If you look at YT videos of other bands in the same market, the drummer seems to be far more active than one might expect in a typical functions context.

Lee is another Baltimore Very, Very Bad Person. He is very versatile, supremely musical, and can play.... He's been out recently with Kenny Barron, Bucky Pizzarelli, and is in Italy now with Lonnie Liston Smith. He is also a a very gracious person with rather a sense of humor.

Good for them. They have decent gigs that don't involve pizza delivery.

Whoa! Thanks very much.

Greetings music lovers: I'm doing a concert Sunday with Deletta Gillespie ( http://delettagillespie.net/soundbites.html). It's going to be great and you should come out. • Details: Sunday 4:30pm until 7:30pm, @ the Murphy Fine Arts Center on the campus of Morgan State University. 2201 Argonne Drive,...

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It's a great cause, band, vocalist, and material.

Sadly, we were rained out, so this will be rescheduled.

Doing a concert with Delletta Gillespie this coming Saturday, May 18, 2013, from 4:30pm until 7:30pm, at The Samaritan Women, 602 S. Chapel Gate Lane, Baltimore MD 21229. This will be her CD release and benefit concert for The Samaritan Women, a residential facility in Baltimore that provides long-t...

Ron Kearns posted something the other day on FB that may be relevant: "practice is what you do when you want to get better."

This helps me focus when I get frustrated or sidetracked into what I'm already good at.

Along with all of the above, start transcribing. I'd pick a tune you might play on a gig, something simple. First lay out the form, then pencil in the main groove(s), and key events. Writing is a good way to improve your reading, because as you write a given word or figure, it becomes part of your v...

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