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| Erin's Web Journal |
November 28, 2006
It's been two weeks since my last update and I have many
pictures to share. The jam at the Daily Grind on Monday
nights is still going strong and I so appreciate everyone's
support and participation. Here's some pictures from the
last two weeks.
It's been two weeks since my last update and I have many
pictures to share. The jam at the Daily Grind on Monday
nights is still going strong and I so appreciate everyone's
support and participation. Here's some pictures from the
last two weeks.
| That's me with the two great trumpeters- Robert Maxwell and Terry Dunn. |
| This is a new friend I have made recently. Pin Lim is a great photographer and a really sweet person. His website is www.forestphotography.com |
| This is what Tom Cummings looks like on most of the breaks at the jam. He is on his cell phone talking to his fiance Linda in Canada, beaming from ear to ear. |
| That's me with two great saxophonists- Archie and Doc Peters. Doc Peters wants to take upright lessons from me so lookout. |
| Here's vocalist Julia Olivarez with Kent and Joe Hanlon. She left the jam early to go catch Tom Wait's on David Letterman. I don't know if you know this about Julia but she really really likes Tom Waits. Heh heh. |
| Congratulations to Doug Robertson for his SECOND Emmy in sound design! |
| Angela Ceballos took time from her break from teaching to come visit us. |
| Marcus Melchor sat in on tenor sax. Marcus is one of the most unique musicians I know in Houston. |
| Other news from this week is the day before Thankgiving someone decided in their rush to run me off the road. My poor car. The good news is no one was hurt. |
| Archived Pages |
| That's Deborah Dunlap with Tom Cummings. She has recently unveiled www.jazzhoustonradio.com which is an online radio station that exclusively features recordings by local artists in Houston. Please visit her site and sign up and give her site the five star rating it deserves. |
| Famous friends! Stephanie and Andrew Lienhard visit with Steve Brown who sat in for Tom Helton last week. |
| That's Naomi Barker and Sally Swiss. Naomi is a great friend and an awesome painter from the UK. To the right is a picture of Naomi in front of one of her paintings at an art opening. |
| This is Alex. He is Tom Helton's student. Each week he learns a new tune and plays it at the jam. This week he learned "Freddie the Freeloader". |
| I lost a good friend last week. Jay Berg passed away at 81 years old last week. He was a great trumpeter who played with Charlie Parker and was the father of Shelly Berg who was my teacher who turned me on to jazz and helped give me a big start in my career playing this music. |
| Sally has two of Naomi's paintings and they are awesome. |
| After the funeral there was a jam session at Ovations to celebrate Jay's life. Frank Tilton owner of Ovations was kind enough to open for this event on short notice. That's me with Carol Sanders |
| This is Shelly Berg's son Kyle. I can't believe I babysat him. |
| Harry's daughter Susan was layed to rest at this cemetary also. |
| Tom Cummings and Harry Sheppard |
| I was very honored to play the funeral with Clayton Dyess and Tom Cummings |
| It was great hearing Shelly and Tom play duets again. |
| Old friends Shelly Berg and Tom Cummings. |
| Paul English and Shelly Berg. Paul played piano and flugelhorn at the jam. |
| This is Shelly's brother Mitch telling a funny story. The man with the trumpet is Jeff Jarvis, great big band arranger and trumpeter from Los Angeles. |