tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-69562092868432316282024-03-17T20:00:37.502-07:00Peripatetic RoperBlog of my first trip to Japan. After that, we'll see what happens.Roperadopehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09409538583071591294noreply@blogger.comBlogger169125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6956209286843231628.post-55494484906012938212023-07-27T19:12:00.000-07:002023-07-27T19:12:52.478-07:00A walk around the immediate neighborhood. July 28 for July 21<p> Just from photos take during an evening walk around the neighborhood of the Künstlerhaus. This walk is toward the north. These photos were taken with the camera on the hi-key setting. The yellow-green building is Die Kniepe (pub) that is the center of the Kirwa activity. The tree is the <a href="https://de-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Kirchweihbaum?_x_tr_sl=de&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en&_x_tr_pto=sc" target="_blank">Kirwabaum</a>. A lot of things happen around that tree.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8r6osPsXELZUgUF5W44J196v6LNl_JKPIrMfcY9_mVCh-kKRxsCBCAD_ucNqgiiDOBY3vm9t7iPTcE491mW_qnVMk7At7Gt41aLc70MQz-4hCxLSD1Ba4_U1AVeRfpvFZLD6K12x4BX3FOlRYEujyeiZEU1-dNXUtWAGQ3zlO8ntmibgC4gysE4YF99Px/s3648/IMG_5927.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2432" data-original-width="3648" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8r6osPsXELZUgUF5W44J196v6LNl_JKPIrMfcY9_mVCh-kKRxsCBCAD_ucNqgiiDOBY3vm9t7iPTcE491mW_qnVMk7At7Gt41aLc70MQz-4hCxLSD1Ba4_U1AVeRfpvFZLD6K12x4BX3FOlRYEujyeiZEU1-dNXUtWAGQ3zlO8ntmibgC4gysE4YF99Px/s320/IMG_5927.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwr33DlLLYKz0ADl6FMJB0rER407T7VcTMVYmDbi-5E9Azy-ZF7wT6is5rS7TbE6kYCaiiJCELRGKWCP0h8zk79gDvlFjdASo_aMn08PTd4YOHOQqJ9Gp5MOsnj6lfgO3rr-gJpGsgGDrk4LG4ImlzgeFsQHAk9wcc3kS2ImAq3YFUCIzF1EyFcWLtdT6F/s3648/IMG_5928.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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Leave for where? Schwandorf, Bavaria. It was sort of a last minute happening and surprise. There'll be more about it as the blog progresses. For now just know that I'm doing a residency at the <a href="https://www.kebbelvilla.de/en/" target="_blank">Kebbel Villa - Oberpfälzer Künstlerhaus</a> in Fronberg, a suburb of Schwandorf. I'm working on video project. Editing to be specific. Very, very tedious. I may do some composition, if I have the time, but that is not a priority.</span> </h4><div>So, take off from LAX at around 5:10 PM. An almost 12 hour flight. Amazingly, the middle seat was empty. That makes all the difference. The flight was fine. Then I had to deal with the trains. I like riding on trains. But not on crowded trains during rush hour. I buy first class tickets for trains. Especially when I have luggage. Especially when traveling when school is letting out and it is rush hour. Something I was taught by a world-wise friend. However it is a waste of money if you've bought the ticket, but the train ends up not having a first class car. There ended up being plenty of room on that train though. The <a href="https://rail.cc/train-type/alex/158">second train</a>, that had a first class car, packed us in like sardines. I had to stand for that whole ride, which lasted at least 90 minutes. After that 12 hour plane ride. Ultimately I arrived in Schwandorf, was met at the station by a staff member and we headed to the Villa.</div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieoYIec3ZMfNUIEn221tSok-wR8bwTXadMdjeDd-7eB-_FWpwARxRnSpn-9j2AXiYBmEV8oqvBz_sQt2thq_Y1-ktpvW9FEISNV-wWJW4tx6jN-4WIKSj6jKLI_pS1wIL9STjDzQCl_6OvosNaOnQpLHiZubkqOPHrVjRvts6pe4MK_0_aMQSxxjUmQmH1/s4000/IMG_20230718_161451316.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieoYIec3ZMfNUIEn221tSok-wR8bwTXadMdjeDd-7eB-_FWpwARxRnSpn-9j2AXiYBmEV8oqvBz_sQt2thq_Y1-ktpvW9FEISNV-wWJW4tx6jN-4WIKSj6jKLI_pS1wIL9STjDzQCl_6OvosNaOnQpLHiZubkqOPHrVjRvts6pe4MK_0_aMQSxxjUmQmH1/s320/IMG_20230718_161451316.jpg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Bradley Terminal LAX</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwhmBVFVhuCy4yIlsOtJuEz9QGPee53qOaBRY-L-euNq4EopRRbVLqnxKZG4jBnQO0sgIMLQi4qACXSzJMlX7hKBp4JfliJx5MnW6TEP93coNGH45FGQeuznqsNOZskQYbyVFd265Uyc-_6VRw-tJtZe6k3p94hLD1VuPw4pv1uCVgnP2VXnHgLVz4phKh/s320/IMG_20230719_145148641_HDR.jpg" width="240" /></a><br />Munich Airport<br /><br /></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /><br /><br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieTExh3m-SqxGdoqX0q526iFE6fD3vHQjXObBeHD10FTSzFj7IbG_ZG7AIcnAscyADuvfvA2m-n_aDJCVRW0Q_VZvgxeyxSG-RDNtRyV0Qp67hsBwyUNvG-j7yvijAjlOY4KOSMKTHMDnn_CyQl-WDyrfxo2FtGvfvD9sydvOKTOR2YedehqYTpufmdH74/s4000/IMG_20230719_183826552_HDR.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieTExh3m-SqxGdoqX0q526iFE6fD3vHQjXObBeHD10FTSzFj7IbG_ZG7AIcnAscyADuvfvA2m-n_aDJCVRW0Q_VZvgxeyxSG-RDNtRyV0Qp67hsBwyUNvG-j7yvijAjlOY4KOSMKTHMDnn_CyQl-WDyrfxo2FtGvfvD9sydvOKTOR2YedehqYTpufmdH74/s320/IMG_20230719_183826552_HDR.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Freising.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiylcdZP7eIQVQo8tjrn8h6bM9qKmO1LbTwbdmIJqAOHNwIRl4WuFLKBa6o9HUe-PUPrWSUc_Z3duf8J2mHeu2toktbB7EEvxCTp75EsLFWoZ0fuOc6JdR--o5GkLBtA-WJSBkIX3xZ8ALfhe_yBk5_GLvFXtsnmxuTfosoD_COUPeSNVMdyerhZmnfdiI0/s4000/IMG_20230719_190812103_HDR.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiylcdZP7eIQVQo8tjrn8h6bM9qKmO1LbTwbdmIJqAOHNwIRl4WuFLKBa6o9HUe-PUPrWSUc_Z3duf8J2mHeu2toktbB7EEvxCTp75EsLFWoZ0fuOc6JdR--o5GkLBtA-WJSBkIX3xZ8ALfhe_yBk5_GLvFXtsnmxuTfosoD_COUPeSNVMdyerhZmnfdiI0/s320/IMG_20230719_190812103_HDR.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The ALEX train. Munich to Prague; it stops in Schwandorf. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjS2AHXgsObkKvQ_PqcMMkMDeFnbyl12BaH3CGVkNFV3YAoxkcdmZYg0tXJjmDA1su-wJYdpYDJgIKYQbbi6oH_z16dSe0sp32NePJz3UbuTrS0eIWOW4j2f_P-hvDd2L1Rj2f2PMVLC02TLxL9f5hjV05sm2bbyQID_xA_vmzKaUPryR9ylKNn555a7H-P/s4000/IMG_20230719_190826547.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjS2AHXgsObkKvQ_PqcMMkMDeFnbyl12BaH3CGVkNFV3YAoxkcdmZYg0tXJjmDA1su-wJYdpYDJgIKYQbbi6oH_z16dSe0sp32NePJz3UbuTrS0eIWOW4j2f_P-hvDd2L1Rj2f2PMVLC02TLxL9f5hjV05sm2bbyQID_xA_vmzKaUPryR9ylKNn555a7H-P/s320/IMG_20230719_190826547.jpg" width="240" /></a></div> And back in Schwandorf after 13 years!<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>Look, when these pages are published the photos end up in an order and positions that I did not place them in. This blog program pretty much does what it wants and ignores me. It is very frustrating, but we'll have to deal with it. <br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiw4DAJsB8jNr_5UKm-0v_OuLkvK_I7Iz6U40D3fJqTDJCOnc3PU5P9z-IA57OlzsjvyogC7ir5BELm34fXOsavMTHB8RruerWVoCOX_oEU8Zb5A6ToeJzsj4YG7MxZ7L-Z8SGRNoAw47bWwJ9qQqX-8fSRm2lG4qhUUcLjly8ZHIeu98MMxtQKOVQCbWHh/s4000/IMG_20230719_170406911_HDR.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiw4DAJsB8jNr_5UKm-0v_OuLkvK_I7Iz6U40D3fJqTDJCOnc3PU5P9z-IA57OlzsjvyogC7ir5BELm34fXOsavMTHB8RruerWVoCOX_oEU8Zb5A6ToeJzsj4YG7MxZ7L-Z8SGRNoAw47bWwJ9qQqX-8fSRm2lG4qhUUcLjly8ZHIeu98MMxtQKOVQCbWHh/s320/IMG_20230719_170406911_HDR.jpg" width="240" /></a><br />Luggage including the Travel Tuba.<br /><br /></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table> <br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>Roperadopehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09409538583071591294noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6956209286843231628.post-82407383434288045262023-07-24T01:21:00.001-07:002023-07-24T01:21:54.951-07:00On the Road Again! July 24 for July 14 & 15<p> I am back in my favorite Bavarian village of Fronburg. It is Friday; I got here on Tuesday. I am not over the jet lag, but thi<span style="font-family: georgia;">ngs are better.</span> I've been a bit busy here, but I'll get to that in future posts. For now a quick recap of the weekend before departure. </p><p>CuZns performed as itself, then with Karl Evangelista's quintet last Friday at Automata. An evening of free improvisation. I think it was one of CuZns' more risky performances. That duo can go places. And it did. As did Karl's quintet. Improvising is difficult work, but I managed to have a little fun in the process.<br /><br />The next day we were all at Wayne Peet's studio to record. Free improvisation again. It is great not to have to read any notes. Of course, if the leader says, "Do it again!," you're in a world of trouble. </p><p><span style="font-family: inherit;">CuZns is: Bobby Bradford, William Roper</span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit;">The Karl Evangelista Quintet is: Karl Alfonso Defensor Evangelista, Margaret Rei Scampavia Evangelista, Robert Lopez, Bobby Bradford, William Roper.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit;">Photos courtesy of Cassia Streb, Jennifer Bewerse, Kim Kahn, Wayne Peet and yours truly. </span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span class="x193iq5w xeuugli x13faqbe x1vvkbs xlh3980 xvmahel x1n0sxbx x1lliihq x1s928wv xhkezso x1gmr53x x1cpjm7i x1fgarty x1943h6x x1ill7wo x1g2y4wz x579bpy xjkpybl x1xlr1w8 xzsf02u x1yc453h" dir="auto"></span><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgerIyZKRcPqHrRH5WVaEKHqheudA4bO6IFo7-DJgpNyeLL_J7ltSumKKPvmpkGP-V_pnvpjT32XtraYSBN6oJsZcotJso0SQZuxC5MAZ1LsoA5FLOIlo_vBgdbvkAiKrYl7LcdEny23IC4THISSwcjkvZafr_Ndui7tG3ZHn5CapRWkDGjNYPug4SJSA2N/s4032/IMG_6790.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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We got the first two movements done. The final movement, then mixing/mastering next week. It is very tedious work, but necessary and at some moments fun. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0UCfhsLKSP9T-K87izdTUeJyiDU4TKJS9wUohKje2vM4HXDmqY1SCgFVfvQDQ0tFOFM9_7jG7-BOBOP6d3g5U3T3m-1u-lN2jmp5imWozZ8ynitIFCqhd2FxhOSve7fPhWaJBRT4kaujwf987YaIKaTvbHRik4LZdXEXk4D7x4VRdLD1n4ZTPaLYxjQ/s3648/IMG_5665.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2432" data-original-width="3648" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0UCfhsLKSP9T-K87izdTUeJyiDU4TKJS9wUohKje2vM4HXDmqY1SCgFVfvQDQ0tFOFM9_7jG7-BOBOP6d3g5U3T3m-1u-lN2jmp5imWozZ8ynitIFCqhd2FxhOSve7fPhWaJBRT4kaujwf987YaIKaTvbHRik4LZdXEXk4D7x4VRdLD1n4ZTPaLYxjQ/s320/IMG_5665.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj32LYN0j7wU5jfYGqnh2H5-Uo9ZbVmny1n899aX3LBjB8pg2XXvI_FYRhrf5KoD_aOEYjMddgASDjsInt7hGINlgB3URCOJncX1xFyPn8R6s4ZvTcdpoiRYCK2r8r4UumEG8H1D2oukdj8EOxKl6wCbNoHZKvVCXKfvPRPta3YsRBQ_r11wKxnO9_FdA/s3648/IMG_5666.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2432" data-original-width="3648" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj32LYN0j7wU5jfYGqnh2H5-Uo9ZbVmny1n899aX3LBjB8pg2XXvI_FYRhrf5KoD_aOEYjMddgASDjsInt7hGINlgB3URCOJncX1xFyPn8R6s4ZvTcdpoiRYCK2r8r4UumEG8H1D2oukdj8EOxKl6wCbNoHZKvVCXKfvPRPta3YsRBQ_r11wKxnO9_FdA/s320/IMG_5666.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPDaLQrCbzKWDnX3MLgNWa07Ay8fs-sKE7Gu2Qe2Q6gtqvz55PhsfuKCdWFrPoWoqGF_WhfUfHbcB7lR80jJpQgKpw_KOTBddmV0F6irPX7toxO81JVwBgtU12oZA8JECcL8cLsWz-TNYBwqSMlEeGjxvSJo_OukUNqGbZhCXqdUqeJUtTbZ1Z03nmtw/s3648/IMG_5667.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2432" data-original-width="3648" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPDaLQrCbzKWDnX3MLgNWa07Ay8fs-sKE7Gu2Qe2Q6gtqvz55PhsfuKCdWFrPoWoqGF_WhfUfHbcB7lR80jJpQgKpw_KOTBddmV0F6irPX7toxO81JVwBgtU12oZA8JECcL8cLsWz-TNYBwqSMlEeGjxvSJo_OukUNqGbZhCXqdUqeJUtTbZ1Z03nmtw/s320/IMG_5667.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMrCdX57r986VWXtrENYQ37EikKxYNoalPBO_uX_gRoKfV7u4Jg2axOXYJ69QE0jsL4boc7QBlpSp9rc2UMU9lc7nowl3QNWRBevpsIs1QMtJZMjUZnIyZBS_DkFSFafwon7HtwFEEetvZDTrix4oMhynU53uFG47QqFab62kdj_7OkRzBgHiyf6fL6A/s3648/IMG_5668.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2432" data-original-width="3648" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMrCdX57r986VWXtrENYQ37EikKxYNoalPBO_uX_gRoKfV7u4Jg2axOXYJ69QE0jsL4boc7QBlpSp9rc2UMU9lc7nowl3QNWRBevpsIs1QMtJZMjUZnIyZBS_DkFSFafwon7HtwFEEetvZDTrix4oMhynU53uFG47QqFab62kdj_7OkRzBgHiyf6fL6A/s320/IMG_5668.