OK, let's just say that it's a different path to be a jazz musician. For example, I have been on the wrong end of a gun seven times in my stellar career. The first is worth telling. While I was performing with a trio on a small stage in a packed restaurant, 3 men with silk stockings pulled over their heads burst in. While the others robbed everyone, one came on the stage and pushed a gun on my nose saying "keep playing." I did - for what seemed an eternity. When all was over I was asked by a friend (newspaper reporter-it made the next day paper) "Are you OK?" "I couldn't have taken another minute of it" I quipped. "I couldn't have taken another minute of you playing "Life Is Just A Bowl of Cherries" she responded.
Barney
Welcome!
Barney McClure has six feature CDs on the market and one book on improvisational theory entitled There Is No Such Thing As A Mistake. Check them out.
Barney's book, There Is No Such Thing As A Mistake, is a "how-to" in improvisational jazz and is a popular hit with teachers who use it as a curriculum guide, and with instrumentalists and vocalists at any level who can use it as a self-help guide.
Performances
THURSDAY, MAY 3 AT 7 PM. Roy's Place. Barney on Hammond B-3 (see next column for more information)
May 5-19 - Barney at the Juneau Jazz & Classics, Juneau, Alaska, conducting a Cabaret for the first five days, solo performances, and the Barney McClure Trio (with Hammond B-3) both as a feature and also with the Fabulous Dee Daniels.
May 25 - Sojourn Cellars in Everett with vocalist Leah Stillwell 8-10
May 26 - Lakeside Bistro with vocalist Stephanie Porter 7-10
June 2 at Jazzscapes with Stephanie Porter, 7:30-9:30. 3909 SW Arroyo Drive, Seattle. www.jazzscapes.com
June 14 in Anacorters with Vocalist Trish Hatley. Location TBA.
June 16, at the Wild Vine Bistro with Stephanie Porter.
July 6 - Tula's 7:30-11:30. Features Barney on Hammond B-3 & Keyboard; Dan Sales, guitar; Mike West, sax; Brad Boal, drums.
July 13 at The Melting Pot with Eugenie Jones in Queen Anne area of Seattle.
July 15 - 28 at the Fairbanks Summer Arts Festival, Fairbanks, Alaska; with Greta Matassa Trio featuring Barney McClure, piano; Clipper Anderson, Bass; Brad Boal, drums and Greta Matassa..
August 11 - Lummi Island Festival. Barney with guitarist Dan Sales and drummer.
August 14 - North City Jazz Walk with Stephanie Porter and Dan Sales.
August 24 - At the Upstage with Greta Matassa, Port Townsend.
September 1 - At Tulas with Greta Matassa, vocalist; Barney on Hammond B-3 & keyboard; Clipper Anderson, bass; Mark Ivester, drums.
Productions
CONCERTS at ROY'S PLACE
4918 196th St.SW, Lynnwood
* Once again - We are producing mini-concerts at Roy's Place in Lynnwood!
May 3, 2012 we feature the Barney McClure Trio with Barney, Hammond B-3; Dave Peterson, guitar; and Brad Boal, drums. The concert begins at 7:00 pm. See you there!
PLEASE NOTE: THE TIME AND DAY PREVIOUSLY LISTED WAS INCORRECT - THIS CONCERT IS THURSDAY, MAY 3 at 7 PM.