Belief

Believing in yourself is so important. But sometimes people in your life can reaffirm your strengths. I am grateful for the good in the world. Let your positive beliefs about yourself and others enlighten your live and the lives of others.

Sing and then Sing some more

I have been singing with Sweet Georgia Brown at the Lenox Lounge. Every time I watch her I learn something else. Jim Satten has invited me to sit in with him at his gig. I will sing some covers and keep my feet wet. In the mean time, I am working on creating more material. It is long overdue. It is time now.

Pleasant Surprise

Today a wonderful saxophone/woodwind player invited me to sit in with his trio in Central Park. We had a gig several months ago together. It was when I sang for Sweet Georgia Brown's Birthday. His name is Adrian Cunningham. He is very good at his craft. I recommend you see him whenever you get the chance. He is also an excellent composer. Ladies and men who happen to like other men. ...He is also very easy on the eyes. Now that never hurt anyone, did it. :)

It was a lot of fun. It was a specific NY moment. It was a perfect day today, because I sang for people and with musicians that I respect. It would be great if every day could be that way. I would like to sing everyday truly.

Georgia' s Bday

Georgia had a great turn out. She as always put on a great show. A good part of it was letting the fellas in the band have it for not following all of her cues. It was fun and funny. I sang "Feeling Good". Stew and I had a very dry run through before. It was good.It could have been better. Then Georgia sang "I Feel Good" to get the momentum back up again. I sang background vocals for her and I was between two saxophone players. Saxophones are vocals when you think about it. There were two. One was from Australia. He was easy on the eyes and ears. He liked to be near the crowd. The other sax player liked to be closer to the band. He knew all of the licks for the covers.

Ch-Ch-Ch-Changes

Georgia Brown has also invited me to sing for her birthday bash at the 55 Bar . It is this Saturday, March 28, 2009. She has a lot of people coming down to wish her a Happy Birthday by performing. They call her one of the last red hot mamas and that is truly what she is. She reminds me of Shug Avery in that she is totally free when she performs. She says exactly what is on her mind. A very strong woman indeed. She has been kind enough to give me advice and take me under a wing a bit. I have a lot of respect for her and her experience. People need to observe and listen more.

My friend,Jim,had a great gig this past Tuesday. It always feels good to support one of my fellow musicians when they are doing the type of music that they really want to. It was a clean show in the sense that it was precise. You could tell the players had been around and knew exactly what they were doing.

It has been a long time since I have written here. I usually find myself writing when something intense has happened. This usually happens when you are truly living. And with that said. I am opening up and writing new songs.

It is finally spring. Well it is supposed to be. It is actually pretty cold outside. I need to spread my wings and start making some dramatic changes and at the same time let go.