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p>Roperadopehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09409538583071591294noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6956209286843231628.post-1802945823546095032022-11-02T13:56:00.001-07:002022-11-06T19:41:50.584-08:00Breeze Through Azabu<p> <span style="font-family: Didot; font-size: 18px;">In 2015 the <a href="https://nakamura89.exblog.jp/23058655/" target="_blank">International Center for Japanese Culture</a> sponsored a competition for compositions for two 13 string, one 17 string kotos and Bb clarinet. I submitted a piece: <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steller%27s_sea_eagle" target="_blank">Stellar's Sea Eagle</a> - On seeing the <a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Tower_of_Prayer_monument,_Cape_Soya,_Wakkanai,_Japan.jpg" target="_blank">Tower of Prayer - Cape Soya</a></i>. I didn't win the competition, but I dedicated and sent the piece to <a href="http://michiyo-yagi.cocolog-nifty.com/blog/2022/10/post-1f534a.html" target="_blank">Michiyo Yagi</a>, with whom I had <a href="http://roperadope.blogspot.com/2013/07/tokyoday-of-official-performance.html" target="_blank">performed</a> when I was doing my residency in Japan in 2013. She loved the piece, but had no occasion to perform it. A few months ago I received a massage from her husband and manager Mark Rappaport, asking if I was willing to redo the piece for four kotos and clarinet. Michiyo had received a small grant form <a href="https://www.artscouncil-tokyo.jp/en/" target="_blank">Arts Council Tokyo</a> to commission and perform new music for koto. Of course, I said yes. However, in reviewing the score, I just couldn't see how it could easily be done. That piece was very specific and each instrument had a particular extramusical role to play. There was no room for another instrument without undermining the conceptual basis of the work. So we decided I should do a brand new work. That work is now in Michiyo's hands.</span><span class="Apple-converted-space" style="font-family: Didot; font-size: 18px;"> </span></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Didot; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">It is titled: <i>Breeze Through Azabu - I'm Just Seeing. There's Nothing Wrong with Keeping Your Eyes Open</i>. It is for 17, 18, 21, 25 string kotos and Bb clarinet. It combines graphic and normal Western music notation. Azabu is the neighborhood I lived in when I was in Tokyo. It is sort of upscale, with a lot of foreign embassies so therefore a lot of <a href="https://www.collinsdictionary.com/us/dictionary/english/gaijin" target="_blank">Gaijin</a>, like me and hipsters, not like me. You can see a few shots of the area <a href="http://roperadope.blogspot.com/2013/07/last-walk-from-azabu.html" target="_blank">here</a>. The premier will be on Dec. 3, 2022 at <a href="http://koendoriclassics.com/" target="_blank">Koen-Dori Classics</a>, the same venue at which I performed with Michiyo.</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Didot; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieiM91WXipoVawF43C6Ehd-MwF_E_5VPDni-7z6BlR0T-XsOcPhfyAeGhH9gCPFXBTvTZGcckPnkhMUyLcDlNvzbCQHxS8xiZx1lKeB6eRanNLuphakB-Vb8IE2EWAU2oeiyd-j-oGjzxsdfJhkukCdwWfhsBppnUE4wlj1nJRzXBbjsrvx6hcoAHkcg/s1562/yagi2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1562" data-original-width="1250" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieiM91WXipoVawF43C6Ehd-MwF_E_5VPDni-7z6BlR0T-XsOcPhfyAeGhH9gCPFXBTvTZGcckPnkhMUyLcDlNvzbCQHxS8xiZx1lKeB6eRanNLuphakB-Vb8IE2EWAU2oeiyd-j-oGjzxsdfJhkukCdwWfhsBppnUE4wlj1nJRzXBbjsrvx6hcoAHkcg/s320/yagi2.jpg" width="256" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEip0qf9sILt4E7ACIa0NA9UVTNlz4egEcfCGrN3VUtujxFGHL4_ru4qWYWOkJUpvORnJOQBNuBnRgeyYkI5VrhDYNJuJCGsXwk8nb5jyORnboHdZ6mYMP-hIZ-RzJXWSIXk1yJQD_RnD3RaIrNqoPFxga47RZ_OQH28Yy-Jdzkg9aTN7uiKmtX_3stj-g/s1753/yagi3.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1753" data-original-width="1240" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEip0qf9sILt4E7ACIa0NA9UVTNlz4egEcfCGrN3VUtujxFGHL4_ru4qWYWOkJUpvORnJOQBNuBnRgeyYkI5VrhDYNJuJCGsXwk8nb5jyORnboHdZ6mYMP-hIZ-RzJXWSIXk1yJQD_RnD3RaIrNqoPFxga47RZ_OQH28Yy-Jdzkg9aTN7uiKmtX_3stj-g/s320/yagi3.jpg" width="226" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRcI766mzsbml_KyUbWOZaduETZ9cPm_r-EQ1c95Uf5AIQX7OaS9piNR01xYmZWhi2iUsWFnkfPRXU_fHVTO3-_aiVcHNRxTsa7dHq_Kg9m02MV8kgSpCMeKlwgBkvDmv5v8K3l4OGB-IhDYpeK1rzED6124kL9ZRvsinkxujj6SZOh5gW49ruzF8yxg/s2048/yagi4.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1544" data-original-width="2048" height="241" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRcI766mzsbml_KyUbWOZaduETZ9cPm_r-EQ1c95Uf5AIQX7OaS9piNR01xYmZWhi2iUsWFnkfPRXU_fHVTO3-_aiVcHNRxTsa7dHq_Kg9m02MV8kgSpCMeKlwgBkvDmv5v8K3l4OGB-IhDYpeK1rzED6124kL9ZRvsinkxujj6SZOh5gW49ruzF8yxg/s320/yagi4.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9E_Nako94oDFZ9adas1MKbCbBmO2b7FobtD-esTzKwhwTXJsRJAUaFRQkZmvhKhAIU3yMxrrMGlpGR867vVlMDswQnT0ffhEH53AoEHF8GYKWE5oNo7Kqr0EnpIzKsKKQRY_WCmEJvCgLRsUXWyj_y0OXkSlvG7F2QrXJ586-RapFLHb-0VN92Bud-Q/s617/yagi_fb2.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="617" data-original-width="548" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9E_Nako94oDFZ9adas1MKbCbBmO2b7FobtD-esTzKwhwTXJsRJAUaFRQkZmvhKhAIU3yMxrrMGlpGR867vVlMDswQnT0ffhEH53AoEHF8GYKWE5oNo7Kqr0EnpIzKsKKQRY_WCmEJvCgLRsUXWyj_y0OXkSlvG7F2QrXJ586-RapFLHb-0VN92Bud-Q/s320/yagi_fb2.png" width="284" /></a></div><br /><p class="p1" style="font-family: Didot; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><br /></p>Roperadopehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09409538583071591294noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6956209286843231628.post-4799512113328237362022-11-02T00:16:00.012-07:002022-11-02T00:57:07.722-07:00Giraffe Metatarsal-Springbok Trumpet<p> <span style="font-family: Didot; font-size: 18px;">It should be clear by now that I make instruments out of animal parts. The instruments are necessarily primitive and crude. Some work well, some barely work at all. When I did that recent project for B. McCreary that needed some sounds for Orc war horns, the request was made for wooden and bone horn horns. Wooden horns you can find and more importantly get good sounds out of. That is because you can control the manufacture of the instrument. Bones are a different story. Basically you take what you can get. I started with cow femurs from my work in the food industry. Those are still the best bone instruments I have. But because of my trip to Middle Earth, I looked around for longer, better bones. I got longer, I wouldn't say better. You saw the photo of the <a href="https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2108471119" target="_blank">giraffe metatarsal</a> in the September 28 post of this blog. I added a couple of springbok horns at one end and a trombone mouthpiece at the other, resulting in a very cool looking trumpet. It doesn't sound as cool as it looks. What can I say? Bone is bone. They are porous, that inner passage is irregular and random, you don't have much of a bell. But it does work, especially when microphones are employed.</span><span class="Apple-converted-space" style="font-family: Didot; font-size: 18px;"> </span></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Didot; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">And microphones were employed in the realization of <a href="https://www.jessiecoxmusic.com/" target="_blank">Jessie Cox</a>'s <i>Black Mother - ship</i>, which was the finale of the <a href="https://heididuckler.org/" target="_blank">Heidi Duckler Dance</a> production <i>The Body of the People</i>. I used several homemade instruments, as well as some you can get from any good instrument dealer, in Jessie's piece and my own solo section. In that solo section, my character was ancestor calling forth my cohort ancestors and the audience to travel with me to another level of existence. So I chose instruments that made sense to that, but mostly I spoke. Yes, I made it all up on the spot. Gina Cline gets credit for the shots of me as ancestor-caller.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p class="p2" style="font-family: Didot; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 26px;"><br /></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Didot; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">That same weekend (Oct. 21 & 22) I was back at Wayne Peet's studio to do a recording led by Welsh harpist <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhodri_Davies_(musician)" target="_blank">Rhodri Davies</a>, who was at the start of a short U.S. tour. Also on the session was <a href="https://angfranc.es/" target="_blank">Ang Wilson</a>, playing electronics. We did Davies/Roper, Davies/Roper/Wilson and Davies/Wilson. I'm using the names because using harp/tuba, etc. is so far from what was happening as to be silly. I listened to the roughs a couple of days ago. I think that they are very good. I don't know what Rhodri intends to do with the recordings. Maybe you'll have a chance to hear them someday.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p class="p2" style="font-family: Didot; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 26px;"><br /></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Didot; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">The big excitement is that this past Sunday, (Oct. 30) I was on a shopping trip in Manhattan Beach. There were a lot of people walking around with pumpkins. Okay, it was the day before Halloween, so maybe not so strange. But all of the pumpkins had wheels! The shopkeeper informed us that Manhattan Beach has an <a href="https://www.thembnews.com/2022/11/01/416580/world-famous-pumpkin-race-crowns-2022-champions" target="_blank">annual pumpkin race</a>. I knew you would want some shots of that! (Some of those pumpkins weren't pumpkins.)</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Didot; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHqSuSmhLmtCNXCrjCceWTvKFIle3dDhcMsFMzCYvVR8Q7vufBmTcoP3sfcM3-CTE6eJKXz8ipn49tmQcpES5J9owGxlWs9nzNCuxinF7F4NT_4Y1ktEMSGrWHfhLwdhPtcq3P5FY5Z_APYN9OLvJowDBMi9Mr5fWlpGCB_m03VSo_2VQ8fcU9kbUqaA/s4000/giraffe%20springbok.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHqSuSmhLmtCNXCrjCceWTvKFIle3dDhcMsFMzCYvVR8Q7vufBmTcoP3sfcM3-CTE6eJKXz8ipn49tmQcpES5J9owGxlWs9nzNCuxinF7F4NT_4Y1ktEMSGrWHfhLwdhPtcq3P5FY5Z_APYN9OLvJowDBMi9Mr5fWlpGCB_m03VSo_2VQ8fcU9kbUqaA/s320/giraffe%20springbok.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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It has been a long road getting it finished but the end of the project is near. The original plan was to present the performances then record the composition. But as they say in Zimbabwe, "Shit happens." So on October 15, we recorded the quartet. The performances will now happen on Nov. 10 & 12. Because of COVID restrictions, they will not be open to the public. </p><p>The ensemble is the <a href="https://koanquartet.wixsite.com/website" target="_blank">Koan Quartet</a>. The Koan commissioned my first string quartet, titled <i>You are Responsible, Forever, for What You Have Tamed</i>. You might recognize that title for the piece was inspired by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry's <i>The Little Prince</i>. Because shit, in this case COVID, happened, the piece has yet to receive a performance. So it goes. </p><p>But the new piece, titled <i>Juvenile Terrestrial References - Semi-Autonomous Zones</i>, is chugging along for its premiere performance. And the recording is done. More specifically, the recording part is done. It has to be edited and mixed. I'm going to do that this Thursday, Nov. 3. It is going to be one of the more involved post production sessions I've done. Actually I am sure it will be the most involved. I do have another project in the can that will even top this one in terms of post production, but first things first. The quartet played really well and had a refreshing attitude. As usual, <a href="https://tapeop.com/interviews/99/wayne-peet/" target="_blank">Wayne Peet</a>'s expertise, crazy ears and musical sensitivity in the engineer's seat made everything flow easily. I think the recording is going to be quite grand. Below you'll find photos of the session.