For Immediate Release - 10 year old prodigy performs with me Saturday

This Saturday, Sept 26, Ten Ten Tapas is hosting a special guest appearance by a 10 year old singing wunderkind, Elias Tyson. This little cat sings like a bird and is a stylistic Old Soul, channeling everyone from Billy Eckstine and Jiohnny Hartman, to Stevie Wonder and Bruno Mars! This is a show that can't be missed!

Elias will be joining me, along with Mimi Snyder, and the fantastic TenTen fav Lisa Fennell, and not only will we be doing the jazziest array of funky stuff (my originals), bossa novas (Mimi's bag), bluesy classics from the 50's and 60's (one of Lisa's skills), but we will let Elias rule the roost when he comes on...

Valerie Jenkinson has called her posse for her going away party, as she is relocating to St. Lucia, so vacant seats will be low, but party atmosphere high!

Make a rezzie NOW, and come on down at 7 ish for a really rockin' night!

Also note that next Wednesday the 30th, I will be performing with my straight ahead quartet at Jazz Vespers Evensong, at Brentwood Presbyterian Church, 1600 Delta Ave, Burnaby....  8 pm, with Chris Haas (drums), Jason Decouto (piano), and Tim Stacey (bass). A cool environment for playing straight-ahead classic jazz.

Vibraphone Master Nick Apivor in the house!

Nick Apivor on vibes was featured guest with me at TenTenTapas.com recently and he tore it up! 

Check out his extended solos at 2:15 and 4:50, where he really struts his stuff. He went through the roof on Seven Come Eleven but unfortunately wasn't captured on video. 

Shot in lowlight with an iPhone in the left hand with the Tromba trumpet in the right, so it's a little shaky, but definitely a cool set captured. We are hoping Nick makes himself available again soon!

Be sure to make this your Saturday hot spot, where the food is sumptuous and the music and libations flow easily.....

This Saturday we have more special guests and it will be Valerie Jenkinson's Going Away Party, so we will party hearty!

Here is a link to more videos and content: http://tinyurl.com/kjlnxd4


Rockin' the Ribjoint Saturday!

We always have so much fun, so join us on Saturday! 

This week the inimitable Billy Mendoza, Nick Apivor and also Steven Ley will join me on classic songs. 

The food is awesome and I will be featuring a set of New Orleans style bluesy jazz. 

Rezzies recommended for 7-ish!! 

Come down the drive alongside the highrise at 1000 Beach, and enter the parkade where it designates restaurant (free) parking!


What a Saturday in store for you!


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The weather is rocking this weekend so don't miss the waterfront patio voted one of Vancouver's Top Ten! 

The music is jazzy and soulful (that's my dept) and we have special guests Mimi Snider, Gunther Klaus, and Steven Ley joining me. I'll also be doing a mini tribute to Miles Davis's Kind Of Blue album in the early set, so come hear some classics.....

Chef Scott has prepared a special menu, and that alone is reason to come- check out his Saturday Specials:
 
Tomato Basil Soup with Garlic Croutons
Tuna Sashimi with Ponzu, Cilantro Sauce
Grain Fed Veal Chop with Rosemary Sauce & Seasonal Vegetables
Orange Crème Brulee
 
 PS The veal chop is huge!

Hope to see you there, we always get jiggy!

BLUES BUSTERS NOON GIG TOMORROW @ BENTALL DOWNTOWN

Hey Vancouver Music Fans!

The last Bentall Summer Concert Series Show on Aug 28 was a rainout, so the BLUES BUSTERS are taking over and rockin' the plaza one more time for the shank of summer! Many thanks to Ivanhoe-Cambridge, Bentall Towers, Lynn and Jenna for the magnanamous funding and opportunity!

Come on by to 1055 Dunsmuir, Vancouver, on the lower plaza from noon - 1:30 and have a great end of season wind-up show, with Cecile LaRochelle, Billy Mendoza, Lindsay Mitchell, Loren Etkin, Dave Webb, Keith Bennett, and myself... an all-star lineup!

AND.... Don't forget I will be at Ten Ten Tapas Saturday night at 7-ish, and we have Steven Ley and Mimi Snider joing me on stage as special guests!

 


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I'm calling you!

I called in and ordered up some sunshine, and now I'm calling you!

Treat yourself to a special long weekend repaste on the award winning patio at Ten Ten Tapas
http://tententapas.posthaven.com/

Chef Scott has upped the game with an updated and generous new menu.

Rossi fires up the nuevo flamenco guitar tonite, and I'm on deck Saturday with my brand of cool and funky jazz! 
Rising vocal star Lisa Fennell will join me and she really brings it!

I'm calling you! Music around 7pm, rezzies please 604-689-7800