The rest of my January NYC Safari
On Saturday morning (January 11), Neal texted that Evan Christopher was on Sarah King's jazz brunch gig about 20 blocks away. I got there for the last set.
That's David Langlois, one of my favorite percussionists. Then Sarah, Felix Lemerle on guitar, Aidan O'Donnell on bass and Evan Christopher on clarinet. Lovely way to spend a Saturday morning.
Of course i stayed Sunday to catch the Ear Regulars at the Ear Inn. Neal Miner on bass, Jay Rattman on sax, Felix on guitar and Jon Erik Kellso leading the band on trumpet. That's Phillup deBucket with that 20 hanging out of its mouth.
I could tell that The Ear was the best gig in town because Michael Steinman and Matt Rivera were there. Michael is the curator of one absolutely amazing blog, called Jazz Lives. He says you can pronounce "lives" as a noun (long i) or a verb (short i). Matt Rivera is a jazz scholar with a lovely four-part lecture series on the history of jazz. Here's a link to episode one.