</p><p>And below those photos you will find a single shot from an Oktoberfest gig Richárd Bernard's <i><a href="https://www.thebash.com/polka-band/zeitgeist-oktoberfest-band" target="_blank">Zeitgeist Polka Band</a></i> did on the west-side of town. I only include this photo because the light is so hip. It was a small version of the band, a trio. There is something to be said for that. 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The music biz is not all it is cracked up to be. Not that I've been able to relax. I have a lot of work to do. Not the least of which is a piece I've agreed to compose for Michio Yagi and her ensemble - four kotos and clarinet. Kotos are identified by the how many strings they have. Michio's ensemble has a 17, 18, 21 and 25 string koto. That is a lot to deal with. Writing for four kotos is not like writing for a string quartet. I've been dealing with violins, violas and cellos my whole life. Though I wrote a piece for clarinet and three kotos a few years ago, I have to relearn all that sui generis koto stuff. I have a choice of clarinet and/or bass clarinet. Not sure, but I think I'll limit myself to B-flat clarinet. </p><p>Last weekend however, was busy. I did a recording session on Sunday for which I rehearsed on Saturday and the previous Wednesday. The project was for composers <a href="https://www.joshuagerowitz.com/" target="_blank">Josh Gerowitz</a>, <a href="https://www.caseyanderson.com/about/" target="_blank">Casey Anderson</a> and <a href="https://www.instagram.com/thubutler/?hl=en" target="_blank">Casey Butler</a>. They had a composition each, though Josh's was multi-movement. I enjoyed all of them. The whole experience was great fun. The ensemble was two trumpets, three trombones, tuba, three reeds, percussion, drums, guitar and bass. We recorded at Seahorse Studio, where I recorded with Vijay Anderson a month or two ago. Vinny Golia was on this date as well, like he was on Vijay's. </p><p style="text-align: center;">The Composers...</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4DEDyWlLByWleupwA89zfm7nFvdRx_pAwDGEKM8tPUpfiajAap-m0ksw4Gt_PiNNJJQWsELMCTJPmFmC5GLq-rgTlz6eDcnQYsqWTMvm-2tmUhTGqjksSqYksG-HDc7p-lmGBMHBNyVKsrAgp0-z1Fz1-3KBO60h0xS6tzXM_TTksehzRY1ZQ3DK_Wg/s4000/IMG_20221002_181947500_HDR.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4DEDyWlLByWleupwA89zfm7nFvdRx_pAwDGEKM8tPUpfiajAap-m0ksw4Gt_PiNNJJQWsELMCTJPmFmC5GLq-rgTlz6eDcnQYsqWTMvm-2tmUhTGqjksSqYksG-HDc7p-lmGBMHBNyVKsrAgp0-z1Fz1-3KBO60h0xS6tzXM_TTksehzRY1ZQ3DK_Wg/s320/IMG_20221002_181947500_HDR.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: center;">Saturday's Rehearsal...</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;">I went shopping at a local African market...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2Bh8WWu5CuxX8ApSgwUObNe0wCbrioBVX8KtA42sJ5Epi-gG_sceUdIdFePxmbIowtWziseH2kTld4-Op5kUuRl7gkL3tfvzquT602ydTlitjWWA-kbibTu0N7dq5xRFHKFyIEepcIWi2SedytegzG8xdWKhSMGqpucQzGE3RzER7OYbM3i-nnvSxsw/s4000/IMG_20221001_183506979.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2Bh8WWu5CuxX8ApSgwUObNe0wCbrioBVX8KtA42sJ5Epi-gG_sceUdIdFePxmbIowtWziseH2kTld4-Op5kUuRl7gkL3tfvzquT602ydTlitjWWA-kbibTu0N7dq5xRFHKFyIEepcIWi2SedytegzG8xdWKhSMGqpucQzGE3RzER7OYbM3i-nnvSxsw/s320/IMG_20221001_183506979.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcmHQ5aRNE33bvWP422wTlQjX6inMjDM1TIlilgVJy-lCvAtV2XUTE1iCiNgA-wKaK-93pyr11G6wFDzv8FDaYTp4x_DqOXSvyquDTDZZ-aFEz70oao-NNLDUYClLphW-APIv3TEiQ0YT3YA3gZUJLXC6xDl9tW03g3RN7R9PfvJhDUaK-TyJxLL_okA/s4000/IMG_20221002_193404012.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcmHQ5aRNE33bvWP422wTlQjX6inMjDM1TIlilgVJy-lCvAtV2XUTE1iCiNgA-wKaK-93pyr11G6wFDzv8FDaYTp4x_DqOXSvyquDTDZZ-aFEz70oao-NNLDUYClLphW-APIv3TEiQ0YT3YA3gZUJLXC6xDl9tW03g3RN7R9PfvJhDUaK-TyJxLL_okA/s320/IMG_20221002_193404012.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p>Roperadopehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09409538583071591294noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6956209286843231628.post-40428256771342180622022-09-28T14:27:00.002-07:002022-09-28T14:27:35.813-07:00The Bones (and Whatnot) Pay Off Again<p> I have all of these strange and exotic instruments. Most I buy, some I make. Here are three links to videos that demonstrate some of these: <a href="https://vimeo.com/667076111" target="_blank">Video 1</a>, <a href="https://vimeo.com/444765205" target="_blank">Video 2</a>, <a href="https://vimeo.com/746410145" target="_blank">Video 3</a>. Generally I use them for my own projects. Every now and then I get to use them on projects that get some wider exposure, like <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VDo_vs3PFFQ" target="_blank">this project</a>. That first video is an outlier. Usually on these types of jobs there is no credit. The sounds I produce are just part of the sound design. That was the case on one of the Shrek movies. But here's a recent one where I did get credit, the new Amazon series The Rings of Power. <a href="https://bearmccreary.com/the-lord-of-the-rings-appendices-part-3/" target="_blank">This link</a> is to composer Bear McCreary's blog in which he gives me a credit. And here is a photo of the bones that came in yesterday. Eventually I'll make instruments of them. This time, since I have plenty of bone trumpets, I think I'll go a little further and add bells of horn and maybe mouthpiece rims. We'll see. It'll take awhile. The four in the foreground are buffalo, the long one in back is a 25-inch giraffe metatarsal leg bone. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixBOnHdKxNuXrurugLsDKiTnnDiIGMoWt7jehANUvZ8a9QYAZ6lbVzKA5be-ONHVZm3HDxtqzB1MvTDMEKMDXybTraYm384c5UK2ov4Fj9VWleiRVSvOqca2R5RdzbTVMYZPd8Zu1yW0UHnTC4Ja-hVygMTfBR14TNKemSpH0R06QaIDMoix-CZoV4Dg/s3648/IMG_5656.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2432" data-original-width="3648" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixBOnHdKxNuXrurugLsDKiTnnDiIGMoWt7jehANUvZ8a9QYAZ6lbVzKA5be-ONHVZm3HDxtqzB1MvTDMEKMDXybTraYm384c5UK2ov4Fj9VWleiRVSvOqca2R5RdzbTVMYZPd8Zu1yW0UHnTC4Ja-hVygMTfBR14TNKemSpH0R06QaIDMoix-CZoV4Dg/s320/IMG_5656.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p>Roperadopehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09409538583071591294noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6956209286843231628.post-33600896514129073572022-09-28T13:52:00.000-07:002022-09-28T13:52:17.999-07:00People Celebrating Their Cultural Roots (Or Just Having Fun)<p> A busy weekend full of festivals. Saturday I drove out to Moorpark, in the southern regions of Ventura county. I was playing with Der Madderhorns traditional German brass band at the Enegren Brewing Company's Oktoberfest. It is a two-day celebration. It is a hard gig...two hours of solid playing. The tuba gets no rest in the realm of polkas. My lederhosen are getting a little tight. A loss of 10 - 15 pounds should solve the problem. I am certainly not going to buy a bigger pair. </p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjS75VxUK38Z-7X54ij0M1_YCuSQ4izttMe6iHTk_pqNgMbcVGK4fL-BK1CcE-ZvKJoFrmkZ4XQLG5DNAhxjrKc1NDCyLnCBiPrCKfcggN_EA4bROYcFG9mi81VkWO_FMGPTc5XVSUjFzEafguSDVGlJ2WaqNO2jKgGB_MNXtlqV-Sr-0-ymsUB4mwYwQ/s3264/madderhorns-2022.owner.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3264" data-original-width="2448" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjS75VxUK38Z-7X54ij0M1_YCuSQ4izttMe6iHTk_pqNgMbcVGK4fL-BK1CcE-ZvKJoFrmkZ4XQLG5DNAhxjrKc1NDCyLnCBiPrCKfcggN_EA4bROYcFG9mi81VkWO_FMGPTc5XVSUjFzEafguSDVGlJ2WaqNO2jKgGB_MNXtlqV-Sr-0-ymsUB4mwYwQ/s320/madderhorns-2022.owner.jpg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">with the owner</td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBBf5t3Jorf2lCBltxGf1-iRqS8sKzPvPiDSM-wRATjw40vn_pd5Soowff-watbLaaZ-evy_D93Qx0iHFgQ2O0yre40tRJ8Bl-LSw3PjIvmZTqrP9Hm-0NJBdHqU91rr3YFRGOomnrxNDmZN7EJSc0XHOr77U3AbMmzOyn5DKW4RFA-pKZhsAdj5st1g/s1080/thumbnail.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="810" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBBf5t3Jorf2lCBltxGf1-iRqS8sKzPvPiDSM-wRATjw40vn_pd5Soowff-watbLaaZ-evy_D93Qx0iHFgQ2O0yre40tRJ8Bl-LSw3PjIvmZTqrP9Hm-0NJBdHqU91rr3YFRGOomnrxNDmZN7EJSc0XHOr77U3AbMmzOyn5DKW4RFA-pKZhsAdj5st1g/s320/thumbnail.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHnf8i_d_ZVEg-jol7AZ_k50BEgraDvhZRDSO_YklJc7R01ezCgloM9JAQkFz9yy_HGE3gv4qSewAVv-AGAxvZ6SbGmSu_sjoE3XqsOPR9o_BwQPrLWbdc87jChImBVTCTbub9iSjzwXqGitawvCAR9cLcE2cnOQpnpDrX5h6ZjXt7FZTkhz2f92mhUg/s1080/IMG_20220912_083955276_HDR.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="810" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHnf8i_d_ZVEg-jol7AZ_k50BEgraDvhZRDSO_YklJc7R01ezCgloM9JAQkFz9yy_HGE3gv4qSewAVv-AGAxvZ6SbGmSu_sjoE3XqsOPR9o_BwQPrLWbdc87jChImBVTCTbub9iSjzwXqGitawvCAR9cLcE2cnOQpnpDrX5h6ZjXt7FZTkhz2f92mhUg/s320/IMG_20220912_083955276_HDR.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Sunday was a trip down to South Los Angeles. The ARK was doing the closing set at the Watts Towers Jazz Festival. It is actually a two-day festival, the first day is The Day of the Drums. Closing the festival is a traditional role for the ARK (Pan Afrikan Peoples Arkestra). I've done it only once before. It was years ago, too long ago for me to remember when. What I do remember was that in one tune Horace (Tapscott) nodded at me to take a solo. I didn't want to take a solo and indicated such. Usually that is enough for the leader to move on to the next person. Horace acted like he didn't get the signal. But he did. He just decided to ignore it and kept vamping. He vamped and the band vamped. I realized that things weren't going to move on until I took a solo. I wasn't going to win this one. So I took a solo. It wasn't a great solo, but I looked like less of a fool than I would have if I hadn't taken one and let the band keep vamping with everyone looking at me. No such drama this year. Just playing tuba parts. The ARK has always had a mix of young and old. That is part of the strategy. 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Jazz Society honored Bobby Bradford for his long-time and continuing contribution to the field of African American creative music. Well deserved. We played his Jackie Robinson Suite. It was the original band: Don Preston - piano, Henry Franklin - bass, Tina Raymond - drums, Chuck Manning - sax, Vinny Golia - saxes, William Roper - tuba/spoken word, and of course our fearless leader Bobby Bradford. It was a big moment. Hundreds of fans. Okay, tons of them weren't Bradford fans when they showed up, but they were when they left. 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font-size: 18px;">A new femur video is up. To watch, click <a href="https://vimeo.com/746410145" target="_blank">HERE</a>.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: Didot; font-size: 18px;">September already! S for studio. On Labor Day did that recording of Jonathon Mandabach's work. I was too busy with high notes to take any photos, but did capture a spontaneous improvisation with a stool by <a href="http://www.coreyfogel.com/" target="_blank">Corey Fogel</a>.</span><span class="Apple-converted-space" style="font-family: Didot; font-size: 18px;"> </span></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dwIpoiHbDeDi5yx83nxGUCTqWJw6n5UF_J3GB495yZO4Zt_wUwWE-U940EeX3QiNN0gx6FOptNbZ_iynn8gZA' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Didot; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>The very next day I did a session led by the Norwegian free improvisation master <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frode_Gjerstad" target="_blank">Frodé Gjerstad</a>. The woodwind master flew into town to record with Bobby Bradford, Alex Cline and myself. Needless to say, musically it was a freewheeling time at Nolan Shaheed's studio in Pasadena. Frodé left the next day - in on Saturday, out on Wednesday. Hopefully he will still like the results after repeated listening. Things sometimes change.