Oh my! That’s some serious business right there. Veronica Varlow! One time I was out at dinner. This is when my Grandpa was still with us. A tall, Jayne Mansfield looking waitress ambled by with a tray held up over her head. My good old Read More …
Category: Other Bands
Today Show Washout :(
Well, what can I say. I knew that there was no guarantee we’d be on but the fact that they filmed us for 45 minutes made me feel like they would certainly use something. Oh well. A reminder to only talk about things if they Read More …
Swing Dancers in Boston
As some of you know Rob Adkins and I went to Boston this weekend to play a swing dance event with Gordon Webster. This was the second time that the two of us have joined Gordon for an out-of-town run. Safe to say we had Read More …
The Empire Hotel
I had the pleasure of performing with Stephane Wrembel at the Empire Hotel last night. Stephane plays gypsy jazz guitar in the style of Django Reinhardt. As slow as Tin Pan can play a blues is how fast Stephane plays almost every dang song! Wow. Read More …
Coconino Video
Our intrepid reedman also runs a cracked up mambo band called Gato Loco and he wrote a wonderful piece of music called Coconino. Coconino is a suite in 8 movements loosely based on the characters and places from the comic Krazy Kat. A few weeks 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 …
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 …
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 …
Rainy Days
The last few days have been somewhat hard. I have been trying to get Tin Pan out to Central Park for the initial hit of the season but the clouds have been against us. Today is the day, however. It’s going to be 50 and Read More …
Double Black Belt Test
I feel proud and punch drunk like a prize fighter: smiling but weary, prize money in hand… In the last 48 hours my trumpet has been bobbing and weaving through 8 gigs! This included a monster 5 gigs yesterday. Looking back now, I just want Read More …