I was doing some blog maintenance the other day when I found this post from four years ago about a performance I was playing at Symphony Center downtown. In it, I had posted a scan of a piece of paper that we had all found on our stands when we got to the concert that...
A colleague is in Moscow at present and is interested in knowing what bass shops/luthiers are active there. If readers know about bass outlets in Moscow (or elsewhere in Russia, for that matter), please leave a comment and let me know. Thanks!
Sent to me by Tim Wolfe–if only there had been a duo album from these two giants!
One of the fun things about living in a tall building is seeing all the various types of birds that circle our place. We have everything from seagulls and hawks to wild monk parakeets (I kid you not–check out more about it here) up here above the lakefront, and...
This Saturday marked the fourth annual Hyde Park Jazz Festival, and it’s amazing to think that this event has only been happening for the past four years–it seems like a natural fit for the neighborhood, and it gets a great turnout. It was really great to...