</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Didot; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyvusCaNfGrlVnf8B2kBkjVquv_xqXXRyOqw5nEIUcYxSZrw23RjlIfceu2TvKADeN7PDTENu8yaJxHQxdi0X4trpBdwboBLA6M1h83C5buCMYPFcrYClcpnOTFAVrA2Ta6uH9TF5oYPeszTqnQff76lcgKULXbg1OoY-j4DNLVMOPJjGnGlxwUk-VTw/s3648/IMG_5583.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2736" data-original-width="3648" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyvusCaNfGrlVnf8B2kBkjVquv_xqXXRyOqw5nEIUcYxSZrw23RjlIfceu2TvKADeN7PDTENu8yaJxHQxdi0X4trpBdwboBLA6M1h83C5buCMYPFcrYClcpnOTFAVrA2Ta6uH9TF5oYPeszTqnQff76lcgKULXbg1OoY-j4DNLVMOPJjGnGlxwUk-VTw/s320/IMG_5583.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlQf16erNTcQ53Amg8UZ0j1htkB3WZWrySeMvS5BvVCnLt2tESuNUygbPQNVcUfKzdU-XgWAJXidcswu30eYuTsP7I_it43P-eT6mSBg2GpVtuylKFtAnTDfvG8gbpOkbSG0iAy_h4qPt9_KpmuMS3ZvbZORhVFxrYXM-HDvYbbRMm9OAFO5-SD-2Jfg/s3648/IMG_5585.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2736" data-original-width="3648" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlQf16erNTcQ53Amg8UZ0j1htkB3WZWrySeMvS5BvVCnLt2tESuNUygbPQNVcUfKzdU-XgWAJXidcswu30eYuTsP7I_it43P-eT6mSBg2GpVtuylKFtAnTDfvG8gbpOkbSG0iAy_h4qPt9_KpmuMS3ZvbZORhVFxrYXM-HDvYbbRMm9OAFO5-SD-2Jfg/s320/IMG_5585.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHj_MuOCoO144AMMSt7lLBwXwMq-2A4YMubkPkhoKipx2-m0hnRpfyQZ2wSbMKKtvB2U9ZII4NfG3YHNxOw0xu57wZr5DolPbDUp75wJKe-AuBoOpgTBqfeq6VFKtNtFJ93UOKeNho68fPhqMikdhijbYewzwj0CrjfYbQ9lSCfeNj_dD5bCanTxIJNg/s3648/IMG_5586.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2736" data-original-width="3648" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHj_MuOCoO144AMMSt7lLBwXwMq-2A4YMubkPkhoKipx2-m0hnRpfyQZ2wSbMKKtvB2U9ZII4NfG3YHNxOw0xu57wZr5DolPbDUp75wJKe-AuBoOpgTBqfeq6VFKtNtFJ93UOKeNho68fPhqMikdhijbYewzwj0CrjfYbQ9lSCfeNj_dD5bCanTxIJNg/s320/IMG_5586.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghtvfwTXXg-hQ4OeBpYHxx8i2EfOK358UipKni1Rc8NNkrZ6oPCci99gm_2zrT-h_YwZrV8TX9VWb9QSbcGLP-cYy2jSykFRfvvF2l1TDItWHwMxEfpzpDgCzqsuQ0T3xzEE1s_tG9z88WzLZgkajbuNOm7Bg08T3_LFLKL1lKpAMPTm1kVkirl4nAXA/s3648/IMG_5587.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2736" data-original-width="3648" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghtvfwTXXg-hQ4OeBpYHxx8i2EfOK358UipKni1Rc8NNkrZ6oPCci99gm_2zrT-h_YwZrV8TX9VWb9QSbcGLP-cYy2jSykFRfvvF2l1TDItWHwMxEfpzpDgCzqsuQ0T3xzEE1s_tG9z88WzLZgkajbuNOm7Bg08T3_LFLKL1lKpAMPTm1kVkirl4nAXA/s320/IMG_5587.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhi-HGqsVGXxCkKkzATZbgMqkEOk-NxhGa2TlARQ7_xPRVdkM_t3W94I3GRMyVmzrTJspxf71lQAcrF4qUav3puwOVFxvF0FYTwnweS3Y__0XjthlCetzsalV9b8cy-_Rb77GjompPdKyUGj8q-1SNY0DK1MzGkpXQQUkO7hb9_itIPSZL-oooA5EAn6Q/s3648/IMG_5592.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2736" data-original-width="3648" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhi-HGqsVGXxCkKkzATZbgMqkEOk-NxhGa2TlARQ7_xPRVdkM_t3W94I3GRMyVmzrTJspxf71lQAcrF4qUav3puwOVFxvF0FYTwnweS3Y__0XjthlCetzsalV9b8cy-_Rb77GjompPdKyUGj8q-1SNY0DK1MzGkpXQQUkO7hb9_itIPSZL-oooA5EAn6Q/s320/IMG_5592.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p class="p1" style="font-family: Didot; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">You'll remember that performance at 2220 Music & Archives back in July that I did with <a href="https://utewassermann.com/" target="_blank">Ute Wasserman</a>? As we were accepting the applause of our rather satisfyingly large audience, I acted on a whim and queried as to whether she'd be interested in the two of us doing a recording session? She said "Yes," and there you have it. This past Thursday (September 8) I picked her up from the <a href="https://www.vatmh.org/en/artists-residence.html" target="_blank">Villa Aurora</a> and we head south to Wayne Peet's <a href="https://jeffkaiser.com/killzone-studio-vlatkovich-roper-kaiser-peet/" target="_blank">Killzone Studio</a>. After setup and a nosh of some very tasty and sturdy cornbread that Ute had brought along, we got to it. I think the result is very good. We have one more piece to edit and then we'll have to decide what to do with it. We are going to put it out one way or another, it is just a question of deciding which way. When you hear it, you're going to be lovin' it!</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Didot; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGWDGkyFJ2_0ngpAx7u64Iw5lle7OelXYyqaZuAG4kMPNJ2eLV52rfGGXl-NwkGrVCFkA_51vufC8SK2yfsuUp1yyXvjr2zqFC5URGLr8l59T36i-_IJzs7jwjfQyw_dY13EZM-Ni4p9uOPQYEr2X6ehEIjOZ3r0rhP1PTqMsgIIIClvMrwtJqk5XeYQ/s3648/IMG_5596.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2736" data-original-width="3648" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGWDGkyFJ2_0ngpAx7u64Iw5lle7OelXYyqaZuAG4kMPNJ2eLV52rfGGXl-NwkGrVCFkA_51vufC8SK2yfsuUp1yyXvjr2zqFC5URGLr8l59T36i-_IJzs7jwjfQyw_dY13EZM-Ni4p9uOPQYEr2X6ehEIjOZ3r0rhP1PTqMsgIIIClvMrwtJqk5XeYQ/s320/IMG_5596.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2X6Y_k5sUyeUrZSenOypemtYIc25d5VDCJGr0ETvxqjDz3PxeL9IcpjR0q29Mp0vzSQ4WQDMKllKwmSTQPkud5JiUod0d_id8tq7BYalnGt-MojG2RKyGuuHxXBRUecm7_1KpzhUq47Ki2ylz4TkkJ4yLldz2wbD1wN19eui45d0QnouzqkhMpz-qSw/s3648/IMG_5597.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2736" data-original-width="3648" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2X6Y_k5sUyeUrZSenOypemtYIc25d5VDCJGr0ETvxqjDz3PxeL9IcpjR0q29Mp0vzSQ4WQDMKllKwmSTQPkud5JiUod0d_id8tq7BYalnGt-MojG2RKyGuuHxXBRUecm7_1KpzhUq47Ki2ylz4TkkJ4yLldz2wbD1wN19eui45d0QnouzqkhMpz-qSw/s320/IMG_5597.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhad43MZCm0IBl9Wd8a2zx7Pp-0IkkL0jvVXytK5r3gYYMjJ781Xj0Ay6UZfdlNOBru-ZVBhqvPdK0Y86zgy6aP3ixZ4ykg6gG60iQ2o6j6Gxc5S5t_2O5oovNxy9tf3KWqtPUolF8OPwG_b_XrTchgvEz6RXhaN6e4_jIz7sgJxJ1Xrz-OcaYtPqeASg/s3648/IMG_5602.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2736" data-original-width="3648" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhad43MZCm0IBl9Wd8a2zx7Pp-0IkkL0jvVXytK5r3gYYMjJ781Xj0Ay6UZfdlNOBru-ZVBhqvPdK0Y86zgy6aP3ixZ4ykg6gG60iQ2o6j6Gxc5S5t_2O5oovNxy9tf3KWqtPUolF8OPwG_b_XrTchgvEz6RXhaN6e4_jIz7sgJxJ1Xrz-OcaYtPqeASg/s320/IMG_5602.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRvJ-IGodNa_lcYYs726cwzJ7_NufDdKywVOG98wWKD2GSd1b_lWqdhYwyxT3MSEwWFeLGzBaOfwteUwYzxURRE71naZK6e46_5aF0mgOWexFp-3AjucDpvjywhdLLyOuUHzS9fiYxLaKKMq1K0EEjmrhxnggYE1CnnwJzOVnU6JOqkciNKZKqxP_JsA/s3648/IMG_5604.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2736" data-original-width="3648" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRvJ-IGodNa_lcYYs726cwzJ7_NufDdKywVOG98wWKD2GSd1b_lWqdhYwyxT3MSEwWFeLGzBaOfwteUwYzxURRE71naZK6e46_5aF0mgOWexFp-3AjucDpvjywhdLLyOuUHzS9fiYxLaKKMq1K0EEjmrhxnggYE1CnnwJzOVnU6JOqkciNKZKqxP_JsA/s320/IMG_5604.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWjJvc-7eii9HTMzXpVVg7ttou4atxtnhv7Gk6VDJ0H0fpSOJcLpwnjBO0oFTuSACjL5elKEegl8mnxXk3zY4utdN5apYZsS4YX6BClGenfZUmO3UMWI83k2y95wCDxqQBTOg8NoiobG2ruO-ncBA9-DmKDk-CqqDoBGbxDcL7j1Q6VS0ZdJRqQ4ZFYw/s3648/IMG_5605.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2736" data-original-width="3648" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWjJvc-7eii9HTMzXpVVg7ttou4atxtnhv7Gk6VDJ0H0fpSOJcLpwnjBO0oFTuSACjL5elKEegl8mnxXk3zY4utdN5apYZsS4YX6BClGenfZUmO3UMWI83k2y95wCDxqQBTOg8NoiobG2ruO-ncBA9-DmKDk-CqqDoBGbxDcL7j1Q6VS0ZdJRqQ4ZFYw/s320/IMG_5605.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p class="p1" style="font-family: Didot; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;">Afterward we went to Bernie's Soul Food Kitchen in Culver City. I had ox tail and Ute went for the rib tips.</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Didot; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3U_Ys9shXWOoqHqKa9URCMyGoJuYgNzIUZkxblHEuwBR8qR1BbW4ohnUNjaCvUS7_YW0MF4kzq_JxFzwvrGCU6HC8jL3QeXDAEO8bXXV0trlUrmWcL3tD_P4dmC8WncnCdGrKodmd7S53Zpd3LBHk5DTyk69qKpEfRtzJQ4r2UeTy8SJKHlvd7VsWHw/s3648/IMG_5607.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2432" data-original-width="3648" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3U_Ys9shXWOoqHqKa9URCMyGoJuYgNzIUZkxblHEuwBR8qR1BbW4ohnUNjaCvUS7_YW0MF4kzq_JxFzwvrGCU6HC8jL3QeXDAEO8bXXV0trlUrmWcL3tD_P4dmC8WncnCdGrKodmd7S53Zpd3LBHk5DTyk69qKpEfRtzJQ4r2UeTy8SJKHlvd7VsWHw/s320/IMG_5607.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_c20GP-qXZAykhrSyi7gQ-2GlSZVVOnQwuGR6y8DbKcM8iciWTujfRS4jGMWgH3IYlNYGfITacT-tVb0U3AnjHEq3ekfwsRGCUoc_RvXmw0NsQiMciqhUkhKjom4Cl8XTdaYpzjjSRA_Q2beZeCbE_rpMyOujFvq1lVY7_ZcdsHp7lVMZi5tb9p_4dg/s3648/IMG_5611.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2432" data-original-width="3648" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_c20GP-qXZAykhrSyi7gQ-2GlSZVVOnQwuGR6y8DbKcM8iciWTujfRS4jGMWgH3IYlNYGfITacT-tVb0U3AnjHEq3ekfwsRGCUoc_RvXmw0NsQiMciqhUkhKjom4Cl8XTdaYpzjjSRA_Q2beZeCbE_rpMyOujFvq1lVY7_ZcdsHp7lVMZi5tb9p_4dg/s320/IMG_5611.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><p class="p1" style="font-family: Didot; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-converted-space" style="font-family: Didot; font-size: 18px;">And a reasonable harvest of Peruvian apples. The height of the cactus makes them very difficult to harvest.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFdasAiugQVVHNWmhNC-SZTKlhXfQeoZh0ZuiPzPjGigF9r5cee85n5bgyL1oNWK8CYQo8z8IbJ6Xq3AbFPc7vzCfvuFBFVcDlP-zc4sbqu4IsayfJfnDb6qTi1ILR0Px_aNHkvSx_VCE5x8pdqhorkpMWEcmd-wKlkzFTd9NxD7pfe-8p_38SgmL6pg/s4000/IMG_20220909_124054231.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFdasAiugQVVHNWmhNC-SZTKlhXfQeoZh0ZuiPzPjGigF9r5cee85n5bgyL1oNWK8CYQo8z8IbJ6Xq3AbFPc7vzCfvuFBFVcDlP-zc4sbqu4IsayfJfnDb6qTi1ILR0Px_aNHkvSx_VCE5x8pdqhorkpMWEcmd-wKlkzFTd9NxD7pfe-8p_38SgmL6pg/s320/IMG_20220909_124054231.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLxEYzLahT4x28jcRb58i_9GFuUUHoPGv-2eyvdF7gHIK9C0yzOyXAS_6H8dDhcIqidtURpQRlvvxesU-LJShfkZoxUGLwjd5Gcj9I719RD_0dngrlfvdqjcN6I-k4FBTTD-mMjWeo46xMR-ScpuvGxj3gDjO1GDi6j-5uimosdwtZ88P0ibDRiPF6bg/s4000/IMG_20220909_124104591.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLxEYzLahT4x28jcRb58i_9GFuUUHoPGv-2eyvdF7gHIK9C0yzOyXAS_6H8dDhcIqidtURpQRlvvxesU-LJShfkZoxUGLwjd5Gcj9I719RD_0dngrlfvdqjcN6I-k4FBTTD-mMjWeo46xMR-ScpuvGxj3gDjO1GDi6j-5uimosdwtZ88P0ibDRiPF6bg/s320/IMG_20220909_124104591.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5b5sH2cF6m0_vlLsFNMOU-iCZV0EBjogufX4z1yeGfEi966HqNYw5D9OJIxt4NSCkXb3cRCd80rUCBPLmxgKSE4WvYrRB-9ORMq2i8UBUjyR4xzr5-yrhH3rrkh_kautJWe_gZgyRFuEFkOnWnuBcgy_HCr4vo0258nQ5qxQ6pDZYNWT8afdrkus-Ew/s4000/IMG_20220912_083955276_HDR.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5b5sH2cF6m0_vlLsFNMOU-iCZV0EBjogufX4z1yeGfEi966HqNYw5D9OJIxt4NSCkXb3cRCd80rUCBPLmxgKSE4WvYrRB-9ORMq2i8UBUjyR4xzr5-yrhH3rrkh_kautJWe_gZgyRFuEFkOnWnuBcgy_HCr4vo0258nQ5qxQ6pDZYNWT8afdrkus-Ew/s320/IMG_20220912_083955276_HDR.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><span class="Apple-converted-space" style="font-family: Didot; font-size: 18px;"><br /></span><p></p>Roperadopehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09409538583071591294noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6956209286843231628.post-59306960198656381902022-09-11T18:33:00.001-07:002022-09-18T20:44:57.175-07:00Closing Out August with Odes to All Nations and the City of the Angels.<p><span style="font-family: Didot; font-size: 18px;">At the end of the month I did Renée Petropoulos' "Analog Among Nations/WB: Sewing Circle." I'd categorize it as a performance piece. A big piece. Eleven participants. You'll see their names on one of the fliers below. Renée created the piece in relation to exhibits on flags and nationality at both The Broad and the Wende Museum. The Wende is an art museum and archive of the cold war, so for the performance there I used instruments that had some of connection with that particular era and European countries directly impacted by the expansion of the Soviet Union. These include a tuba made in Czechoslovakia in the 1890's, an E flat alto horn made in the Soviet Union in the 1970's, a Ukrainian lur and a fujara, an instrument original developed in Slovakia. Between the two performances I played at least 13 instruments. There might have more but that is all I remember right now.