I got the gig!!

[Bilbo]

I have complained a lot on here about not having enough gigs (after I dumped a lucrative but fundamentally unsatisfying gig a couple of years ago). After a lot of wheeling and dealing and ducking and diving, a drummer friend and I have managed to secure the support of a local venue in bringing some decent Jazz to Felixstowe. The newly refurbished Fludyer's Hotel on Cobbold Road is going to host our 'Jazz East' project and put on the following:

June 16th John Etheridge (Soft Machine, Stephane Grapelli)
June 23rd Julian Siegal/Andy Watson
June 30th Jim Mullen (Average White Band, Kokomo)
July 7th Gareth Lockrane
July 14th Nigel Price/Vasilis Xenopoulos
July 21st Martin Speake (ECM recording artist)

All with Russ Morgan on drums and me on Double Bass!!! My CV is going to flip!! More interestingly, the good (musically) gigs I am getting has improved also and I am now enjoying everything I do. Feels good.

[krysh]

congrats and good luck!

I'm still working on something like this, but just now my jazz trio split up.

[OliverBlackman]

great stuff, hopefully you get plenty of punters so you can keep it going!

[Len_derby]

Congratulations! That's brilliant news. Shame you're the other side if the country from me.

It may be a good chance to sell a few copies of the book too?

[SpaceChick]

Brilliant

[steve]

Fantastic, well done, definately a musical coup

[BassTractor]

Why in the world would you want to play with these amateurs? I don't get it.


Congrats, man. Sounds exciting.


best,
bert

[icastle]

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That lot reads more like the start of an autobiography than entries on a CV.

Congratulations.

[RAY AGAINST THE MACHINE]

Nice one

[Johngh]

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Well done mate, very pleased for you

[JTUK]

Where is that 'like' button

[geoffbassist]

What an amazing line up! Congratulations and enjoy the gigs!

[yepmop]

Congratulations!!!

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[oggiesnr]

Have a lot of fun and a great time

Steve

[L_Bass_Dog85]

Excellent news there! I only live in Stowmarket so will have to have a band outing to come and see you guys perform!

[rOB]

Brilliant. Best of luck with it

[lurksalot]

Sounds excellent, hope it goes great

[Skol303]

Good work Bilbo! That must've taken some scheming and organising, which has clearly paid off.

Keep us posted mate. Looks like a great run of gigs

[Twigman]

Good job, well done.

Way outta my league...

[BassTractor]

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Here you go, mate:

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[Lynottfan]

Nice one mate!

[KiOgon]

Excellent
Enjoy

[skankdelvar]

Holy Kermoly, Bilbo! That's a pretty stellar line-up there - your craftiness and powers of persuasion must be without limit.

My congratulations on your splendid endeavour. May it thrive like a thrivey thing.

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Edited April 25, 2013 by skankdelvar

[xgsjx]

Good to hear you're getting back to gigging, you might even get your carrots back!