August 8, 2011 | Posted in So Forth
Aug 3 and 4th Nary a concert for me, but the 4th was spent hanging out with lovely friends: Theo Bleckmann showed me his collages. He has a show in Paris coming up. Then a great dinner at Basta Pasta …
August 7, 2011 | Posted in So Forth
There are free concerts here in the record store weekly, or thereabouts. This one looked interesting and, indeed, it was. Ben Gerstein, trombone; GL (Gian Luigi) Diana, laptop; Mike Pride, percussion. I particularly liked how Ben and GL played together. …
August 6, 2011 | Posted in So Forth
2 pm “Composer and Conductor” The theater is wonderful! The first film was from a CBS Special 1966, narrated by Charles Kuralt. It was nice to hear him again. A wonderful film. CBS followed Stravinsky, age 83, and his wife …
August 5, 2011 | Posted in So Forth
This was the first night of a 3 night festival of electronic music curated by Robert Pepper . The first set was performed by Bob Siebert and Darren Bergstein. They used many do-dads, which sounds disrespectful but I have no …
August 2, 2011 | Posted in So Forth
This church is beyond gorgeous. It was funded by John Rockefeller and no expense was spared. I overheard a conversation about the organ which apparently cost millions. I believe it. Other pluses are that it was cool, if not down-right …
August 1, 2011 | Posted in So Forth
Karl Berger’s Workshop 7:30 rehearsal/workshop There were 22 musicians who showed up for this evenings workshop and performance. The usual is around 12. So it was crowded and, of course, hot. My best count was 4 saxes, 1 accordion, 3 …