In March I did another Sonarchy Radio session but this time as the leader of Analog Honking Device. I invited Chad McCullough to join in on trumpet and we had some freakish mind-meld moments. Again, we achieved my goal of creating music that was free yet structured, with a lot of interplay between the musicians. Here are some videos from the session.
I attended a great concert last night by Quasar Quatuor de Saxophones, a Montreal based, avant-garde saxophone quartet. Call me a saxophone geek but I found
Here are three videos from the Wayward Series Chapel Performance Space concert in January. The music was free yet structured, with a lot of interplay between the musicians. I was especially pleased with the sound of two basses (electric and acoustic) and two saxophones, and Chris was the perfect drummer to tie it all together.
Analog Honking Device
Wayward Series at the Chapel Performance Space
Seattle WA, January 3, 2013
Cynthia Mullis (tenor sax), Brent Jensen (soprano sax)
Steve Kim (electric bass), Chris Symer (acoustic bass), Chris Icasiano (drums)
Check out two more videos:
At the beginning of January, I played two gigs with Analog Honking Device and guest Brent Jensen. Musically they were a success and a lot of fun. I was especially pleased with the sound of two basses (electric and acoustic) at Wayward. The next night at Egan’s was a high energy, 90-minute set with piano, bass and drums.
At the end of December I was invited by Brent Jensen to play on a Jack Straw Sonarchy Session with Kris Hartung from Boise, Idaho. Playing completely free improvised music is quite challenging…all jazz licks were shot on sight. This group of musicians from Boise really brought some
Here is a video of me playing Chelsea Bridge at the Paratii jam session on December 17th, 2012.
I’m completely in shadow but that’s me playing tenor sax with:
Eric Verinde (piano), Dean Schmidt (bass), Jeff Busch (drums)
Ernesto Pediangco and Tor Dietrichson (percussion)
(click on the photo to see a larger version)
We were part of the first wave of same-sex weddings in Washington on December 9th, 2012. It was an amazing event and we couldn’t have planned a better wedding if we’d tried. We were one of 138 couples to get married at City Hall that day. There was a tremendous feeling of love and Seattle welcomed us with respect and joy.
Links to articles and photos about the Seattle City Hall wedding event on December 9th…a huge range of expression of same-sex weddings and committed relationships.
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