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 …
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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 …
Columbia University Swing Dance Club
Tin Pan played Saturday night for the Columbia University Swing Dance Club Annual Semi-Formal. The regular Tin Pan crew was in effect. Clifton, Stefan, Tuba Joe, and myself. There was about 80-100 folks there. Some dancers that I used to see over at the Telephone 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 …
Alice McNulty on iTunes
Just a quicky to tell you that you can now download our new album on iTunes! Here’s the link.
Alice in Wonderland
Central Park – Elizabeth Dotson-Westphalen – trombone, Cassidy Holden – Bass, Clifton Hyde – guitar, Jesse Selengut – trumpet / vocals. We started off on the poets walk but were asked to move by the Central Park Conservancy crew who were about to prune a Read More …
42nd Street – Tupelo Honey
April 7th, 2008 – 42nd Street Station, Cassidy Holden – Bass, Clifton Hyde – Guitar, Adrian Cunningham – Alto, Jesse Selengut – trumpet / vocals. A pretty good hit. It was wierd to be down there during the day. I’ve only played in that spot Read More …
Fred Wesley
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 …
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 …