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhivS50EwLWfrICuYDijxLwa6SAHo5rlbvmWwXxoSspf5sWpoiwlyTIY1pWMSK3vy03O7qH-JD6olF80jBeETnOyefCrIlDqnAOqOkiS2ZeUja7e6QFsJjkbwlxHLQRRM31iodelLWzIai6WE5ty0nSFxipbr-m0QOisWs64PJtU2kvwxmIsMwqXO5Fpw/s960/Broad%20flier2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="768" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhivS50EwLWfrICuYDijxLwa6SAHo5rlbvmWwXxoSspf5sWpoiwlyTIY1pWMSK3vy03O7qH-JD6olF80jBeETnOyefCrIlDqnAOqOkiS2ZeUja7e6QFsJjkbwlxHLQRRM31iodelLWzIai6WE5ty0nSFxipbr-m0QOisWs64PJtU2kvwxmIsMwqXO5Fpw/s320/Broad%20flier2.jpg" width="256" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-gCPcl0UMiJTjLMrriFOXX54r0u-yVB-lSKgz_XE3w_nDpsD4S40T1VOJygKYW7iZqSEHxcgz16WSpxnLPfC4Ywi4m0OelsHiEAxbl2mTFrDBup9eq6X0SLU2t8bU5fbm12oWjG7scyOQJYco6PaffZLPT8mfLgc5ohTpajpNlznGAUKoRct8g1HFPg/s8800/Broad%20flier.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">And at the very end of the month, Vijay Anderson return for an encore performance and recording of his "Urban Jungle Los Angeles," created with visual artist "crushed blacks," and performed by his Silverscreen Sextet. It was a hot show performed in a very hot venue. Lots of sweat flyin' 'round. We recorded the piece the next day (September 1) at a studio in the same building.</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Didot; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWJ_SMeJuFK3a8pNeCg4shpNEBzpwxCHhJsHnSJFJA8gq1XvrnTcJm5N10Td5li41o0thyGOg-z-KRNhmP3oukE0-uhOeUNUjuKRRnnUYHXjbEyBLlbgrmanNHzrrcaSFk7PAsJYEkwf2bNXogxrVcvuRzWrXDjD_l4EFadySQXEuhSMY1nEeKIUq0jg/s940/Screen%20Shot%202022-08-25%20at%2010.31.27%20AM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="421" data-original-width="940" height="143" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWJ_SMeJuFK3a8pNeCg4shpNEBzpwxCHhJsHnSJFJA8gq1XvrnTcJm5N10Td5li41o0thyGOg-z-KRNhmP3oukE0-uhOeUNUjuKRRnnUYHXjbEyBLlbgrmanNHzrrcaSFk7PAsJYEkwf2bNXogxrVcvuRzWrXDjD_l4EFadySQXEuhSMY1nEeKIUq0jg/s320/Screen%20Shot%202022-08-25%20at%2010.31.27%20AM.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEBsZdzPQEQurAalCPDXdBtsTF5U29FRqanpLZuwvZd7QX3jeFtv0iFmKxuIoBxT3xr9_aKQI-pg3VW5EQITS5zyBsG20vO1LAC0lBVhJWqmyksR5g7lcnXDavrm6J-NAh8W92jzNAyulqSE8glW5ruh1f_EvWNp7eWrn550f_rRFdXElp6VHTVzxLfQ/s519/Screen%20Shot%202022-08-25%20at%2010.32.59%20AM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="450" data-original-width="519" height="277" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEBsZdzPQEQurAalCPDXdBtsTF5U29FRqanpLZuwvZd7QX3jeFtv0iFmKxuIoBxT3xr9_aKQI-pg3VW5EQITS5zyBsG20vO1LAC0lBVhJWqmyksR5g7lcnXDavrm6J-NAh8W92jzNAyulqSE8glW5ruh1f_EvWNp7eWrn550f_rRFdXElp6VHTVzxLfQ/s320/Screen%20Shot%202022-08-25%20at%2010.32.59%20AM.png" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Dinner before the gig. Nashville-style chicken sandwich. Not for the faint of heart.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgG5tiqLpoi6C60nwSQVrTWa_38d7OI14CjW60Xs1g5Aq6jOS-vreK2bX7s1ZqMuF9NgMu9IGCIdfnvVGNh-bhacSEvy_ynGjVDbfG3MrhLS5z94fNuOdp9xclHOgl75E_bjpgr0VlJYY5QzGpPUvRyKqsAXPigqllsjuXOb9KJDAp30WM4zQq6MkETGA/s4000/IMG_20220831_182314116.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgG5tiqLpoi6C60nwSQVrTWa_38d7OI14CjW60Xs1g5Aq6jOS-vreK2bX7s1ZqMuF9NgMu9IGCIdfnvVGNh-bhacSEvy_ynGjVDbfG3MrhLS5z94fNuOdp9xclHOgl75E_bjpgr0VlJYY5QzGpPUvRyKqsAXPigqllsjuXOb9KJDAp30WM4zQq6MkETGA/s320/IMG_20220831_182314116.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjSjpfjmL0w-GEEEZT42s_6LhSz47Uoyoqv3yUYjpaY05NaQ-LF5pCfKeY-GYqyOyQN6nL2rxNJiQPBC0EmqTT6_DWVQCYzQVH4lgfVx1-HihI8uqwf3z8YIq5k_mtvLJNaoc2LJWqF_GdVY7g8bWW5Fs7vWBhrSw2itjjFc6zeUNvpIWfka_4Fmylkw/s4000/IMG_20220831_182322880.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><br /></p></div><p></p>Roperadopehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09409538583071591294noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6956209286843231628.post-8283354113299854092022-09-11T16:52:00.000-07:002022-09-11T16:52:04.448-07:00Korea, England and Pan Afrikanism. <p> <span style="font-family: Didot; font-size: 18px;">August began with a concert with the Los Angeles Korean Symphony at Disney Hall. Why do I bother to mention this? One reason is that I find it interesting that L.A. has a few Korean orchestras. Basically they are all pick-up orchestras, but is says something that the community is willing to support more than one. The other reason I mention it is that they performed "Dona Nobis Pacem," by Ralph Vaughn Williams. I have wanted to play that piece since I was in junior high school. I was resigned to go to my grave without having done it. Then this opportunity came up. However I was not pleased that they did not include tuba in the budget for rehearsals. My job was to show up at the sound check, play the run-through, then play the concert. What are these people thinking? But I did get it done and can now die easy. At least as far as that is concerned. Besides the Vghn Wms and the 4th movement of Beethoven's 9th symphony, the did some Korean music. Some of it was music music and some of it was very patriotic, nationalist music. I mean with flags and fanfares and everything. It was all I could do to not get up and march around the stage. It is interesting that it doesn't have to be the music of your nation, that kind of music makes you want to do things.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinhfHtkMw6qtU7RBgqJXf1r0o0AaTO6RBTeFKYHRNxCR7lRuIKZsEHlY-XR4wyQQu2Br8KrVXa3kf7NvgSvNKOJqHEqMtrv9ftwE42Xqkqok3bE0VL-AAM5QUYlcIYKdnaCCk3SsQ0-2igFZ-hD2GNTVxMdMLNBSaH3NpnSNPEqlqBLayiDQQTXAddgg/s1024/Lakma_Br-01_0806-796x1024.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="796" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinhfHtkMw6qtU7RBgqJXf1r0o0AaTO6RBTeFKYHRNxCR7lRuIKZsEHlY-XR4wyQQu2Br8KrVXa3kf7NvgSvNKOJqHEqMtrv9ftwE42Xqkqok3bE0VL-AAM5QUYlcIYKdnaCCk3SsQ0-2igFZ-hD2GNTVxMdMLNBSaH3NpnSNPEqlqBLayiDQQTXAddgg/s320/Lakma_Br-01_0806-796x1024.jpg" width="249" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaiH6zhVezPOI2tH6gjUqqlcKAgs3tB62OD32QiS_uxDQlRVAesqwgYmbGB8tNz0ziEnH9w9gTBxXDy3Onvzu4NcbcWKyznu0KC2UYsVP92CtJ8PXpRFjBgdBic8E5OodioieAE2wl0XuW_VDh39LwgB5DQyHDS2SSB63--ysVDGafdvxzncAMwmL1dA/s4000/IMG_20220806_202109178.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaiH6zhVezPOI2tH6gjUqqlcKAgs3tB62OD32QiS_uxDQlRVAesqwgYmbGB8tNz0ziEnH9w9gTBxXDy3Onvzu4NcbcWKyznu0KC2UYsVP92CtJ8PXpRFjBgdBic8E5OodioieAE2wl0XuW_VDh39LwgB5DQyHDS2SSB63--ysVDGafdvxzncAMwmL1dA/s320/IMG_20220806_202109178.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyNiSAkZa0XK_SA3ZFPK95eiH5zagOMaBtygtGhUVL_DQQkhyMjiyPhtvaqBacLhC6X_6ZSgPxFLobCV0-5iuUvfyD9j5s7yqrKLYSLYQBkvEVk__Rpbja0gFPAJpofeuk1nfbm_ZStEbAovFU6ihOlEcQdGodWfyT-Bl39QzWeEtSyi6OZg9p4y49gg/s4000/IMG_20220806_202115216.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyNiSAkZa0XK_SA3ZFPK95eiH5zagOMaBtygtGhUVL_DQQkhyMjiyPhtvaqBacLhC6X_6ZSgPxFLobCV0-5iuUvfyD9j5s7yqrKLYSLYQBkvEVk__Rpbja0gFPAJpofeuk1nfbm_ZStEbAovFU6ihOlEcQdGodWfyT-Bl39QzWeEtSyi6OZg9p4y49gg/s320/IMG_20220806_202115216.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Didot; font-size: 18px;">I forgot to mention that the restroom of the men's dressing room at Disney Hall became a crime scene.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Didot; font-size: 18px;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhREHdzEHqh7kI4P9Np1J4_IpcIXj1RZemsK98QN33yJA7A_8u7gK56evIOaRjzzNb4mDBVEhwM78CbQ7ZtDL6fGrrWPqfrvsj9JI9uLsjNkUxirfgFZjA9TWYfHhqpYJEDje7dmQlKL3MERFMfW2fh-Zaetw-qVnpc2hJFV2vQuYHFpPG_yULRoTrJHQ/s4000/IMG_20220806_211237702.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhREHdzEHqh7kI4P9Np1J4_IpcIXj1RZemsK98QN33yJA7A_8u7gK56evIOaRjzzNb4mDBVEhwM78CbQ7ZtDL6fGrrWPqfrvsj9JI9uLsjNkUxirfgFZjA9TWYfHhqpYJEDje7dmQlKL3MERFMfW2fh-Zaetw-qVnpc2hJFV2vQuYHFpPG_yULRoTrJHQ/s320/IMG_20220806_211237702.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;"></div></div><p></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Didot; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">This year The Getty Center celebrated its 25th anniversary with 10 community festivals. Earlier in this blog you'll find some photos from the one in Koreatown. When they got to Leimert Park, not surprisingly they asked the ARK (Pan Afrikan Peoples Arkestra) to perform. We did all compositions by <a href="http://www.jessesharps.com/" target="_blank">Jessie Sharps</a>. Like the one in Koreatown, there were far fewer people there than I expected, but the numbers were respectable. It was pretty hip.</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Didot; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOEdBhOECwz4aXdD1AKooBrzm0souf1anmhFRGZa684Q1MQAd5TFr3ME8KvX5rI3hzjRNxxU6_uLH3N0987gAYz5783CgZ3KOzGQHYjlNcvgzeb6JPUn4-sii24cN0kGH6yni7_Ku_Tht52G1aJ80DaiYOOwN6fPDeH9b8I_vKyDhq2s9KInctp3uiUA/s2048/crenshaw.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2048" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOEdBhOECwz4aXdD1AKooBrzm0souf1anmhFRGZa684Q1MQAd5TFr3ME8KvX5rI3hzjRNxxU6_uLH3N0987gAYz5783CgZ3KOzGQHYjlNcvgzeb6JPUn4-sii24cN0kGH6yni7_Ku_Tht52G1aJ80DaiYOOwN6fPDeH9b8I_vKyDhq2s9KInctp3uiUA/s320/crenshaw.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">July came to an end with my second concert with Wild Up! and a recording session for a composition by local piano hero, Bobby West.</p><p><span style="font-family: Didot; font-size: 18px;">Wild Up! preformed Julius Eastman's "<a href="https://issuu.com/scoresondemand/docs/femenine_57875" target="_blank">Femenine</a>," at the Broad. Now in the winter of my life, I've performed two Eastman pieces and both of them with Wild Up! The group is getting recognition for the recognition they are giving to Eastman's music. The lobby of the Broad was a great place to do the piece. Yes, it is echoey and boomy, but that adds to the piece's ability to mesmerize then surprise. The ensemble was large, with strings, saxes, flutes, trombones, tuba and of course, percussion. No keyboard. Thank goodness for that! There was a huge, respectful crowd in attendance.</span><span class="Apple-converted-space" style="font-family: Didot; font-size: 18px;"> </span> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKDp8h5bS3px7MlDp0VY8oFr1wLRzZhbgmXBHk1za3sJjmIR8vk6RLTRzM8dOFmTeceNxoklN0BfkNEKJG-5sS42Ud9BTZQXPgzSIFSLlShrGpSTJZmBmpT3C1h7RPNKur77t5LW6-4-c0Ie955QBed3aef8BpQk2LaO6bBClCroPVIhhgHJouXvhDAQ/s1159/Screen%20Shot%202022-09-11%20at%202.01.30%20PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="653" data-original-width="1159" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKDp8h5bS3px7MlDp0VY8oFr1wLRzZhbgmXBHk1za3sJjmIR8vk6RLTRzM8dOFmTeceNxoklN0BfkNEKJG-5sS42Ud9BTZQXPgzSIFSLlShrGpSTJZmBmpT3C1h7RPNKur77t5LW6-4-c0Ie955QBed3aef8BpQk2LaO6bBClCroPVIhhgHJouXvhDAQ/s320/Screen%20Shot%202022-09-11%20at%202.01.30%20PM.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfW8ALb7l6L4sHnuh592UsLVttIJ5rwnwQPlJ_lzoVRsAVzqaehXfqvo4nEBCnwAtix1Jg-aqFytL26FTYF6JPlflbvV6JntbNGr94czeR7RIYLqppMyWElAXp_rHgtZOQHfGUhxCY1GEZM4PbCO8mYJEFsSCNGL0ma2oFptk-MkkHlUToEATWuD_BdQ/s1600/IMG_20220722_172240609.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfW8ALb7l6L4sHnuh592UsLVttIJ5rwnwQPlJ_lzoVRsAVzqaehXfqvo4nEBCnwAtix1Jg-aqFytL26FTYF6JPlflbvV6JntbNGr94czeR7RIYLqppMyWElAXp_rHgtZOQHfGUhxCY1GEZM4PbCO8mYJEFsSCNGL0ma2oFptk-MkkHlUToEATWuD_BdQ/s320/IMG_20220722_172240609.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibQkz9JNytU2fFrjXXdS86O4iCZ8NtgjhtnzgIkig9x-tRE5UEylOCWSqkyN6l__UTiAiuREs_2XcPZeaMHvL4mFZOUw99XKcYY2sDWc2G0nI_au83xwG4mzfExx6DKVZK4MlZurpIHvD7A_O9jkkA2Isx9BOZpTI6uMhtJupbe6SDpBwRVdfjTbMT2w/s4000/IMG_20220722_172812554.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibQkz9JNytU2fFrjXXdS86O4iCZ8NtgjhtnzgIkig9x-tRE5UEylOCWSqkyN6l__UTiAiuREs_2XcPZeaMHvL4mFZOUw99XKcYY2sDWc2G0nI_au83xwG4mzfExx6DKVZK4MlZurpIHvD7A_O9jkkA2Isx9BOZpTI6uMhtJupbe6SDpBwRVdfjTbMT2w/s320/IMG_20220722_172812554.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPVrudUn5b7aHZx9qNw3YKB8r1-7sDD8h9axVVB-VHapZaK6Zlv-Zgk881h2KyfcjtKD-Lm1pKMXG-GnBWNN4yYdYQYwSVLlkNi3zAJQCyyrnVyTiEv8pqGBlkJnPI-A4q8gUnz7rZa6Ou6laP9qFKbvCX4IloZyaeAZDmAcQqloDUnUgbJOlZv5aSfQ/s4000/IMG_20220722_185346654.