Sunday, February 27, 2011

Late February 2011 update

An exhausting and very snowy February is coming to an end... On top of all the gigs mentioned below, several were added. The Jake Reichbart trio performed at The Common Grill for Sunday brunch on 2/20, with George Bennett on drums and Jordan Schug on bass, with a massive snow storm raging outside... Also, I performed a solo gig at the Kensington Court hotel in Ann Arbor on Friday, 2/25, at 6:30AM! I got up at 5AM to clear the snow from a fresh snow storm... The gig was for the annual breakfast business meeting for the Ann Arbor Convention and Visitor's Bureau.

My new Hal Leonard videos for Doxy and St Thomas are up and are posted at http://www.guitarinstructor.com/product/viewinstructor.do?biographyid=861.

The March update is coming soon!

Friday, February 4, 2011

February 2011 Update

Welcome to the February 2011 update!

The regular dates:

Tuesday evenings at Mercy’s, the Jake Reichbart Trio, 7-9PM.

Wednesday evenings at The Earle, solo guitar, 7-9PM.

Thursday evenings, at Mercy’s, solo guitar, 7-9PM.

One Friday a month at the Polo Fields CC, see below this month’s date.

The month started with a major snow storm but that didn’t stop the crowds from completely filling Mercy’s on Tuesday night to hear the trio! (OK, they came for a dinner before going to hear the Cleveland Symphony at the Hill Auditorium across the street, but so what…). We are at Mercy’s every Tuesday, 7-9PM, come on out!

Several U of M gigs this month: On Wednesday 2/3 and 2/9, I will play solo gigs for the MHealthy expo event, 11AM-1PM. The former date is at the Michigan League ballroom and the latter date at the Dow Auditorium at the hospital. Open to all U of M employees!

On Thursday, 2/10, my trio will play a cocktail party at the Masco Cabinetry headquarters for their open house, 5-8PM, by invitation only.

On Saturday, 2/10, my trio will play for the U of M Electrical Engineering annual faculty dinner, invitation only.

On 2/14, I will be playing with the Chaiym Rubin band from Toronto at the Hyatt Regency in Dearborn. Looking forward to jam with Toronto keyboard wizard Jerry Caringi!!

On 2/19, I will be rockin’ out again with Freelance at the Lakepointe Yacht Club, 9P-1AM, open to the public, come on out!

On 2/25, I will play my monthly date at the restaurant at Polo Fields on the west side of Ann Arbor, 5:30PM-8:30PM.

I’ll post added dates as they occur.

Non gig stuff:
Two recent uploads to YouTube, my solo guitar version for Paul Simon’s very lovely Long, Long Day http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JTWaMtbIqG0 as well as a solo guitar arrangement plus free lesson for the Beatles’ Things We Said Today http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CRR3hI6TrNI.

Two new solo jazz guitar arrangements lessons delivered to Hal Leonard to be viewed at GuitarInstructor.com see here: http://www.guitarinstructor.com/product/viewinstructor.do?biographyid=861. Two new lessons are being delivered each month, the lessons for January are for Sonny Rollis’ Doxy as well as St. Thomas.