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Hal Galper's Newsletter
Fall '07
For one night only
at The
Hotel
Kitano
on Thursday, September 13th with bassist Reggie Workman
and drummer Billy Mintz. Don't miss this rare
appearance! ********************************** "The Guerilla Band"
reissued on Japanese label Pony
Canyon
Records. Re-mastered in
24-bit technology, the sound of this recording is really
amazing! As an import it's
expensive but you can get it at amazon by clicking on the
album cover. Click
for a transcription of Mike's rare soprano solo on the
tune "Call" from the
album.
(PDF) *********************************** Pony Canyon will be
reissuing my second Mainstream recording "Wild Bird."
Recorded in 1972, this also also features Mike &
Randy as well as Victor Gaskin: Bass, Charles
LaChappelle: Bass, Billy Hart: Drums, Bill Goodwin:
Drums, and Jonathan Graham: Guitar. *********************************** OTHER
NEWS ENJA Records will
also be releasing a reissue of my trio album
"Dreamsville" recorded with "The High G's" Bill Goodwin
and Steve Gilmore. *********************************** The live
concert/recording project with bassist Reggie Workman
& Rashid Ali at William Paterson College's Jazz Room
Series has been rescheduled for Sunday afternoon,
February 17, 2008. *********************************** I'm sure you've all
heard about the passing of jazz great,, trumpeter and
master educator, Herb Pomeroy. Herb was a mentor of many
young students over the decades including myself.
I had the good
fortune to spend my formative years under his tutalage
aat Berklee, and later, while playing in his big band and
small group at Boston's premier jazz club "The Stables."
His impact on whatever musical abilities I possess is
incalculable. I owe him a debt of gratitude I feel can
never be repaid. A loss for the
world, his legacy lives on within those who knew
him. ********************************** Alfred plans to
raise the price somewhat but, if I can figure out the
technology, I'll be putting an e-book version up on my
Forward Motion site for download at a reduced
price. ORGANIZING YOUR
BUSINESS SELECTING AND
PACKAGING YOUR BAND MANAGING YOUR TIME
AND INFORMATION BOOKING YOUR
TOUR CONTACTING VENUES
AND NEGOTIATING GIGS MANAGING TOUR
ROUTING AND BUDGETS ARRANGING TRAVEL
AND ACCOMMODATIONS IN NORTH AMERICA *********************************** Check out a
recently found TV broadcast of a burning video of 1977
Franco Ambrosetti Quartet Swiss TV
Broadcast (W/ Dave Holland
& Damiel
Humair)
*********************************** FABOLA RECORDS
TRACKS AVAILABLE HERE
***************************************** TOURING
UPDATES Last spring's trio
tour of the Northwest went great.Two highlights were our
gigs at Seattle's "Tula's," a jazz club in the grand
tradition; and "LV's in Portland. OR. Created and ably
managed by pianist Darrell Grant of Portland State
University. (Click
for Jim Corcoran's
review)
Darrell was, as usual, a most gracious host. It was great
fun to play with John Bishop and Jeff Johnson. As you
know, Jeff was an intergral member of my trio for six
years in the 90's. Getting together with him again was
pure joy. *********************************** As promised, I'm
back in the saddle again booking trio gigs throughout the
upcoming months. Check out my itinerary on my home page
at halgalper.com.
So far we're
playing every month through February '08 and working on
the following months as well. If you've got the time,
check in on my itinerary for updates on when I might be
coming your way. ************************************ Till next time, Hal
Galper
This, my
first solo album, was recorded originally on Mainstream
Records in 1970 with Mike & Randy Brecker just after
Mike left the University of Illinois for NYC. Other
personnel were: Bob Mann: Guitar, Victor Gaskin: Bass,
Steve Hass: Drums and Don Alias: drums.
Read
my JazzImprov Magazine interview about how my teaching
techniques developed over the years.
Also coming
this September, Alfred Publishing, Inc. will be
republishing "The Touring Musician, A Small Business
Approach To Booking Your Band On The Road."
