Tuesday, June 25, 2013

Danny Hull: Musically This Week Vol XV, No 40

Hello friends.  This week...

Tuesday, 6/25 at Milkie's Elmwood     7:00 - 10:00
Russ Carere, Sr - saxophone & flute     James Vincent Calabrese - piano     Buddy Fadale - bass     your host - drum set
The patriarch is the headliner this week, but we could easily bill the night as "An Evening With the Careres".  Russ has invited his good friends Jim Calabrese & Buddy Fadale to start things off, but word is that the larger Carere Clan is going to contribute as the show proceeds.  Proof that "the family that plays together, stays together"...  Can you join us?  An extended family of friends and listeners will make for an exceptional evening of energy, camaraderie, and an in-the-moment rendering of our indigenous musical art form.  Milkie's on Elmwood is at the intersection of West Utica & Elmwood Avenue.  882-5881

Wednesday, 6/26 at Milkie's Elmwood     7:15 - 9:15
Buffalo Brass open rehearsal [[SORRY 6/26 CANCELED]]
These biweekly Wednesday rehearsals are starting to take on a life of their own.  We're drawing an audience, and listeners are getting an inside audit as to how a big band develops its group sound and identity.  Feel free to stop in.

next Tuesday, 7/2 at Milkie's Elmwood     7:00 - 10:00
Vince Ercolomento, tenor saxophone     Joe Chiappone, guitar     Peter Chwazik, bass     your host, drum set

Upcoming at Milkie's Elmwood
Tuesday, 7/9 The Upstate Express
Tuesday, 7/16 Patty Flaherty, Craig Kastelnik, & Larry Covelli
Tuesday, 7/23 Jay Bianchi
Tuesday, 7/30 Mike Costley
Tuesday, 8/13 Kenny Kuriscak & Tim Clarke
Tuesday, 8/27 trioPAYAZZO plus 2
Tuesday, 10/15 Patty Flaherty & Craig Kastelnik

links...

So live it to its fullest...
Summer's lease hath all too short a date.
 - William Shakespeare

Health,
Hope,
Dialogue,
Respect for life,
Tolerance,
Friendships,
dan
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Sunday, June 16, 2013

Danny Hull: Musically This Week Vol XV, No 39

Hello friends.  This week...

Tuesday, 6/18 at Milkie's Elmwood     7:00 - 10:00
The Western New York Jazz Orchestra
Dave Kayne - piano, arranger, composer
Jim Bohm, Mark Filsinger, Joe Martino, Paul Wos - trumpets
Dave DeWitt, John Hasselback, Alan Jaenecke, Lon Gormley, Brian Poulan - trombones
Brian Tervo, Craig Incontro, Ken Kuriscak, Ken Witman, Chris Peracciny - saxes
Mike Moser - guitar
Cameron Kayne - bass
your host - drum set
The above, ladies & gentlemen, is a big band appearing this Tuesday at Milkie's Elmwood.  Need I say more?  OK, more...  The Western New York Jazz Orchestra is a living, playing  actualization of Dave Kayne's body of work.  Every composition, save one tune by trombonist Dave DeWitt, is from the fertile, musical mind of Dave Kayne.  You'll hear standards you know, all artistically arranged by Dave, and you'll hear music written and arranged only for this band.  If you want a table in the main room, you should plan to get there early.  This same band had an overflow crowd at the Iris in June of 2011, and that's a big room.  There's free parking in the bank lot on Elmwood.  And a dollar buys you a parking spot in a metered lot directly across the street from the club on West Utica.  We could not have planned a more exciting way to kick off the summer of 2013.  We hope to see you.  Milkie's on Elmwood is at the intersection of West Utica & Elmwood Avenue.  882-5881

Friday, 6/21 at Wegman's Dick Rd     6:00 - 8:00
The Magpies
George Kane, guitar     Tim Clarke, trumpet     John Werick, bass     your correspondent, drum set
Dinner with The Magpies...  OK, so it's not the Roycroft.  But you can't get dinner for six bucks at the Roycroft either.  If you are one to haunt the busy intersection of George Urban & Dick Rd come dinnertime Friday, you know where to find us.

next Tuesday, 6/25 at Milkie's Elmwood     7:00 - 10:00
Russ Carere, Sr - saxophone & flute     James Vincent Calabrese - piano     Buddy "don't call me John" Fadale - bass     your host - drum set

Upcoming at Milkie's Elmwood
Tuesday, 7/2 Vince Ercolomento
Tuesday, 7/9 The Upstate Express
Tuesday, 7/16 Larry Covelli
Tuesday, 7/23 Doug Stone
Tuesday, 7/30 Mike Costley
Tuesday, 8/13 Kenny Kuriscak & Tim Clarke
Tuesday, 8/27 trioPAYAZZO plus 2
Tuesday, 10/15 Patty Flaherty & Craig Kastelnik

links...

Just like his heart, presuming he has one...
It's very easy to blame an inanimate object.
 - George Kollitides, CEO of Freedom Group - The "Freedom" Group owns the firearms maker that produces the assault weapon used at Sandy Hook Elementary.  Pathetic...

