Daily Archive for September 8th, 2006

Moving Mountain

As you wind down the week’s activity, take a moment or two to pause and admire Mount Etna, which is undergoing a spectacular series of eruptions (click for larger images).

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Remarkable.

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And Then Two Come Along At Once….

Roy HargroveSo I learned earlier this week that one of my favourite young trumpeters, Roy Hargrove is going to be at the Catalina Bar and Grill from Wednesday through this weekend…

James Carter …and -bizarrely enough- one of my favourite young saxophonists, James Carter is going to be at the Jazz Bakery precisely the same dates!

So it is going to be quite a weekend. It’s been a while since I’ve seen either of these guys (not since the Village Vanguard in New York, I think… Happy days.). Of course I must go and see them, for old times sake, and to make some new times….

(Photos by Tony Gieske and Zappan (see here, respectively.))

-cvj