Nov 2009

Hi All,

Gigs:

Nov 3rd Sumika's in Los Altos w/Bassist Ken Okada 7:30-9:00pm
Nov 28th Wine Affairs in San Jose w/vocalist-Masako Okada,sax-Jaro Olejar, bassist-Ken Okada,
drums-Buddy Barnhill 7:30pm

Oct 09

Hi All,

This months gigs:

Oct 1st at the Wine Affair on the Alamedia 7:30pm w/Scott Barnhill on sax Buddy Barnhill on drums and Frank Passatino on bass.

Sunday Oct 4th I'll be playing a set with my cousin Pete. B3 organist, Pete Vernaci, Scott Barnhill on sax and Cubby Ingram on drums. Somewhere in between 1 & 4pm at The Three Flames on Meridian Ave. San Jose, CA.

Oct 7th at the Wine Affair on the Alamedia 7:30pm w/Scott Barnhill on sax Buddy Barnhill on drums

Oct 8th at the Wine Affair on the Alamedia 7:30pm w/Scott Barnhill on sax Buddy Barnhill on drums and John Shifflett on bass.

Oct 24th at the Community School of Music and Arts in Mountian View for their fundraiser w/vocalist, Moy Eng 8pm (starts 6-9pm)

Oct 27th at the Sumika in Los Altos w/bassist Ken Okada 7:30-9pm

Oct 30th in the studio w/"PapaHugs" David Sharpe. David wrote a piece of music for a children poet.

Oct 31st at the Wine Affair on the Alamedia 8:00pm w/trumpeter Oscar Williams.


Note* 4th of Oct -B3 Day at The Three Flames on Meridian Ave. San Jose, CA. Eric Benson on B3, Don Nick, guitar and Cubby Ingram on drums. I played a set with my cousin Pete Vernaci on B3 and Scott Barnhill on sax and Cubby Ingram on drums. The great Duke Jethro sat in and played a set with us. Man, that was fun!

Sept 2009

Hi,

This months gigs:

Sept 17 th Guiseppes Pasta and grill (San Ramon) 6-9pm with trio(Jeremy Hoenig drums)
Sept 18th Carmel Plaza w/vocalist Lauri Hofer, Mike Shannon-drums & Randy Uchida-bass
Sept 24th Santana Row (San Jose) 5-7pm w/Scott Barnhill-sax,Buddy Barnhill-drums and Doug Pororski-bass
Sept 26th Cafe Borrone(Menlo Park) 8-11pm w/saxophonist-Joe Oliveira, Bob Adams-B3
Sept 27th The River Inn(Big Sur) 12-4 w/saxophonist-Roger Eddy, Skylar Campbell-drums & Randy Uchida-bass

The last few gigs were really fun. I played a duo with saxophonist Jaro Olejar.
A good friend and a great guitar player from Phoenix, Bill Moio sat in with us and he just played great. You can view it on youtube.

Thanks,

Tim

Hi,

Gigs:

Aug 21st Dana Coffee Mt View w/Jaro

Aug 28th Peets Cupertino W/Jaro

Aug 30th Pleasanton Hotel 2-6pm (solo)

Tonight playing at the "Wine Affair" San Jose CA 8-11pm

Sorry for taking so long!

The Don Stevenson(Moby Grape) project is finished and mastered.

The great Duke Jethro(organist w/BB King & so many others) came to check out the studio today. We had a wonderful talk about all the greats Duke had worked with and known.

Played the San Jose music festival last weekend with Scott and Buddy Barnhill, Doug Pohorski and Frank and Val. (see picture)

Aug 21st Dana Coffee Mt View w/Jaro

Aug 28th Peets Cupertino W/Jaro

Not a hole lot going on in August! I'll post any upcoming gigs when they come in!

Thanks,

Tim

June

Hi All,

It's been a slow month for gigs.
But the studio has been pretty active.

Were working on Don Stevenson's(Moby Grape) recording that Open Path has been producing and performing on. A couple of tunes have Jerry Miller(Moby Grape) playing guitar. Also the great Bobby Black playing steelpedal on a tune or two and the CD will also feature vocalist, Aoife O'Donovan. Last week vocalist, Melody Price sang some great backup on a tune of Don's. Were getting close to finishing.

Gigs: Thurs June 25th with saxophonist, Dawan Mohamad at the"Wine Affair" in San Jose, CA 7:30pm

June 30th at the "Sumika" in Los Altos, CA. with vocalist, Masako Okada, saxophonist, Jaro Olejar and bassist, Ken Okada. 7:30pm

July 2nd, 12 noon at the "Yerba Buena Art Center" San Francisco, CA. with saxophonist, Hafez Modirzadeh, New York trumpeter, Amir ElSassar and bassist, Ken Filiano. Kenneth Nash will be on percussion and vocals.

Also on July 2nd, 8pm at the"Wine Affair" in San Jose, CA. with vocalist, Masako Okada and bassist, Ken Okada and on drums, Buddy Barnhill.

July 10th 7:00 pm - with saxophonist, Jaro Olejar at Peet's in Cupertino, CA

July 11th A duo with saxophonist, Scott Barnhill at the Los Altos (CA) Arts and Wine Festival
12 noon to 1:30pm

July 24th 7:00 pm - with saxophonist, Jaro Olejar at Peet's in Cupertino, CA

Aug 7th - with saxophonist, Jaro Olejar at Peet's in Cupertino, CA 7:00 pm

Aug 21 - with saxophonist, Jaro Olejar at Dana Street Coffee Mountian View, CA 7:00 pm

Aug 28th - with saxophonist, Jaro Olejar at Peet's in Cupertino, CA 7:00 pm

Sept 19th- with saxophonist, Jaro Olejar at Dana Street Coffee Mountian View, CA 7:00 pm


Thanks,

Tim

May 5th with saxophonist Jaro Olejar and bassist Ken Okada at the Sumika, Los Altos, CA.

May 9th at the Red Poppy Art House, San Francisco, CA with Hafez Modirzadeh and New York trumpeter, Amir ElSassar.

May 12th with bassist Ken Okada and pianist Lee Pardini at the Sumika, Los Altos, CA. 7:30pm

May 14th at "Wine Affair" San Jose, CA with Hammond B3 player and my cousin, Pete Vernaci. Scott Barnhill-sax, Buddy Barnhill-drums. (This will be a fun one)

May 29th with saxophonist Jaro Olejar, Ken Okada-bass and Buddy Barnhill-drums at Dana Street Coffee in Mountain View, CA.

Thanks,

Tim