I did a 30 minute gig with Daphnis. He's an amazing drummer. I hung on for my life! I was pretty nervous to play with him. It's different with the Cuban cats. They come from within deep of the clave! Pretty Intense.

The thing I know about playing swing and then playing with authentic Latinos and playing off the clave is that the lines are different. They end different, it's really a head change for me.

I know some of you play latin music, (Dana). You agree?

I'm glad it wasn't recorded or anything. I don't think I'd want to hear that back.

Oh man I couldn't resist! I was messing around on a site with cool personalised Tee-Shirts. And I came across this special apron with the name of... you know that character in that soap about a cook... What was is name again?

Here's the link... just a little funny. But click on the reading glass, you'll get the detail of the apron... a bit more funny huh?

http://t-s.fr/contents/detail.php4?MotifId=612&ModelId=28

Another Cut from our virtual concert.

my turn

Another track from a recent online concert. I'm preparing all this for Diane, so I thought I'd post here as well.

This is a great lesson to check out. It's interesting to see how much David knows about the instrument.

Unfortunately there is no vibe solo but the music is cooking nonetheless. Nelson's comping is superb. At about 3:00 they flash on Steve and it looks like he is using Mainieri style grip. Then about 40 seconds later they show him again and it looks like he has the mallet between ring and middle fingers. Are my eyes playing tricks on me or did he switch?

WACHI - WARA!