I was fortunate to be available to play with Bumpin' the Mango Monday night, holding down the bari parts in a five piece horn section. The band is really good, the charts are great, and the song selection is fantastic--it's a thrill to take on a lot of the classic Tower of Power tunes and similar music. On top of the that, it's a good hang. Some of these guys I've known for twenty years at this point.
It went well, I think. Everybody seemed EXTREMELY happy with my playing, which makes me 1. wonder what the other subs have been doing on the gig; and 2. hope that I never get called again, because I already feel the pressure to live up to whatever I did Monday night.
Anyway, here are the two sets:
