Musical evenings...

I went to see my friend Jorge Glem's trio on Friday and after the concert we went to a friend's house to meet other musicians (bassists Rodner Padilla and David Carpio, clarinetist Cheché Requena) and composer and mandolinist Mao Fermín who lives in Madrid was there too. I've been meaning to transcribe several of his compositions that I've heard on CD so it was great to meet him and tell him about the book of transcriptions I'm working on. He was enthusiastic about the idea and promised to email me some of his compositions to add to the book. This saves me some transcription time!
On both evenings dawn came as we were wrapping up a long night of good music and some very interesting conversations.

In Paris and Vienna, July 2005

I just found these photos of some performances I did a couple of years ago at the Vienna Jazz Festival with singer and cuatro player Marta Topferova. We also played in Paris at the New Morning jazz club.
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Cumaná, June '07

After our concert with Cecilia Todd in Cumaná (in June) we shared some wonderful moments with the great joropo singer María Rodriguez. After the concert Chuito and I went to a friend's house where two great cuatro players were going to play. Alfonzo Moreno and Jorge Glem, both from Cumaná. Toward the end, Jorge played a 10 minute solo that left me speechless. One of the most impressive musical moments I have ever witnessed. Here are some photos of that day.