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPVrudUn5b7aHZx9qNw3YKB8r1-7sDD8h9axVVB-VHapZaK6Zlv-Zgk881h2KyfcjtKD-Lm1pKMXG-GnBWNN4yYdYQYwSVLlkNi3zAJQCyyrnVyTiEv8pqGBlkJnPI-A4q8gUnz7rZa6Ou6laP9qFKbvCX4IloZyaeAZDmAcQqloDUnUgbJOlZv5aSfQ/s320/IMG_20220722_185346654.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSV6_Hin2QmuKpPStq4_fybQdC4ewziYOPXaguparnmYjWfEI-4uCTgXXRuCmvOHa0nOOA2W1bwJqs_OZDWTgxLUOAQVmD0PZPNj6CcuptmMyQtDxRxHRYoCxcguzoJnCs-DlWmJWuOX7YGBFIljhr-Ng7Djd64Sh5uBqVbqXX7QbdUAh2UP5ry7ADDg/s1440/r.beetz1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="762" data-original-width="1440" height="169" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSV6_Hin2QmuKpPStq4_fybQdC4ewziYOPXaguparnmYjWfEI-4uCTgXXRuCmvOHa0nOOA2W1bwJqs_OZDWTgxLUOAQVmD0PZPNj6CcuptmMyQtDxRxHRYoCxcguzoJnCs-DlWmJWuOX7YGBFIljhr-Ng7Djd64Sh5uBqVbqXX7QbdUAh2UP5ry7ADDg/s320/r.beetz1.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p class="p1" style="font-family: Didot; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Bobby West is a locally based jazz pianist and composer. Actually he is one of those bi-continental folks, as he spends half the year playing jazz in Asia. He was commissioned by Lori Precious to compose the music for a multidisciplinary work based on the brutal murder of Mary Turner. You can read her story as well as get a sense of the project by clicking <a href="https://www.bobbywestmusic.com/projects.html" target="_blank">here</a>. I was to be asked to participate in the project.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Didot; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="Apple-converted-space"><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Didot; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="Apple-converted-space">P.S. There are some very highly respected players in this photos from many genres of music. A crackin' crew was assembled.</span></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Didot; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="Apple-converted-space"><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Didot; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvtF3-Kh0w8C8awuaJExCGnWQhkV1C3Bl6trca0sLQfGbw6gsWtaAjp-wPaWV28UCiGSbGIuE50YiytXbZRX8IRazeA2vYOcrUENOyVdD5SRFbxjHDHMpndslqyKVC3PiNJrGSxAylucHetPboz43Mj2cAncJjXuGxZQd-hqDDiN8pGMHAnNd4gvtEUA/s2048/bbywst1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvtF3-Kh0w8C8awuaJExCGnWQhkV1C3Bl6trca0sLQfGbw6gsWtaAjp-wPaWV28UCiGSbGIuE50YiytXbZRX8IRazeA2vYOcrUENOyVdD5SRFbxjHDHMpndslqyKVC3PiNJrGSxAylucHetPboz43Mj2cAncJjXuGxZQd-hqDDiN8pGMHAnNd4gvtEUA/s320/bbywst1.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span class="Apple-converted-space"><br /></span><p></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Didot; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="Apple-converted-space"><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Didot; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><br /></p>Roperadopehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09409538583071591294noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6956209286843231628.post-91652615765669964392022-09-10T15:18:00.000-07:002022-09-10T15:18:20.367-07:00Maybe This Should Be the Resting Place of All Old Tubas. <p> <span style="font-family: Didot; font-size: 18px;">The next big gig on July 16, was performing the music of <a href="https://www.imdb.com/name/nm4729633/bio?ref_=nm_ov_bio_sm" target="_blank">Jonathon Mandabach</a>. </span><span style="font-family: Didot; font-size: 18px;">This was a long, involved project with lots of rehearsal and workshoping sessions. The final event was magnificent and the venue spectacular. Thus the abundance of photos. Just this week (Sept. 5, 2022) we recorded the music. I don't know what he plans to do with it, but hopefully it will be available at some point.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjO0G7nCY2HK_KFUnNWSFt47PRKp1kAVSMrltctWkRHjq1bSdV_wuAM5hwjHlQVYQivcmQg0XrkodDdnFTdB9g2jPUs4ez-wPdGX40AhZRABcFW_vhI1sYTwI2h8yBTwAmQaIwhklx5wJRauIUIGOTgqdB_81RQFwLLb_SxZGyB8TqqMHjcnJWhvUJuAQ/s2068/mandabach1.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2068" data-original-width="1598" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjO0G7nCY2HK_KFUnNWSFt47PRKp1kAVSMrltctWkRHjq1bSdV_wuAM5hwjHlQVYQivcmQg0XrkodDdnFTdB9g2jPUs4ez-wPdGX40AhZRABcFW_vhI1sYTwI2h8yBTwAmQaIwhklx5wJRauIUIGOTgqdB_81RQFwLLb_SxZGyB8TqqMHjcnJWhvUJuAQ/s320/mandabach1.jpeg" width="247" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2s4sDSdC9HEQ9SJujjA16W28oLih50PgoqjgGIjGfrKtoygc3jPLm-ty_9GHICjZ1sB4DJ_Z7bZ0BybG4QC1Kr0jYxl21UNQRBE8xEWihyL3zuDKcuxe_fG46ao2_iz1sjOd8aiobVsnKBuxw6P9zRR5TYZIBO3YaGkBgPQitZmmGkY9njISYtRkUVQ/s3648/IMG_5474.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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font-size: 18px;">It was a late night, so yes I had to stop for food afterward. The event and the food establishment were at the eastern end of Adams Blvd., though the neighborhood is not called East Adams. It is where I grew up after we left the West Adams area. It has changed a lot. </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Didot; font-size: 18px;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuts2hHNm-Tw7Q1ES13RdH6tRi0VmT7JsWxuuCF18X16wKaTT6lSiP-14Fno2E7L9JF8Yloe4AptdmQ1K44HzhOsJeCH6_q24u9-2J4GhOrlAXeG_t7N30oMBdV2ZXe4rrOFZis228J1pxStL2L8cj46a49KUiaKOzcUUpZUR22hTZnh7t6-lx3c5IuQ/s4000/mandabach4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuts2hHNm-Tw7Q1ES13RdH6tRi0VmT7JsWxuuCF18X16wKaTT6lSiP-14Fno2E7L9JF8Yloe4AptdmQ1K44HzhOsJeCH6_q24u9-2J4GhOrlAXeG_t7N30oMBdV2ZXe4rrOFZis228J1pxStL2L8cj46a49KUiaKOzcUUpZUR22hTZnh7t6-lx3c5IuQ/s320/mandabach4.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAOTZ5uvWzzZ9WsjlGOpEO8Cgo4LBVLSBn3k6i20AUe-LZNZU-fsKd-tuS9blNAqcQ42AD7xV7DG9y_9e4Ss2fsecEizBOivVO-g3NVOxKWFYDS7WjI-sreeMu9AVz2b5LxDSvOVLFrhzRYtvl0gIcWY8EQ2-_V-fvCQFYAr4AhM07an1OCxfZmaPGhw/s4000/mandabach5.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAOTZ5uvWzzZ9WsjlGOpEO8Cgo4LBVLSBn3k6i20AUe-LZNZU-fsKd-tuS9blNAqcQ42AD7xV7DG9y_9e4Ss2fsecEizBOivVO-g3NVOxKWFYDS7WjI-sreeMu9AVz2b5LxDSvOVLFrhzRYtvl0gIcWY8EQ2-_V-fvCQFYAr4AhM07an1OCxfZmaPGhw/s320/mandabach5.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: Didot; font-size: 18px;"><br /></span></div><p></p>Roperadopehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09409538583071591294noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6956209286843231628.post-66178938721008461162022-09-10T14:29:00.003-07:002022-09-12T08:59:24.939-07:00Home and Back to the Grind<p> <span style="font-family: Didot;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">Now it is the 4th of July weekend. No rest! </span></span></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Didot; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">When I started doing research for my second string quartet, I started going to Evergreen Cemetery. The cemetery is what forms the conceptual basis of the second movement of the quartet. I have a lot of family buried there. I went looking for their graves, which I never found. No matter. The quartet was finished quite a while ago, but I still find myself going back to the cemetery. I am not sure why. It is not particularly comforting or peaceful. But I go. Now that I think about it, when I am in cities and towns I don't know well, if I happen upon a cemetery, I'll go in. Except in Japan. I tried that in Tokyo and had it made clear to me that I was in the wrong place, I'd better get out and I'd better not come back. I didn't enter any others.</p><p><span style="font-family: Didot;"><span style="font-size: 18px;"></span></span></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Didot; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Meanwhile back in L.A., on the 3rd of July I drove to Evergreen. I had been there for about an hour, which is the minimal amount of time to make the trip worthwhile, so started a roundabout traverse to the car. And I saw a rooster. On a leash. On the other end of the leash was a young woman. An artist type. Turned to be a painter actually. I asked if I could take some shots and we struck up a conversation. The bird was a rooster, but she gave it a woman's name. She felt is was a very feminine rooster. I could hang with that. It was an enjoyable conversation. In fact it was the most enjoyable time I've had in a cemetery other than the time I went spoonin' in one, in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muscatine,_Iowa" target="_blank">Muscatine, Iowa</a> while on tour with a group affectionately known by its members as "<a href="https://americanwindsymphonyorchestra.org/biography-maestro-boudreau/" target="_blank">The Barge Band</a>."</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Didot; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOgn8yK1s7PR7s0dBDdzadusYZaJRpHsTe7L33gVgcZBNGJSmTAhjgUSNTdXmOsd4e2ool0zrDV_0BgQgXul-T99Dclcvk1J3Vy2mZL3lwXtBkJidqmPAkkc5oJRXpNWtnR3z5dP9sP4lyuNJSCQzYj1fdbTGXM3Lakaw1h-eX2LVQDyfzC0S5_UVcqg/s4000/IMG_20220703_153841637.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOgn8yK1s7PR7s0dBDdzadusYZaJRpHsTe7L33gVgcZBNGJSmTAhjgUSNTdXmOsd4e2ool0zrDV_0BgQgXul-T99Dclcvk1J3Vy2mZL3lwXtBkJidqmPAkkc5oJRXpNWtnR3z5dP9sP4lyuNJSCQzYj1fdbTGXM3Lakaw1h-eX2LVQDyfzC0S5_UVcqg/s320/IMG_20220703_153841637.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Didot; text-align: left;"><span>The 4th always involves tubas, though it doesn't always involve me on the tuba. This year it did. Like last year, I played at the La Crescenta Presbyterian Church. Like many of the churches I play at, the congregation strikes me as quite small. I view that as a hopeful sign. And always mostly old people and children, not a lot of folks of ages in-between. But the day before that I had a trip to </span></span><a href="https://www.johnnyswestadams.com/" style="text-align: left;" target="_blank">Johnny's</a><span style="font-family: Didot; text-align: left;"><span> in the West Adams neighborhood, an area of my youth. Very close to where I first got hit by a car. I was on a bicycle and very young. 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The improvising vocal artist Ute Wasserman was doing a solo set and as is his wont, producer <a href="https://theatticmag.com/contributors/andrewchoate#:~:text=Andrew%20Choate%20is%20the%20author,photographer%22%2C%20according%20to%20Slate." target="_blank">Andrew Choate</a> corralled some local improvisors to join her for the second set. He called in <a href="https://www.innovativepercussion.com/artists/danny_frankel" target="_blank">Danny Frankel</a> on percussion, <a href="https://vickiray.net/" target="_blank">Vicki Ray</a> on piano and yours truly on whatever. I did do a little bit of playing on tuba, but I can do that elsewhere. I took the opportunity to play some of the other instruments in my arsenal. It was a very special set because we are all very different improvisors with very different backgrounds. 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font-size: 18px;">I engaged in a lot of gnashing of teeth as to my route home and time of departure. The decision, of course, depended on where I'd be eating on the way home. The choices were BBQ lunch in Salinas (which for me means pig), meaning a later departure time or breakfast at any place along the way that served chicken fried steak (cow). I wanted to get home so the early time won out.</span><span class="Apple-converted-space" style="font-family: Didot; font-size: 18px;"> </span></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Didot; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">I stopped in Gilroy and had breakfast at OD's Kitchen. I was the very first customer. They serve a huge steak. Very tasty, nice breading.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>I had to work on finishing what was on my plate. It was a friendly environment. It was very busy by the time I left.