Vistajohn Posted October 2, 2006 Share Posted October 2, 2006 So, a very different, if somewhat busy playing weekend. Thought I might share. As usual my Thursday night - Italian restaurant jazz night, Saturday Morning a retirement home with a Family of entertainers. The keyboard player is 83, his sister who is 85 also plays a mean barvarian pokka on the piano and did a Mexican hat dance! Vince, the piano player has 3 daughters who also sing, one plays guitar. One of the daughters has a daughter (about 12yr's old) who also sings. We were a hit! Then, Saturday afternoon its off to a Whole Foods grocery store in very pricy, LaJolla, California. (just up the road for me) I played with a very talented guitar, banjo player and a clairnet/sax player. We entertained the shoppers with dixie-land jazz. That was fun, if not a little challenging for me. And, Sunday, up at 6:30am to play 3 services at my church. Some great praise music. Made a total of $80.00, but playing music, priceless Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric VB Posted October 2, 2006 Share Posted October 2, 2006 Great report, VJ! It can be very satisfying to be playing so much, even if the pay is lousy. And such a variety of music! How wonderful! I'm most jealous of your traditional (Dixieland) jazz gig. I'd love to find a group like that, but if I did I'd want to be a purist and find a tuba/sausaphone. (Sausa for sure for a street band!) And on top of it all you were well received and appreciated. Well done! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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