Sunday, December 16, 2007

karnage

in my last act as the "booking agent" for the dave karnes trio, i got them a gig at our friends will and dana's wedding. within two minutes of arriving at the spot, i had three people ask me, "who's that bassplayer?!?!?" (it was dave's regular sunday night compadre drew phelps, along with a tenor player named carl whose last name i forget because i suck.) at one point i walked over to the other building where the restrooms were, and when i came back, the trio was just finishing joe henderson's "inner urge," which i know is a fave toon of dave's from the tour he and i did with nathan brown, a seeming eternity ago. i then got to play "stump the band" with a request: they didn't know "ruby, my dear" (which i'm going to get jhon kahsen to play someday before i die, i swear), but they managed to pull off "bemsha swing," following drew's lead. it was the hippest wedding band i've ever heard. congrats, kids!

here's what dave does when he's not playing jazz (a photo shoot -- !!! -- with his new pop-rock project pretty baby):

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