Hello all. This is a recommendation on my part. The trumpet player, Danny Blankenship, and I were in middle school band together under the spirited tutelage of Bernadette Spencer! I stopped playing trumpet after middle school. Danny went on with it and attended Peabody, the New School, and Queens College Aaron Copeland School of Music. I have only seen him a handful of times since graduating from high school, and had a blast playing with him at my brother's house one drunken night a few years back. Of course, he is on an entirely different level of musicianship that I, but we had a good time anyway.
Check there site here for a sampling of what they do: http://www.theflail.com/
Dan Blankenship (trumpet)
Stephan Moutot (reeds)
Brian Marsella (piano)
Reid Taylor (bass)
Matt Zebroski (kit)
So if you are in Philly and don't have plans for tonight, hit up Chris's Jazz Cafe! Hell, if you do have plans, consider changing them!
June 10
Chris's Jazz Cafe
Philapelphia, PA
www.chrisjazzcafe.com
Same goes for NYC tomorrow night:
June 11
Smalls Jazz Club, NYC
www.smallsjazzclub.com
Boston on Friday:
June 13
Lily Pad
Boston, MA
www.lily-pad.net
and for our friends in Paris, next Thursday:
June 18
College d'Espagne, Cité Internationale Universitaire de Paris
Paris, FRANCE
www.colesp.net
and in Lyon on Saturday evening.
June 20
Hot Club
Lyon, FRANCE
www.hotclubjazz.com
Report back! I'd love to hear your impressions of the gigs!