i'm in buenos aires right now and it is the shit. i went to this jam session with another trombone player last night and was there until 5 am ... I only played a few tunes but I made sure that they swung -- none of the typical intellectual bad attempts at miles davis tunes. my favorite part was taking out the plunger and going crazy on a slow ( Read more... )

not to be outdone by huelo's trans-siberian travel, i just bought a ticket to buenos aires, argentina. we'll see if the aires are really as bueno as the name would suggest ( Read more... )

It's starting to get summery here, birds chirping and blue skies and shit. Pretty sweet ( Read more... )

hello again, everyone ( Read more... )

updates on consecutive days, folks. yes, this is a bad sign ( Read more... )

I just got the piece that I'll be playing for my EXAMEN (read: test) at the end of the semester for my trombone class. "Concert Piece" by Alexandre Guilmant. Hard shit. I'm a little nervous about playing as a test, something I haven't done in awhile. Maybe ever. It depends if you count the adjudicated solo/ensemble stuff I did on euphonium in ( Read more... )

this time, under rather unfortunate circumstances ( Read more... )

hello again, massive list of friends and family ( Read more... )

ok only a second to write but
holy shit good news! i'm going to la paz, bolivia on monday as a sub with the Los Andes Big Band! A week of nothing but jazz at an international jazz festival. Hell yeah! I'll let you know how it goes.

hello again ( Read more... )