One Man Jazz, Drummer, Composer
Here’s a nice photo of Third Coast Jazz Band from a few years ago, taken at a Wedding Reception in Fairbanks Ranch. The home was amazing, and we had a great time playing mostly jazz music.
The line-up: Jon Walters (bandleader, guitar), Bill Shreeve (saxes), Jim Weiss (saxes), David Owen (keys), Harley Magsino (basses), and myself on drums.
I performed with Third Coast Jazz, the trio edition (Jon, Jim and myself) atop Symphony Towers at the University Club on the 34th floor. It was grand event and we were glad to be a part of Petru & Daniela’s celebration.
For the ceremony, Jim and I played some pre-ceremony romantic ballads and standards, and for the processional we play Just The Two of Us by Grover Washington, Jr. For the bride’s entrance escorted by her father, we played What A Wonderful World, made famous by jazz trumpeter and vocalist Louis Armstrong. And for the wedding exit I played Mendelssohn’s Wedding March.
Best wishes to the bride and groom on their new life together. Many blessings to them on their journey together.
Did a fun gig yesterday in Redlands, CA with Third Coast Jazz, featuring San Diego Music Awards winner Whitney Shay on vocals.
This was a fundraising event for the Montessori Schools of Redlands, and we kicked off the event with an hour and a half set, playing jazz standards, blues, bossa novas, and old school R&B.
The drive was about 2 hours for me to Redlands, but the ride going home was faster without much of the earlier traffic.
I was able to dial in my trigger module a bit more, and noticing the drum module is more natural sounding than my old trigger module which was more boomy and sounding like electronic drums than acoustic drums, so the new Roland trigger module blends more naturally with my acoustic drums.
The line-up for this gig was: Whitney Shay (vocals), Jon Walters (guitar), Ed Kornhauser (piano/keys), Jodie Hill (upright bass) and myself on drums.
