Mardi Gras Day in NYC! Mona's Bar in the East Village normally hosts the "Hot Jazz Jam" on Tuesdays. Jared Engel was nice enough to ask me to lead the shenanigans for Mardi Gras. That's me in the organge jacket and purple wig. Music starts at the 17minute mark.
Danny Jonokuchi - trumpet, Ryan Weisheit - tenor sax, Larry Eagle - drums, Jared Engel - bass. Lots of sitins including Jen Hodge, Steven Pilcher, Marcus Milius, Josh Dunn, David Ostwald and others...
Here is a nice video of Aurora Nealand and the Royal Roses at Preservation Hall in New Orleans during the 2012 French Quarter Festival. I'm featured around the two minute mark.
Each year in December New Orleans pianist Tom Worrell puts on a James Booker Birthday show at the Maple Leaf Bar in uptown New Orleans, LA. I've done a bunch of them and its always an honor to be included.
Howard Fishman is a pretty amazing songwriter and performer. I worked with him for a few shows '08 and '09 and again in 2013. Howard has great taste in musicians too. Here is Marika Hughes with a nice cello solo, Roland Barber on the trombone, and I see Mazz Swift is on violin too.