Health,
Hope,
Dialogue,
Respect for life,
Tolerance,
Friendships,
dan
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Sunday, June 9, 2013

Danny Hull: Musically This Week Vol XV, No 38

Hello friends.  This week...

Tuesday, 6/11 at Milkie's Elmwood     7:00 - 10:00
Barbara Jean, vocals

Barbara Jean, vocals     Michael T. Jones, piano     Cameron Kayne, bass     your host, drum set
Small world...  Just last night I played an alumni gathering at SUNY Fredonia, and got talking to a 1963 music department graduate.  Ms. Harp (who plays trumpet - insert your own word-play joke here.) is from Jamestown, and she seemed to know every musician from her home town.  Knowing none of whom she mentioned, I asked "Do you know Barbara Jean?"  And Ms. Harp's eyes lit up.  "I love Barbara Jean!  She writes her own tunes you know.  Her husband Steve is a keyboard player..."  And if Ms. Harp didn't then get interrupted by another 1963 celebrant, I might still be hearing the praise and history of this week's featured guest.  The truth is, we love her too.  She's a sweet, genuine fellow musician with a cherry-eyed view of the world.  Her singing style is direct and unaffected, which is pretty much another way of describing Barbara Jean herself.  No bravado, no affectation, no insecure attempt to divert your attention from the song to her...  She's simply a treasure and a joy to know.  And yes - she writes her own material.  Clever lyrics, singable melodies (obviously), and a harmonic concept out the Great American Songbook.  If you've heard her at our venue, or at the Art Gallery, or at the Lewiston Jazz Festival, then you know what I mean.  If this will be your first time, you'll love her too.  Fellow musicians, bring your horn.  Milkie's on Elmwood is at the intersection of West Utica & Elmwood Avenue.  882-5881

Wednesday, 6/12 at Milkie's Elmwood     7:15 - 9:15
Buffalo Brass Open Rehearsal
I think it's the location and the intimacy.  We're starting to get the open rehearsal audience that we didn't get at the Iris.  And when you put "intimacy", "big band", and "rehearsal" in the same sentence, it makes for an interesting experience for the listener.  If you get there early enough, you can secure a bar stool a mere two feet from the rhythm section.  Powerful.

next Tuesday, 6/18 at Milkie's Elmwood     7:00 - 10:00
The Western New York Jazz Orchestra

Upcoming at Milkie's Elmwood
Tuesday, 6/25 Russ Carere, Sr
Tuesday, 7/2 Vince Ercolomento
Tuesday, 7/9 The Upstate Express
Tuesday, 7/16 trioPAYAZZO Ainse que Deux
Tuesday, 7/23 Doug Stone
Tuesday, 7/30 Mike Costley
Tuesday, 8/13 Kenny Kuriscak & Tim Clarke
Tuesday, 10/15 Patty Flaherty & Craig Kastelnik

links...

Cheery-eyed optimism...
Today is the best day of the week.
 - Barbara Jean

Health,
Hope,
Dialogue,
Respect,
Tolerance,
Friendships,
dan
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Monday, June 3, 2013

Danny Hull: Musically This Week Vol XV, No 37

Hello friends.  This week...

Tuesday, 6/4 at Milkie's Elmwood     7:00 - 10:00
Russ D'Alba, saxophone     George Kane, guitar     Wayne Moose, bass     your host, drum set
A reprise!  Usually, when we invite Russ D'Alba to do our gig, he'll contemplate, and then come up with a rhythm section we haven't tried before.  Russ is a smart guy, and he likes to challenge himself.  But once you've spoiled yourself with the musicianship that guitarist George Kane and bassist Wayne Moose bring to the bandstand, it's hard to look away.  This quartet did a date together back in June, and Russell's call was to do it again.  So we honor his muse, and present Russ in his preferred company.  Join us if you can, bring your horn, sit-in, and help us keep the music in the air.  Milkie's on Elmwood is at the intersection of West Utica & Elmwood Avenue.  882-5881

next Tuesday, 6/11 at Milkie's Elmwood     7:00 - 10:00
Barbara Jean, vocals     Michael T. Jones, piano     Cameron Kayne, bass     your host, drum set

Upcoming at Milkie's Elmwood
Tuesday, 6/25 Russ Carere, Sr
Tuesday, 6/18 Western New York Jazz Orchestra
Tuesday, 7/2 Vince Ercolomento
Tuesday, 7/9 The Upstate Express
Tuesday, 7/16 trioPAYAZZO Ainse que Deux
Tuesday, 7/23 Doug Stone
Tuesday, 7/30 Mike Costley
Tuesday, 8/13 Kenny Kuriscak & Tim Clarke
Tuesday, 10/15 Patty Flaherty & Craig Kastelnik

links...

the seasons' fountain of youth...
What is one to say about June, the time of perfect young summer, the fulfillment of the promise of the earlier months, and with as yet no sign to remind one that its fresh young beauty will ever fade.
 - Gertrude Jekyll

Health,
Hope,
Dialogue,
Respect,
Tolerance,
Friendships,
dan
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