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.