Last night I played a quartet gig with Tyrone Jackson, Kevin Smith, and Marlon Patton. It took me well into the second set before I finally got comfortable--I'm not really sure why. I warmed up before I left home, but I just had a really difficult time getting my head and hands in sync. I think that at least part of it was that I was (once again) overblowing, and I got handcuffed by trying to play full-bore from the first note, which left me nowhere to go. Once we got into the second set, I felt like things calmed down for me and I played a little better (though my reed at that point was indicating its intent to die on me!). The first set was rough...lots of dumb mistakes. I tried to read charts that I didn't really need to look at (Song for Bilbao, Turnaround), and I guessed wrong on the endings of a couple (Naima, Punjab). By the time we stopped for a break, I was beat from my reading miscues, but I'd made so many mistakes I kept looking to the lead sheets for help!
Here are the mp3s...
This gig featured really good banana pudding. Unfortunately, I did not take a picture of it, but here's some other visual highlights: is it soup or a dirty pot?, ten golden sliders, part of the dessert layout, and a few pictures of chairs!
