CBBB Smoke Rainbow Scarf

I always love singing in choirs. There is just something about the tuning, when it’s just right, all of those voices, all that breath, that just sends me into a personal bliss that undoubtedly becomes a universal bliss connecting all souls in a cacophony of peace.

That’s a bit extreme.

Maybe?

So lemme try this- I am forever in search of  the ultimate musical bear hug, the sound that envelops and pushes the day’s cares out of my body and off my shoulders until I can only think of love and the present moment and gratitude. Music in general does that for me, and specifically, when I get to participate, either through singing or playing, it really wrings the ugly off of me. Music makes me…beautiful. Aaaaaahh.

And when you can play (well) with others, that’s a nirvana that could change the world!

I’ve had the blessing of being able to play with some really great musicians over the last several months, and I’m getting prettier and prettier. The Captain Black Big Band is the brain child of Orrin Evans, and it’s named after the tobacco smoked by his late father, the great writer, Don Evans. In its current form, CBBB is composed of two trumpets, two trombones, two saxophones, a flute, bass, drums, piano, and vocals, and a lot of mighty mighty. Not only am I enjoying myself tremendously, but I am getting the kind of education that can only come from looking at a trombone chart and thinking “Is that in english?”

We have some really great gigs coming up: Feb 10, 2016 we are at the Kimmel Center in Philly, and Feb 19, 2016 we are taking it downtown to the Jazz Standard, and there’s the DC Jazzfest this summer, and just a pile of great stuff coming up.

I’d love to see you out a show! I promise you a big musical bear hug when we meet.

 

xoxomb