I play music a lot with Mark. Hes one of my favorite musicians to play with.We’ll be playing together in Aug at the Sounds Outside festival in Cal Anderson park.
He laid his newest record on me the other day. It’s good. Mark sounds great and so does the band. Hes a really thoughtful and sensitive player. Beautiful lines and a really interesting rhythmic concept. Plus, he can play the hell out of his horn. Theres some cool improvisations mixed in with compositions…
I teach a lot. Though this summer is a little slower than usual (summers always are) I’ve been trying to come up with new ways of teaching kids how to become musicians, rather than automatons.
Next week, I’m teaching a jazz camp. We’ll be doing John Zorn’s Cobra with early high school and middle school students. Its a bit of a risk and honestly I’m not sure how well it will come off.
If you dont know Cobra, its an improvisatory game that utilizes a system of cards to indicate how the music should unfold. The players give the prompter (me) signals to show various cards, which in turn tells the musicians how to behave. The fun of Cobra is being a part of it, the actual playing of the game. I hope to teach some compositional/improvisatory concepts to the kids in the process.
I’m currently working on some music for a gig on Aug 15. Check the gigs page for info about it.
The band is:
Me – tenor
Mark Taylor – alto
Zach Stewart – guitar
Geoff Harper – bass
Byron Vannoy – drums
I love playing music with these guys so its gonna be fun. This band got together for one rehearsal right after Frieze of Life broke up (2 – 3 years ago). I had played with Mark, Geoff and Byron in that band so we know each other well. Then I did the Goat project with Zach for the last 2 years or so. We played a very different style than FOL but we played a lot of my music which is structured in the same way, we just played a different style. It will be fun to see how these two different styles meet.
You should come…
My first post on a newish site idea. Will this be easy to manipulate? I dont know
In an effort to make updates easier and more consistent I’ll be moving gregsinibaldi.com to here. Let me know what you’d like to see!
Its almost June 09 and I haven’t done any updating to my website/blog/myspace/etc in almost a year.
I’m hoping to change that soon…
The new Goat record, Special Agent, is done! Come join us to celebrate at Lo_Fi Performance Gallery. May 31, 9PM. $7 cover, $12 cover with CD. Lo_Fi is located at 429 Eastlake Ave E, Seattle
The record sounds great! We had a great time making it and are very excited about the results. For those of you who cant make it to the release party don’t fret. You’ll be able to download the record directly from my website as well as purchase a physical CD, on May 31. Keep an eye on the website for more details!
So I hang out occasionally at a local dive that has a rather colorful clientel. Its a good place to watch basketball highlights. No one there knows I’m a musician.
I’m sitting there talking with this guy while watching the latest sonics loss on ESPN. He had been downtown close to Jazz Alley. For those of you not from Seattle Jazz Alley is the “finest” club in town. A place where all the national acts play. Anyway Mr Man used to work for Jazz Alley and was commenting on the people leaving, how hey look rich how much money that place makes. One of the reasons? And I quote “…because, you know, you can pay jazz musicians spit…”. He said it like its common knowledge.
I raised my eyebrows, nodded knowingly and sipped my beer…
Found some great pictures of the wall between Egypt and Palestine coming down. Courtesy of BBC an New York Times. Thats one down and how many to go?
I’m in a new trio called Goat. Actually an old trio I’ve just recently been added. I play tenor and ewi along with Skiff Feldspar on guitar and Denali Williams on percussion. I really enjoy playing with these guys and find its a great outlet to experiment with the ewi. Check out more about us here and our MySpace page here.
Below are a few cuts from a recent session we did for KEXP’s Sonarchy Radio. Sonarchy is run by Doug Haire and is a huge asset to the scene here in Seattle.
Moon Rises
Muted Terrorism
Cool goat picture eh?
Let us know what you think!
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