October is coming to a quick close! The snowy season is upon us and I’m driving around with skis and gear in my car nowadays just incase of that after work skin up a hill.

11.3 – Audrey Bernstein Quintet. Claires. Hardwick VT.

11.5 – Audrey Bernstein Quintet. Cork. Waterbury VT.

11.6 – Woodwind quintet. Unitarian Church. Montpelier VT.

11.8 – Audrey Bernstein Quintet. Bees Knees. Morrisville VT

11.12 – Liptak/Evans Duo. Red Hen Bakery. Middlesex VT.

11.16 – Liptak/Evans Duo. Bees Knees. Morrisville VT.

11.18 – Liptak/Evans Duo. 1/2 Lounge. Burlington VT.

11.19 – Ze Jazz. Bees Knees. Morrisville VT.

 

Check out Audrey Bernstein and her new group, we cut the CD in May and have been playing steadily since.

I’m currently listening to Sons of Daughters, a great trio comprised of tenor, bass and drums. Three improv masters who read each others musical intentions and moves like a book. Saxophonist Patrick Breiner is hopefully coming to VT in February…trying to help him book some gigs…

 

 

 

 

Playing with guitarists Matt Harpster and Greg Evans at Bagitos on Friday at 6 and Saturday at Red Hen at 1.

Come down for some gypsy/swing/latin muisc.

 

 

 

Excited to play at the Ski Hall of Fame 2011 induction at Killington Resort later this month!

Ticketed event featuring a dinner and silent auction. I have been a skier all of my life, so it will be exciting to be at this event, especially since our founding member of ZJazz is a member of the HOF as well.

Richard Shillea Obituary: View Richard Shillea’s Obituary by Connecticut Post.

Congratulations to composer Jessica Rudman for being awarded Honorable Mention in the Society for New Music 2011 Brian M. Israel award. She composed Three Pieces for the Anatolian Trio in the spring of 2010, which we primiered in May of that year. We also featured her work on our 2010 tour of Turkey where we performed this work around the country in several locations.

Read the story here.

Check out our recording below:

Movement 1 – Three Pieces for Anatolian Trio

Movement 2 – Three Pieces for Anatolian Trio

Movement 3 – Three Pieces for Anatolian Trio

Visit Jessica’s website here.

Thursday is the clarinet recital benefiting the Eleva Chamber Players. The house concert will be at the Moose Meadow Lodge in Duxbury VT. Reception at 6 PM, concert at 6:45 and dinner following at 7:30.

The program:

Poulenc – Sonata for clarinet and piano

Kovacs – Homage to Manual de Falla

Mucynzski – Times Pieces

Dan

Back in VT after a week or so off! Check out the concert page for upcoming July gigs.  Enjoy the great weather and I hope to see some out and about.

 

Dan

Hello all,

A session put together by Cory Beard and Greg Evans with engineer Lane Gibson produced five tracks. Please check them out and enjoy!

Also…check out the concert page for several new concerts I am playing as a duo. Several new dates have been added with guitarist Matt Harpster and Greg Evans.

Dan

 

Amazing clarinetist I’ve been listening to. Thanks to Tom Cate for turning me on to her. Booking duo gigs with guitarist after feeling inspired by this!

Couple of weeks off, then hittin it hard in late June.