What does this man have to do with Tin Pan? So glad you asked. Here’s the extended version… Theme #1: Cassidy is a great soloist on the bass. He has great tone, good attack, good projection, excellent intensity and good intonation. All very important. Best Read More …
Category: Central Park
Colder than we thought
But we played for a couple hours anyway. We took it as an opportunity to play all the tunes in the book we rarely touch, “Muskrat Ramble”, “Tiger Rag”, “San”, “Market for You”, “Ain’t Misbehavin’” etc… It was fun if not terribly lucrative. I felt Read More …
Determination
March – 29-30 – Central Park Poet’s Walk – Clifton Hyde, guitar – Stefan Zeniuk, reeds – Cassidy Holden, Bass – Jesse Selengut, trumpet,vocals. It wasn’t even fifty degrees but we were out there. When the wind blew it got pretty darn icy. Regardless, I Read More …
Tin Pan School
Today’s set-up was a little weird. Vipers were at the fountain. Baby Soda was on the promenade in front of the band shell where Ralph usually is and then we were down on the poet’s walk. That’s three swinging bands within a 5 minute walk. Read More …