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p class="p2" style="font-family: Didot; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 26px;"><br /></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Didot; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">You know this, but I'll say it anyway…variations on a given dish is what makes it interesting. It is not like I love chicken fried steak, it is just fun to see how people prepare it. I have found a lot of variation at these establishments. It may be a while before I try any more. I tend to order this dish only when I'm on the road. Part of that is because I don't usually eat a traditional breakfast meal when I'm in town. I certainly don't go out and pay for it. Thus I'm looking forward to the next road trip. Unfortunately there's not one on the calendar right now.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Didot; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="Apple-converted-space"><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Didot; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="Apple-converted-space">I stopped at a couple of produce stands. Another thing I do on these trips is try to purchase some local honey, especially if it is new to me. For example, on a previous trip I found some pistachio honey at a stand between Bakersfield and Coalinga. I'd never had that. It has the most subtle flavor I've experienced in a honey. There were honeys on this trip, but not unique and very expensive, so I didn't buy any. (Honey is not cheap these days.) 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(06/30/22)<p> <span style="font-family: Didot; font-size: 18px;">The big day - June 30, Francis Wong, co-founder with Jon Jang of Asian Improv aRts, retires as CEO on the organization's 35th year. He has a lot to be proud of. Having started in the Bay Area, it is now a national organization with a mid-western branch in Chicago, headed by Tatsu Aoki, with outposts in several other cities, like Los Angeles, represented by yours truly. Its record company, Asian Improv Records has a substantial catalog primarily of Asian American led ensembles performing improvised music that combines musical traditions with the African American improvising tradition. I am proud to be a part of this organization that has supported and influenced my work.</span><span class="Apple-converted-space" style="font-family: Didot; font-size: 18px;"> </span></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Didot; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Because I was performing, there are not a lot of photos of the performance. Someday I may post a page of shots by the official photographers, but not today. Right now I'm just trying to catch this journal up. What you'll see are shots of my walk to lunch. There is a shot of two women on the street. When I walked by them, I realized that the one nearest the curb is proselytizing; the one in the pink is having none of it. But it was all very friendly.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p class="p2" style="font-family: Didot; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 26px;"><br /></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Didot; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">When I started this walk, my goal was another burger joint. But on the way I passed Wise Sons Jewish Delicatessen. And I did pass it. By about two blocks. During that time there was an internal struggle going on - do I really want another burger when there's a Jewish deli right behind me. The deli won. Of the show, there are just shots of Karl, Lewis, Tatsu, Kioto, Francis, Vinay and Melody. Like I said, I was busy. Then some shots from the dinner in Chinatown (different restaurant than the night before). How the chop stick got into Tatsu's shoe, none of us know.</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Didot; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsZ5ATwzJCCnsELoRtBb3zVPEBAZyg9bbd3iXlMWSLEYC9bysRgfe3CgtJ6ZBdrT88LNnjufAWwUPnBDy8fciRVzbcZu1OIa8uiAeNToVix_Yc_E7ejrBo2QaBiKp4lFVdCHFjOxlqcKxDuggFflhdmrgUH26bbLvOEdwZh9CYXfByUZbpZ9h4UvhgjA/s3648/IMG_5339.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2736" data-original-width="3648" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsZ5ATwzJCCnsELoRtBb3zVPEBAZyg9bbd3iXlMWSLEYC9bysRgfe3CgtJ6ZBdrT88LNnjufAWwUPnBDy8fciRVzbcZu1OIa8uiAeNToVix_Yc_E7ejrBo2QaBiKp4lFVdCHFjOxlqcKxDuggFflhdmrgUH26bbLvOEdwZh9CYXfByUZbpZ9h4UvhgjA/s320/IMG_5339.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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font-size: 18px;">The next day was the sound check/rehearsal for the big show. At dinner the previous night, my video camera told me the SD card was full. I didn't believe it then and I don't believe it now. Just the same, I had to act on the information. I fired up my MUNI app and prepared for a trip to BestBuy before rehearsal. The museum was on the way to the bus stop, so I got a good shot of it. I also ran across a Farmer's Market adjacent to the museum and had to walk through there, going and coming back. On the return trip I purchased some dumplings for a snack. There is a photo of them in brown paper wrapping. These had the thickest dough I've ever experienced for a dumpling. So thick that I discarded most of it and just ate the insides. This left room for a real lunch at Arbor, one of those boarding on ritzy spots near the hotel. Finally there are a couple of shots of the sister/brother duo in Francis' ensemble. I took no pictures of the bus ride. It is too tight in those buses to be taking photos of folks you don't know. I will say that if you think L.A. buses are scuzzy,</span><span class="Apple-converted-space" style="font-family: Didot; font-size: 18px;"> </span><span style="font-family: Didot; font-size: 18px;">take a ride on some of the lines that serve downtown San Francisco. Like here, for the most part it seems that the only people that ride them are the people that have to.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHnqwjDcT9olr1467dXIHl8P02MAwOvLlc9-0ZzLnWS_DG2dJZINAgrbhxuoMs08d6DLNtZBIf92akA80IvhMoz4teY1MzJPbIRJXnaYFYoI5uNdbffFYiUaEUhHdT4Vo2NKzaZ2XXTgGq3OCtEbzbloj0rPNXAgC3TuJ5B1lnv9KmC1PzFd4zrASfxw/s3648/IMG_5305.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2736" data-original-width="3648" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHnqwjDcT9olr1467dXIHl8P02MAwOvLlc9-0ZzLnWS_DG2dJZINAgrbhxuoMs08d6DLNtZBIf92akA80IvhMoz4teY1MzJPbIRJXnaYFYoI5uNdbffFYiUaEUhHdT4Vo2NKzaZ2XXTgGq3OCtEbzbloj0rPNXAgC3TuJ5B1lnv9KmC1PzFd4zrASfxw/s320/IMG_5305.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiu0lWoJ4X5cuA6VQw_0Q4Wb2S5hDhS_-9MGLXXbdS4L5bEeKlC_7S6fgnQE6JDcQbAZVdcUFZeGOGyrGgzRutLpIXyUEX2WFGbDABciJnOVxlI5H6Wm53JFFud197DbtVGfqq2JsQxhPAhmR0Sbx5gEOKqXhzsoq-9eQBh37MxjRZfMS-hHZyGhVGueg/s3648/IMG_5307.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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font-size: 18px;"><br /></span><p></p>Roperadopehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09409538583071591294noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6956209286843231628.post-34641467163527086002022-08-03T10:09:00.002-07:002022-08-09T09:50:58.041-07:00The Banquet (06/28/2022)<p> <span style="font-family: Didot; font-size: 18px;">Got to S.F. in the early evening. Not bad time actually, since I hopped over to I-5 after breakfast in Taft. But to get to I-5, I took some two-lanes that were new to me. Always exciting. I will have to spend a night in Taft just so I can drive around those roads. Anyway…Vinay Patel, the administrative guru of Asian Improv aRts, met me at the hotel. This time I actually stayed in the city. Usually I stay in South San Francisco. I prefer it down there. I don't like the whole driving/parking/rail trollies in the middle of the street/steep hill thing, that is San Francisco. I don't have to mess with that in the south. And it is fairly easy to get into the city from there. But this trip was for the 35th anniversary celebration of the organization, the venue was the Asian Art Museum which is within walking distance of the hotel. Spontaneous group hangs are easier if everybody is within a few miles of each other. It was the Inn at the Opera. Nice old property, a block from City Hall, a couple from the Opera and Davies Hall, three blocks from the Museum and surrounded by some fairly hip eateries. Actually they seemed very hip. Definitely pricy. Once I was comfortably unpacked in my room, had the car parked in the nearby structure (no on premise parking), Vinay and I headed to the big 35th Anniversary banquet already in progress in Chinatown. There were folks there from Chicago, I was the Los Angeles contingent and of course the bulk of people were Bay Area folks.</span><span class="Apple-converted-space" style="font-family: Didot; font-size: 18px;"> </span></p><p class="p2" style="font-family: Didot; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 26px;"><br /></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Didot; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">The photos below are not captioned. It is a shame, but Blogspot gets incredibly funky when I add captions. It is not worth the bother. 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font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><br /></p>Roperadopehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09409538583071591294noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6956209286843231628.post-70447248767440387702022-08-01T22:07:00.004-07:002022-08-09T09:50:40.928-07:00Picking up where we left off…(06/28/2022)<p><span style="font-family: Didot; font-size: 18px;">On June 27, I had a late night playing with the Kim Richmond Concert Jazz Orchestra. (I know why he calls it an orchestra, but the bass and guitar being the only strings, it hardly qualifies.)</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSKnrVc-MutMaX2CJ8rr_1ECYTUCnHHeAwEryT1mDXdQZ3AT4q176DUWV3iu3USOK1rlD7QJ88qlpTF6YtunJ7G8e3RxEZ5FRJ98N0VhmOmIaAb0zKhluxlGN2h1qFyYh8Sz20aWCKVWFi-qY_lkmbkw9n-iwFm2LCgQQSYbTHwxvVtPsSvQ8abZiZdA/s954/Screen%20Shot%202022-08-01%20at%201.04.42%20PM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="545" data-original-width="954" height="183" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSKnrVc-MutMaX2CJ8rr_1ECYTUCnHHeAwEryT1mDXdQZ3AT4q176DUWV3iu3USOK1rlD7QJ88qlpTF6YtunJ7G8e3RxEZ5FRJ98N0VhmOmIaAb0zKhluxlGN2h1qFyYh8Sz20aWCKVWFi-qY_lkmbkw9n-iwFm2LCgQQSYbTHwxvVtPsSvQ8abZiZdA/s320/Screen%20Shot%202022-08-01%20at%201.04.42%20PM.png" width="320" /></a></div><p class="p1" style="font-family: Didot; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Didot; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Normally this isn't a problem but the next morning I had to head up to the Bay Area for Asian Improv aRts 35th anniversary and co-founder Francis Wong's retirement celebration. I had to leave home significantly later than I prefer, which is between 3:00 & 4:00 AM. I was conflicted about stopping in Taft for breakfast, but I'm on a bit of a chicken fried steak kick. Taft has at least one other reviewed restaurant for that item. As far as I knew, this trip would be my last taking that route for awhile. I decided to get a good night's sleep, stop and enjoy my breakfast. I'd get to San Francisco when I got there.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><div><p class="p2" style="font-family: Didot; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 26px;"><br /></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Didot; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">This chicken fried steak was from "The Same Place," cafe. A smaller place than Jo's Diner and no booths. So if somebody wants to talk to you, they can. And they did. Well, one of them did. He heard me tell one of the somewhat confused wait persons (I can't imagine why she was confused.), that I had come there specifically to try the chicken fried steak. He told me that he didn't really like the chicken fried steak at this establishment. It was too chopped for him. He told me what for him, was the best item on the menu. It is a sandwich, which I hope to try someday. He was right about the steak, it was indeed chopped. Or ground. Mixed with onion and spices, reformed and cooked. I liked it. I guess if you can call Salisbury Steak a steak, you can call what I had a steak. Again, I liked it. But I liked the gravy better. The gravy was especially excellent. It was a good thing that I had ordered biscuits and gravy as a side. The cafe sells jellies made by a woman in Maricopa. (There is a cafe in Maricopa that I hope to try before too long.) Anyway, the proceeds from the sale of the jellies go to the Maricopa Community Church. I didn't care about that, but since the fruit used was probably local, I figured I had better get some. I've gone through the blackberry, almost done with the pomegranate and looking forward to the strawberry.