[Dixielandjazz] Support live jazz

[Marek Boym]

On 27 May 2012 08:29, Joan McGinnis <SraJMcGin at aol.com> wrote:
> Sounds like a great time was had by all!  Joán

Indeed!
Cheers
> On May 26, 2012, at 3:20 PM, Marek Boym wrote:
>
>> Less than an hour ago I came back from a piano-trumpet gig for
>> dancers.  Entrance was free, but there was the "kitty" to feed.
>> The panist Nahum Preferkovich has been at it for many years; I must
>> have known him for over thirty.  The trumpeter Eli Preminger is much
>> younger, and is the leader of the New Orleans Function.
>> The yworked so well together!  Not that it was the first time - they
>> have done so before.  Nahum guested with the NOF, and played with a
>> small contingent therefrom at the Shafa Bar in Old Jaffa
>> (unfortunately, I missed that one).  I am happy to say that the gig
>> was excellent!  Nahum's version of "Kitten on the Keys" was really
>> outstanding!  After the intermission, the two protagonists were joined
>> by the singer Yael Rassuli, who sometimes sings with the NOF.
>> And the audience!  I raised the average age level by a lot!  Other
>> than I, there was a couple of friends; all the rest was young,
>> although there might have been some "oldsters" of 30!  At first, my
>> friends and I were all the audience.  But the (small) place filled up
>> very fast.  They came to dance and they did, both inside and on the
>> street, by the open door.  And at the end of each number gave the
>> musicians a tumultous applause.  They really enjoyed the music!  But
>> then, most of them must have seen the gig advertised on Eli's Facebook
>> page - many follow his band and hence get his announcement.  Those who
>> are not on facebook but only on the NOF mailing list, like yours
>> truly, only got the announcement on the day of the performance (but I
>> had known about it for a while, through a person who is on Facebook).
>> Another very enjoyable evening of live music.
>> Good beer, too.  In addtion to the usual, the place (Piano Bar) serves
>> Shapira, a Jerusael minibrewery beer.  The stout was good, and the
>> pale ale - excellent.  Unfortunately, served too cold, but nothing
>> that defied resolving by leaving the beer out of the refrigerator for
>> a while.
>> Cheers
>>
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