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1. Show at Dumont (Aachen, Germany). Great audience, great club, totally mad hang after the gig, great people. Thanks Armin, Skip, Chrit and everyone else! 2. Show at Sazz’n Jazz – another beautiful venue and great audience. 3. Frites with peppersaus (mayonnaise with a ton of black pepper) while killing time jetlagged in Haarlem waiting for our hotel room to be ready. 4. Blasting “Immigrant Song” while driving into Aachen, Germany. <iframe width=”420″ height=”315″ src=”http://www.youtube.com/embed/ApxnAr6pRt0″ frameborder=”0″ allowfullscreen></iframe> 5. Surviving insane Paris traffic- including a foray into the insane 6e arrondissement, and hair-raising roundabouts in general. 6. Having the weak dollar work in our favor forRead More →

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Todd Bishop Jazz Society of Oregon feature  – September 2010 Interview by Rita Rega Early Years/Education: Grew up in Eugene, Oregon and went to South Eugene High School. Trumpeter Gregg Hall was the band director at that time, it was a great program. My older brother, John, is also a professional drummer. He must have inspired me. My Dad was a jazz fan, so we had a bunch of 78’s around the house. His collection included a lot of boogie-woogie, Dave Brubeck, Paul Desmond, Benny Goodman, etc. My Mom was a musical theater person. I’d say from 1971 to 1988, there was a full-time drummerRead More →

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WWOZ 90.7 New Orleans An old playlist, but a new station for us: Playlist for June 23, 2010 from 4:00PM – 7:00PM Current New Orleans Time: Sat, 12:33pm Show Host(s): Valerie “The Problem Child” Kacprzak Playlist Date & Time: 6/23/2010 4:00PM – 7:00PM Program: Jazz from the French Market with Sondra Bibb Playlist Tracks […] Bill Frisell & Jack DeJohnette”Otherworldly Dervishes”The Elephant Sleeps Medeski Martin & Wood”God Fire”Radiolarians Gabor Szabo”Corcovado” Madeleine Peyroux”Blue Alert”Half the Perfect World Duke Ellington w/John Coltrane”In a Sentimental Mood”Priceless Jazz Ella Fitzgerald”Love For Sale”Sings the Cole Porter Ike Quebec”Blue Samba”Bossa Nova Soul Nina Simone”Lilac Wine”Diva Series Duke Pearson”After the Rain”Midnight BlueRead More →

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Nothing to see here at the moment- this is the future home of all news-related stuff for my jazz quartet and new CD, LITTLE PLAYED LITTLE BIRD- tour dates, radio airplay, reviews, etc. For now, visit my main site, my drumming blog, or my Bandcamp page.Read More →