Dee Dee Bridgewater was in town tonite and I got the call to do the piano. A beautifull well kept never been moved from its first home Hamburg D. Great fun. Its been a while since I have done a real concert job now. "Real" meaning a full blown concert hall with a well behaved audience. It was kinda nice being on stage again if you get my meaning. Thats how it always feels to me anyways... when the tuning counts... everyone can hear and gives a damn. She had a hot trio (french me thinks) with her. In particular the pianist / hammond organ player was dynamite. This fellow had some moves that will just plain blow any jazz enthusiast away. And he had some really cute tricks as well. He actually had the grand sounding like a banjo for a short stint in a song where the affect fit just right. Towards the end of the nite the inevitable "piano tuners nightmare" song came up. You know the nice slow melodic one that features the piano player with beautiful long sounding single tones..... after an hour of banging away. Piano held up well and I was tickled pink of course. All in all a wonderfull nite. You gotta catch this ladies act. -- Richard Brekne RPT, N.P.T.F. Bergen, Norway mailto:Richard.Brekne@grieg.uib.no
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