Friday, June 15, 2007

Rochester International Jazz Festival

Two exhausting weeks since I came back zoomed by faster than Eldar on the keyboard. After being away for most of the year I had so much work and teaching to catch up on. Mrs. Lee is the best student ever. She is a good friend and always so supportive of me. Best of all she has fresh fruits and cookies ready for me at every lesson in additional to memorizing her pieces! I'd be fat if all students were like her...

The annual Rochester International Jazz Festival is going on this week so I try my best to make to as many shows as I can even though some times I’m on the verge of falling asleep. The artist line up is very impressive this year and every show I’ve been to was packed to full capacity. So far I have seen Randy Brecker Quintet on Saturday, Lotte Anker, Mr. Something Something and Fred Hersch Trio on Sunday, Midaircondo and Dan Hicks on Monday, Christian Scott and Bonerama on Wednesday and Zapp String Quartet this afternoon. Although I really enjoyed Fred Hersch, nothing really stood out to me. There were some solid playing but where is the innovation? Where is the creativity?

I feel great that I got some practice done this afternoon, went to the jazz fest and got my Cajun platter for dinner, which is by far my favorite part of the whole event! It's getting late, I'll make sure to write more soon.

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