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: Didot; font-size: 18px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj31XQoMKMbgAD6zOPbqVu0sSdbcoE2DDGa0Ew-pwaahQTBrNaF9wTXpdty0uol3f7jVTSJORg8D0m3TZqJJdYhYV-D_NHgifYByH0AEqV_lB5UpDSRoUq495yknmwoxGdeH0PABQ3l4H0NSbuLLIQp5izV3Udq4b79CM9CJzwQWQRdDv87AUbHd0HSKw/s4000/IMG_20220628_131326225_HDR.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj31XQoMKMbgAD6zOPbqVu0sSdbcoE2DDGa0Ew-pwaahQTBrNaF9wTXpdty0uol3f7jVTSJORg8D0m3TZqJJdYhYV-D_NHgifYByH0AEqV_lB5UpDSRoUq495yknmwoxGdeH0PABQ3l4H0NSbuLLIQp5izV3Udq4b79CM9CJzwQWQRdDv87AUbHd0HSKw/s320/IMG_20220628_131326225_HDR.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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It was a last minute thing. Dominique put the evening together in a former yoga/dance studio in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atwater_Village,_Los_Angeles" target="_blank">Atwater Village</a>. There were also performances by <a href="https://dylanmarx.bandcamp.com/track/coldwater-and-moorpark" target="_blank">Dylan Marx & Armand Paul,</a> and <a href="https://soundcloud.com/catekennan" target="_blank">Cate Kennan</a>. Dominique and I have only worked together one other time. <a href="http://www.coreyfogel.com/bio.html" target="_blank">Corey Fogel</a> was also part of that improvisation. So we had no idea how it would work out this time. I have to say it was quite fine. 30 minutes of a coherent improvisation anchored by three of Dominique's poems. The crowd was definitely into it. </p><p>I got to use two instruments for the first time. A while ago I made a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pronghorn" target="_blank">Pronghorn</a> oboe. When I ordered the bone (the femur), I expected it to be a lot bigger. I had a different vision for it. But it is very small. Maybe 6 inches long. So I had to adjust. I put a hole in its closed end, and three fingers holes along its length for some additional notes. I use a plastic oboe reed to generate the sound. It is pretty hip. Works better when it is played loudly. The other one is the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fujara" target="_blank">fujara</a>. It is an overtone flute, originally from Slovakia. Traditionally they are made out of wood. The one I purchased is made of PVC and is in sections. Makes it easier to take around. Nice sound. 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I'd never chose the order/layout you see here. And I had to take the captions out. They seem to confuse the software in an extreme way. I don't have the time or energy to fight it, particularly if I am going to lose anyway. </span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span class="s1" style="font-kerning: none;">So it goes.<span style="font-size: 12px;"> </span></span></p></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br />Roperadopehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09409538583071591294noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6956209286843231628.post-27633857977617469532022-06-21T08:38:00.000-07:002022-06-21T08:38:03.049-07:00Juneteenth, Julius Eastman and Wild Up!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOtxYEVVDCLuOAD_nnrU8g_tsSMWfvfKQi5-EcnNqinmrV86SnleJhL9nBFGdARoOqU4M-4onW-DlzrB8o9jU6uOKh-sRbqjb-ZaVn9grTEobKSUNt7gH8CgbFCP89j9bmIxF6FjpeGWwTl-hToXSWB7Y2yg0Gt3YtEQUZDlFa3DmbPUvOvbmKAP9f9g/s1200/juneteenth.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="1200" height="307" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOtxYEVVDCLuOAD_nnrU8g_tsSMWfvfKQi5-EcnNqinmrV86SnleJhL9nBFGdARoOqU4M-4onW-DlzrB8o9jU6uOKh-sRbqjb-ZaVn9grTEobKSUNt7gH8CgbFCP89j9bmIxF6FjpeGWwTl-hToXSWB7Y2yg0Gt3YtEQUZDlFa3DmbPUvOvbmKAP9f9g/s320/juneteenth.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p>Sunday, June 19th was <a href="https://nmaahc.si.edu/explore/stories/historical-legacy-juneteenth" target="_blank">Juneteenth</a>. It is getting to be a big holiday all over the country now. For black musicians it is very much like the Month of My People - February. All of a sudden we are working. I had one job, with the <a href="http://www.aacmsorchestra.org/" target="_blank">Afro-American Chamber Music Society Orchestra</a> (what a mouthful) that got canceled. I won't say why. Actually, I don't really know why. Just very informed rumors. Then at close to the last minute, I got asked to participate in a performance of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julius_Eastman" target="_blank">Julius Eastman</a>'s "<a href="https://www.wisemusicclassical.com/work/57874/Buddha--Julius-Eastman/" target="_blank">Buddha</a>." This was the first time that I've performed a work by Eastman. That tells you something about his place in the world. And mine. Fortunately, these days he is starting to get the attention he deserves. But he is dead, so it doesn't help him much. A lot of people have worked and are working hard to bring about this late recognition. The group that invited me to play is <a href="https://www.wildup.org/" target="_blank">Wild Up</a>, one of Los Angeles' premiere chamber music ensembles that specializes in new music. They have released two recordings of Eastman's music. This performance was a celebration of the release of the second recording. The show wasn't billed as a Juneteenth performance per se, but hey, it was Juneteenth, it was Julius Eastman...I can't believe it was a coincidence. It was TWELVE hours long! The sections I played in lasted only about five hours. That was five hours of nearly continuous playing. It was glorious! Thanks to the inimitable <a href="https://www.patrickshiroishi.com/" target="_blank">Patrick Shiroishi</a> for recommending me.</p><p>Remember, you can get the Juneteenth spirit any day by downloading my eponymous solo tuba tune from <a href="https://tomatosageconsortium.bandcamp.com/track/juneteenth" target="_blank">Bandcamp</a>. </p><p style="text-align: center;">Some photos from the performance. Thanks to Wild Up and 2220 Arts + Archives</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuG2NmI9wyxYjaT-j4rvzGUFkD3IttOSknRjnpn1_Ur1opxKWgta3k0Cb0diH_lSQ5tOpbd5Sc8f2mVg700h5tUijX2gncCAyroSx6voGvMRrjNOk-n4A460ERpEQKDu9wmdl1IShipd47awU9b-hibLZ0cYBMpSlzknfYPplqs3zXwr4D_oAedRGcuA/s1040/1buddha5.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1040" data-original-width="1020" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuG2NmI9wyxYjaT-j4rvzGUFkD3IttOSknRjnpn1_Ur1opxKWgta3k0Cb0diH_lSQ5tOpbd5Sc8f2mVg700h5tUijX2gncCAyroSx6voGvMRrjNOk-n4A460ERpEQKDu9wmdl1IShipd47awU9b-hibLZ0cYBMpSlzknfYPplqs3zXwr4D_oAedRGcuA/s320/1buddha5.jpg" width="314" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghQWA_a1aDP_nxSG9fDtNpIam7jTV3SCr_axB46anp1NLuCN3KeBn8Chdkb49V9oh20Ax_XKkEyvC_hzuRTMfrr_3s3aH35JSAk1WbdaCTpe1Esaw7ndKtOZ38Yg_NLgU3XmFg10vy0NaSqotu7Udo8GjjPSWg_7_gwdUYGq_GbOB0sC6SI9do2kqR9Q/s1080/1buddha1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1080" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghQWA_a1aDP_nxSG9fDtNpIam7jTV3SCr_axB46anp1NLuCN3KeBn8Chdkb49V9oh20Ax_XKkEyvC_hzuRTMfrr_3s3aH35JSAk1WbdaCTpe1Esaw7ndKtOZ38Yg_NLgU3XmFg10vy0NaSqotu7Udo8GjjPSWg_7_gwdUYGq_GbOB0sC6SI9do2kqR9Q/s320/1buddha1.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEircuN-ZbWOYWQANxkWbgU-9_6UczkSjA72xCmxBDszo2Hq-mjwpxnvDRx97sYlqQcihcZ8DpQa-lGvQ3oLsCWIKu8yfRg5fZdcR5Rm3Rb06QDBJaz6ps2e61KgK9ldUlA8rdScKHWqabb6s3B9xDSSzZAG-dKKQnu11V9fiFK6LWS6T9iRr5oAC8hATQ/s1080/1buddha2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1080" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEircuN-ZbWOYWQANxkWbgU-9_6UczkSjA72xCmxBDszo2Hq-mjwpxnvDRx97sYlqQcihcZ8DpQa-lGvQ3oLsCWIKu8yfRg5fZdcR5Rm3Rb06QDBJaz6ps2e61KgK9ldUlA8rdScKHWqabb6s3B9xDSSzZAG-dKKQnu11V9fiFK6LWS6T9iRr5oAC8hATQ/s320/1buddha2.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCpfQApZe93-VTmO4pxuOXkhy93NCul8PgTtEID9DyUDW4L9RAWigW-7wBUjfna2dF4VyEeome3OT8zpX0OwjX_qG1V-BIoUHw4V0s32_2FmLLakEY5wL1q65stcMzDU9CbXTvVsxEFZLW5gRFKZWiHiY9vFDWlxWCOjKRWwzUnc5ZI1xjqnhCDAHpVg/s1080/1buddha3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1080" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCpfQApZe93-VTmO4pxuOXkhy93NCul8PgTtEID9DyUDW4L9RAWigW-7wBUjfna2dF4VyEeome3OT8zpX0OwjX_qG1V-BIoUHw4V0s32_2FmLLakEY5wL1q65stcMzDU9CbXTvVsxEFZLW5gRFKZWiHiY9vFDWlxWCOjKRWwzUnc5ZI1xjqnhCDAHpVg/s320/1buddha3.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKJ0pJFnMlfae1l1L_2H1nxShPL2p9v3C9lX9iI5FP7988z456SMT1fKj_axqrNL6T0bfjE_sEv0XNN9-LuMi0LG1ze5PxOhCmWllkFCtG_Iae_0lhwgka7RuIei_Xl5aiHmIZwnfnqx97DNgOP__v9ufAc7zpVTtvjPrARbwXmnJGGfXoKs2BmnWS_g/s1080/1buddha4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1080" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKJ0pJFnMlfae1l1L_2H1nxShPL2p9v3C9lX9iI5FP7988z456SMT1fKj_axqrNL6T0bfjE_sEv0XNN9-LuMi0LG1ze5PxOhCmWllkFCtG_Iae_0lhwgka7RuIei_Xl5aiHmIZwnfnqx97DNgOP__v9ufAc7zpVTtvjPrARbwXmnJGGfXoKs2BmnWS_g/s320/1buddha4.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p>Roperadopehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09409538583071591294noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6956209286843231628.post-53101915567182356042022-06-13T00:06:00.000-07:002022-06-13T00:06:15.026-07:00Downtown and Koreatown<p> The P.A.P.A. appeared at the <a href="https://www.moca.org/visit/geffen-contemporary" target="_blank">Geffen Contemporary at MOCA</a> on Saturday evening. We did a performative rehearsal in an installation of the garage that we rehearse in in South Central Los Angeles. The week-long installation is part of the <i><a href="https://www.moca.org/program/memory-material" target="_blank">Memory-Material</a></i>. It really was a typical ARK rehearsal. They always manage to be chaotic. That is just how it goes. Here is short vid of <a href="https://randalfisher.bandcamp.com/" target="_blank">Randal Fisher</a> doing a solo on <i>Mike's Tune</i>.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dwDk1NbWIsil2Wa0u1VsRDMIJkvuQ-FeQxpOMubQMCVQXokwV-QPBSolmN2EVv391prENBciw1RDJ71z2ITzg' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><br /><p style="text-align: left;">On Sunday I went to Liberty Park in the mid-Wilshire/Koreatown area for the <a href="https://www.kyccla.org/special-events/getty-25-community-arts-festival/" target="_blank">Getty Koreatown festival</a>. It was a small but pleasant little festival. The most notable aspect was that it had no Korean food. Only food trucks that specialized in Oaxacan food. 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I submitted.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAbX6VZEmmf46ZHoyrGjRLb9iCB9U5CRjpXAh7mFq--l2UqO-O5TTqMbnPURRG3L-oqpc0FvJLk-nZ0f08vlp21ocBKB3S71PrPBgU7iN1PTuEzBFK667vVmmO3HaNTEfBIQ-sZKB5tQvdBzQlxuQ12S86U7w6IjeOrDNp0vrDn50PYb5MsO6qjtSQwQ/s3648/IMG_5276.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2736" data-original-width="3648" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAbX6VZEmmf46ZHoyrGjRLb9iCB9U5CRjpXAh7mFq--l2UqO-O5TTqMbnPURRG3L-oqpc0FvJLk-nZ0f08vlp21ocBKB3S71PrPBgU7iN1PTuEzBFK667vVmmO3HaNTEfBIQ-sZKB5tQvdBzQlxuQ12S86U7w6IjeOrDNp0vrDn50PYb5MsO6qjtSQwQ/s320/IMG_5276.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sorry you folks who want to make American great again, this is the future. And it is grand!</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p>Roperadopehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09409538583071591294noreply@blogger.com0