Jake Reichbart music and gig updates, Dec 2010:

Hi! I don’t update frequently (actually this is my first FB update…), so this may be a bit long, kindly bear with me…The biggest news of the day is that my “Pop hits for solo jazz guitar“ DVD on the Hal Leonard label is finally available! Look here http://www.halleonard.com/product/viewproduct.do?itemid=320905&lid=49&menuid=3012&subsiteid=67& and click on “Closer Look”. The individual segments have been available for a while on www.Guitarinstructor.com along with segments from my next DVD “Latin hits for solo jazz guitar“, to be published soon, as well as other jazz standards. I expect to add new videos to www.Guitarinstructor.com on an ongoing basis at a rate of 2 a month.

Ongoing gigs:

Every Tuesday evening, 7-9PM, The Jake Reichbart Trio at Mercy’s restaurant at the Bell Tower Hotel in Ann Arbor. W/George Bennett – drums and Ben Rolston – Bass.

Every Wednesday evening, 7-9PM, solo jazz guitar at The Earle in Ann Arbor (18 years and going!)

Every Thursday evening, 7-9PM, solo jazz guitar at Mercy’s restaurant at the Bell Tower Hotel in Ann Arbor.

Every other Friday, solo jazz guitar at the Polo Fields Country Club in Ann Arbor, 5:30-8:30PM. The dates for December are the 3rd and the 17th.

Other gigs:

Thursday, December 2nd, the Ann Arbor Klezmer Trio with Greg Koltyk on Clarinet and Kurt Krahnke on bass will perform a one hour special show at the U of M hospital main lobby, 12-1PM.

The Jake Reichbart Trio W/George Bennett – drums and Ben Rolston – Bass, will perform our annual Holiday Brunch at The Common Grill in Chelsea on Sunday, 12/19, 12-3PM. Make your reservation today!!

I’ll perform solo guitar for the UEP (University Events Planners) holiday party at Webber’s Inn on Wednesday, December 8th, 3-5PM. Stop by!

On Saturday, December 11, I will be leading a band for a holiday party at Polo Fields CC, featuring some great musicians I am looking forward to working with: George Bennett on drums, Louis Johnson (leader of Motor City Beat) on sax, the amazing Sven Andersen on keys/bass and the very talented Kelly Broadway on vocals.

Another holiday party for Denison Consulting (is it 10 years in a row now?). Solo guitar. See you Denison’s office on Thursday 12/16, 4:30-7:30PM.

Freelance band: I will be rocking out with these guys this Saturday, 12/4, at the Lake Point Yacht Club, in Livonia, 9:30PM-1:30PM. No jazz here - lots of AC/DC, Buckcherry, etc… We will also perform on New Year’s Eve at 4 Friends bar and grill in Canton, similar hours…

There are some other musical activities to report: In the next week or two I will lay down the guitar tracks for Jon Liebman’s new CD (Jon is a major bass player, look for him here on FB under “For bass players only”). I’m also glad to report that I have re-hooked-up, after 20 years, with drummer Rob Avsharian and we have two projects we are working on: One with Duncan McMillan on Fender Rhodes and synth bass. The other project, with a yet to be named bass player, will be an attempt to revive my old jQube project, a pure fusion guitar/bass/drums trio performing primarily original music. As soon as any of these come to fruition I will update.

Sorry about the lengthy update. I suppose shorter, more frequent updates, would be better (a new year’s resolution…?).

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I am so glad I had a chance to catch up, here on FB, with 2 outstanding drummers I used to work with, Steve Nistor and Steve Aho. Check them out, they're great! Also, in the department of guitar players who make me wish I have picked up carpentry instead of guitar, please look up the amazing Peter Mazza (NY) and Sylvain Courtney (France). Dang!