Central Park has been treating us just great! It’s been a lot of fun out there this week playing with Stefan, Clifton and Cassidy. The music is really gelling and we keep adding some new tunes. Here’s a video that I found of us playing Read More …
Category: Central Park
Loving the Weekends
It was beautiful today out be the Alice in Wonderland Sculpture. Cassidy and Clifton are coming together real well with all kinds of different rhythm ideas and grooves. Fun. Just as we were warming up and before Stefan arrived a tour group of Canadian Musicians Read More …
MUNY Auditions – New York Times Photo
This photo appeared on the front page of the Metro Section in the New York Times – 5/2/08 Yes, I guess we made an impression on somebody!! The audition for the Music Under New York program was actually a lot of fun. We were as Read More …
Southern People Party
Some private parties are better than others. This one was a GREAT one!! A guy wanted to throw a surprise birthday party for his girlie. He’s from Connecticut and she’s from the Alabama. He’s got a headache walking through the park and comes across some Read More …
Sweet and Smooth Music
Banjo Jim’s – 4/21/08 – Gordon Webster, piano – Cassidy Holden, bass – Marko Gazic, guitar – Nick Russo, banjo/guitar – Dennis Lichtman, clarinet – Jesse Selengut, trumpet/vocals So happy to be rested. Oh my god. I had two days to just hole up and Read More …
The Music is Alive and Well
Friday 4/19 – Jesse, Dennis, Stefan, Tuba Joe – Poet’s Walk – 12-3pm So i decided to get to the poet’s walk a little earlier today as I know that Baby Soda was up in the spot that we often use while we’ve been at Read More …
The band
4/16 – Central Park – Alice in Wonderland – Stef, Clifton, Joe, Jesse – April is a great month! Today I had the good fortune of playing with the all-star foursome of Tin Pan. I wish I had all of them all the time but Read More …
Banjo Jim’s / Alice
Monday 4/14 – Banjo Jim’s – Gordon Webster, piano – Rick Russo, guitar/banjo – Cassidy Holden, Bass – Dennis Lichtman, clarinet – Jesse Selengut, trumpet/vocals. It was wierd. I was having an off night. So many clams were coming out of my horn. I hate Read More …
Working It
Central Park – 4/10/08 – Poet’s Walk – Dennis Lichtman, Banjo – Jesse Selengut, trumpet – Stefan Zeniuk, reeds – Cassidy Holden, Bass A very good hit. A truly beautiful Thursday. We did well. Big crowds. Great to hear Dennis on the Tenor banjo. He’s Read More …
Museum of Modern History
Alice in Wonderland – Stefan, Jesse, Cassidy, Clifton. I think we found a mid-week home for a little while. It seems we do alright with tourists and their kids. All the kiddies want to jump around on top of the sculpture (insert creepy photo of Read More …