Jamming at Blue Note

It's Sunday night.. I should be in Hsinchu, sleeping. But no.
I'm spending the night in Taipei, because I went to Blue Note over at Shida Rd.

Tonight the Kate Jazz Trio was playing. Kate is the pianist who I am currently playing with at the Jo Jo Ma Quintet.
After a beer by myself while listening to their latin-influenced jazz, she called me over to play a couple of tunes with them.

I apologetically sat behind the drums and asked Kate: "What should we play?"
To which she answered: "Don't worry, we'll play latin stuff, you'll figure out, you're latin right?" Love it. Sure I am

That couple of tunes ended up to be like six, including Oye Como Va and my all-time favorite jazz piano tune, Spain from Chick Corea.

What a great evening, makes me want to brush up my latin jazz skills a bit more..

It won't be my last Sunday night in Blue Note.

Drums and Life

I found this cool video on Youtube.. its basically 100 people aged 1 to 100 playing a snare..

This video told me two things:

1. Each year goes by as fast as a drumbeat
2. I want to be 100 and playing a drum...

Enjoy!

About this blog

I suck at blogging. I have started tons of them and I don't follow them after a while.
This is one example from when I got to Taiwan:

http://chinoleon.blogspot.com/

So you (and I) might think that this is just another of them and I will forget it soon. I won't lie, it's very likely. However, there is a smaller, more subtle difference with this one: this one's about drumming and music in general.

If I can't keep up with this one.. then I think I can't keep up with any blog, cause after all, drumming is what I have been doing for almost 7 years now. Non-stop.

I also have a crappy memory, so having a log of all my musical activity throughout the years is not a bad idea. When I'm 70 (and still drumming) I'll be able to remember all the awesome musical experiences I had when I still had hair. Too bad I didn't start like 5 years ago..

I have had the privilege of being part of a great deal of bands and projects, both in Costa Rica and Taiwan, and I figured out this is also a way to pay tribute to them.

Also, one incentive to keep blogging is feedback.. so if you are reading whatever from this blog, or went to a concert, or simply want to say hi, please do not hesitate to leave a comment. The Chino Drumming Foundation will mail a broken stick to you.