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Blog 2006. Japan tour with Ravi Coltrane in November 2006:
Paquito D'Rivera Quartet with Orchestra in Mexico. It's always a challenge and in credible experience to play in one of the many projects of Maestro D'Rivera or Paq-Man as we call him.
Before the performance we went to buy ourselves some mexican traditional shirts for the performance.
Here we are with our matching mexican shirts.
Somi Band on East Coast Tour. Just back from a super fun mini tour with great Rwandan singer Somi on the East Coast of the States. Besides me and Somi we had Herve Samb on guitar, Daniel Moreno on percussion and Toru Dodo on piano.
Francisco Pais Quintet - Not Afraid Of Color.
Portuguese g uitarist Francisco Pais debut album for the Fresh Sound New Talent label. It features Chris Cheek on sax, Leo Genovese on piano, Ferenc Nemeth on drums and me on bass. Session with Scofield. Just a fun session with master Scofield, Lionel Loueke and Richie Barshay.
Gilfema in Berlin.
We had a fun concert in a Church right outside Berlin. It's always so much fun to play with Ferenc and Lionel.
Chiara Civello Band in Istanbul.
The past week I was playing with the fabulous singer Chiara Civello in Istanbul, Turkey. What an incredible city that is. So colorful and contrasting in its western and eastern expressions.
Yoko Miwa Trio - Canopy of Stars.
This is pianist Yoko Miwa's 3rd release for Polystar Japan. It features Scott Goulding on drums and me on bass. Lionel Loueke Trio - Gilfema in Germany. Wow, what a week. We where supposed to spend a whole week in Gemany but some last minute cancellation forced us to take another gig in Sardinia, Italy. The whole thing involved some serious flying/driving/bussing and waiting, but at the end when we finally got to play it was all wirth it. Here below we are soundchecking for our last performance in Bremen, Germany in the Radio Bremen studio for a live/radio broadcast concert.
Ferenc Nemeth Trio in Hungary. Now at the end of an exciting week in Hungary with a project put together by drummer Ferenc Nemeth with me on bass and Mike Moreno on guitar.
This picture is from our last date of the tour in Budapest at the Godor Klub. We had a great time playing original pieces by each one of us in five different cities around Hungary. We also had some time to enjoy the local culture as you can see in the picture below where you’ll find us under the effect of Palinka (the local aquavite) with accompaniment by an incredible band of Gypsy musicians.
Lizz Wright Band in Scandinavia.
Just back from a lovely tour of Europe with singer Lizz Wright. We were for most of the time in Scandinavia which considering where i was born I really enjoyed. In the picture above is the whole band including tour manager and sound engineer at dinner table for our ritual after show soup in Stavanger, Norway. Speaking of Norway, we took a boat ride between two of the cities we were playing and here below is the view of Bergen as we approach with the boat.
In Stockholm I had a little family time when 15 family members and friends joined us at Fashing Jazz Club. We also had a nice review in the paper as you can see below. Let me know if you need a translation!
Here’s one more picture from the tour, it’s taken during sound check and with me you see Marvin Sewell.
Gretchen Parlato.
This is singer Gretchen Parlato's self produced debut CD. Greg Lamy Quartet in Luxembourg.
Here I am playing in this amazing new concert hall in Luxembourg with Greg Lamy on guitar, Javier Vercer on tenor sax and Ferenc Nemeth on drums. It was the last concert of a mini tour and it all went great.
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