twentieth century with pianist Doru Apreotesei and vocalist Deborah Herbert. It was a fantastic time of growth and exploration. As mentioned in an earlier blog post, there will be sound clips from those gigs posted here from time to time in relation to various topics.
Now the work turns to preparing for a concert series that i’ll produce that focuses mostly on my presentation of solo works for bass. Some of the pieces i’ll perform have been composed for me. Some will be by composers i admire and have been greatly influenced by (e.g., Cage, Braxton, Sun Ra, Ayler). Stay tuned here for the where and when.
Were these special theme cruises?
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Greetings No, just regular leisure cruises between Norway and Germany. One of the more memorable comments we received from a passenger who came up after we played my composition “June Blue” (which is a brief theme preceded by a long improvisation) and asked from which Keith Jarrett album it was 🙂 I’ll post a clip…
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Yes, please do so.
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Done 🙂
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