NAIL at the Goshen Jazz Festival (2), originally uploaded by nailosity.

Man, last summer was great. We did a whole pile of shows, We actually started to get really tight, in that way that bands do when they play alot. Hasn’t happened to me for decades, since A. Animal days (not counting the Machine, of course).
Here’a shot from the Goshen Jazz Festival. My daughter Rebecca took the photo.

Hey All -

A new version of the perfromance calendar is being assembled now, and should be psoted on both the Nailmusic Site and the Pdog Records site. This calendar will contain ALL my dates – everything and anything, with anyone (even solo). You can link to it HERE. Comments, anyone?

Just updated to vers. 2.3.3 of WordPress.

Well, the editor looks different. So – I am going to try – once again – to post a Reverb Nation Widget. I hope it works.

Here goes:

Well, this is supposed to be the “Fan Collector”. It works! But only in the post, not in the editor. Well, here it is – so sign up already!

Morning all -

Having my morning coffee offers me a few minutes to reflect on our show at Jusitns last night. An all acoustic show, David Ruffels, Nadav Snir-Zelniker & I are reaching new levels of telepathy. For me, not having been a leader of a purely acoustic Jazz Trio for very long, it’s quite heartening. It’s what we dream about…..

The night before we played at the SUNY Purchase Conservatory of Dance Musician’s Concert, as an electric band (with guest guitarist Doug Munro). And although I was looking forward to that show perhaps a little bit more, it was a little bit of a disapointment for me – technical difficulties, problems with sound.

Perhaps it’s because my expectations are so high. The technological aspects of the electric band provide more opportunities for things to go wrong. None of that is present in the acoustic trio (of course); it’s just me and my (questionable??) piano technique. But where it’s always been a little daunting, the acoustic trio is really beginning to take on a life of it’s own. We should be back at Justin’s in a few months; and as my confidence grows, I will be less & less afraid to actully book this version of NAIL.

The next step? Combine the acoustic and electric concepts. We’re going to try that at our Hofstra university show in 2 weeks! Stay tuned – should be interesting.

Love you all – thanks!

NAIL

Well, for those of you showing up here (?) without having seen the email, I am reposting it here.

All the links should work….

-NAIL

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