I’m having a fantastic time finishing up a brand new project! Working with wonderful musicians Randy Halberstadt, Darin Clendenin, Jeff Johnson, Clipper Anderson and Mark Ivester is always a huge inspiration! Please stay tuned for details!
Before this concert at Pacific Lutheran University, I pulled out my camera and snapped a few pictures of the incredible pipe organ in the Lagerquist Hall chapel so. David (Joyner, pianist, arranger, producer of the concert) saw the camera and asked me if I could keep it onstage during the concert because—“You may want to use it during the concert….” I didn’t have much time to to give much thought to this mysterious request, because we started soon after that. David and Doug (Miller, bass) sounded wonderful together in their opening number and then singer Dennis Hastings and I had a blast alternating songs. At the end of the concert, David stepped up to the mic, proposed to his fiancee, ran off the stage into the audience where she was sitting and dropped down on one knee. There were cheers, tears, applause and congratulations all around and this was the absolute highlight of the evening. Hmm, David–how are you going to top this next year?
Gail Pettis performed on the Seattle Channel’s ArtZone with pianist Randy Halberstadt and hosted by television personality Nancy Guppy. This issue allso features bronze sculptor, Edward Trobec, avant-garde composer Glenn Branca, presents “Hallucination City”(50 electric guitars!) and introduces brand new City Arts monthly magazine!
“Colabs ” features electronic, chill and downtempo collaborations between various artists from North America, the UK, and Europe. Says producer Dave Huber, “The idea behind colabs is simple… each song is a colaboration between David Miles Huber and a different artist from north america, the uk and europe. The songs are innovative and diverse in style and include original compositions, as well as re-works of rock and traditional jazz standards” I had fun teaming up with Dave for a vocal duet on “Summertime” on Track 7–definitely a departure from the jazz idiom but very, very enjoyable! Check out Dave’s website for more information: 51bpm.com
I’m having a fantastic time finishing up a brand new project! Working with wonderful musicians Randy Halberstadt, Darin Clendenin, Jeff Johnson, Clipper Anderson and Mark Ivester is always a huge inspiration! Please stay tuned for details!
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