High Notes
The Petaluma Waterfront Jazz Festival will be held again this year, 2007, on Sat. & Sun., August 11th & 12th from noon to 5:00PM, where The Al Molina Latin Jazz Sextet will be performing on "B" and 2nd Streets on the Turning Basin in Downtown Petaluma. The Petaluma Chamber of Commerce sponsors this huge event. This event is produced by local jazz great, Peter Welker. (busy jazzer) Four bands will play each day. All will play three one hour sets with starting times staggered so that jazz fans will be able to hear all four bands each day.
Speaking of Peter Welker, he is in production on a pair of CDs. One featuring jazz singer, Jeff Oster, who will knock your sox off. The other project features a five horn ensemble with rhythm section. Pete's arrangements are the base of both promising projects. You can catch Peter Welker Jazz Quintet on Friday evenings, 5:30pm to 8:30 pm, at the great Italian restorante, Graziano's, at Washinton and Petaluma Blvd., in Petaluma.
The new, hot, Fred Randolph Quintet is making the rounds in the Bay Area showing off his new CD release, "NEW DAY". The band features Fred Randolph, basses, Erik Jekabson, tpt./fl., Rob Roth, ten./sop. sax, Dan Zemelman, piano, Alan Hall, drms.
Pete Yellin, alto sax, is playing in a tribute to
Louie Bellson at Savannah Jazz on Fri and Sat, April 27 & 28th,
with Louie and an allstar Quintet. Don't miss the legendary Louie
Bellson.
Andrew Speight, alto wizard, can be seen and heard
on a regular basis on Sundays at Dogpatch at 4:30pm and on Mondays
at Shanghai 1930 at 7:00 pm. Musicians bring your axes to these gigs
and play with some of the jazz community - it is an opportunity to
play-with and meet-with others in the working jazz family.
Al Molina Trp/Flg -Todd Dickow/sax Peter Horvath/piano - Fred Randolph/ bass Curt Moore/drums
CD'S & track samples
