We have more gig in our holiday season run with G-Force, at Chat 19 in Larchmont this Saturday night. I’ve never played that venue, but Gina seems pretty excited about it and says they always have a good crowd.
I’m thinking of upgrading some of my equipment to make load-in, setup, teardown and load-out quicker and easier. In particular I’m looking for a new lighter keyboard stand, a smaller stage mixer, probably eight channels instead of sixteen, and maybe a couple mic stands if I can find some where the legs don’t flop around after they’ve been collapsed. For the moment I’m thinking of putting a hair scrunchie arond the base of the mic stand to hold the legs shut.
Anyway, as it turns out, the first few gigs in the new year are for the jazz group, so it’s time to hype that.
Haven Street will be playing:
Sat Jan 12, 8pm – The Green Growler, Croton-On-Hudson
Fri Jan 25, 8pm – The Bean Runner Cafe, Peekskill
Fri Feb 1, 6pm – Silvana, Harlem
We’ve played the Growler before. It’s a fun and cozy place with a huge variety of craft beer, and the people who run it really like like music. Sure to be a great time. We might even come back for Sonic Thursday there on Feb 21.
I’ve never played the Bean Runner, but some of the guys in the band have. It has a reputation as a great place for jazz.
Silvana is a happy hour gig uptown Manhattan. That’s supposedly a good jazz venue too.
It’s been a little while since we’ve a rehearsal with the full group, so rather than honing our originals we’ve been exploring the world of standards with an eye toward adopting a few as our own to incorporate our own versions into our repertoire. We’ve also been taking the opportunity to get deeper into extended soloing and group improvisation. That’s been fun and interesting. For the Growler and Bean Runner shows we’re the only band on the bill, so it’s full sets including both originals and covers. So come on out and see us. Should be a really fun time!
