A little birdie has told us that Jing Chi may be at the Hilton the Thursday of NAMM week. Keep an eye on the forums for other NAMM happenings.

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December 18th at Lavee Lee here in LA is the 5th Annual Carlos Vega Memorial Concert. A lot of heavy hitters will be playing including Vinnie. Show times are 8pm and 10:30. Also Gary Novak is at The Baked Potato on Dec 27th with Jeff Richman and Jimmy Haslip on bass..

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Thanks to Dave for an e-mail informing me he was in London recently and got a chance to see Gary Novak play with Bob Berg (sax) and James Genius (bass) in a band lead by Joe Locke (vibes). Dave tells me he spoke to Gary and the band is coming back to the states to […]

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I’m normally not a big fan of electronic drums but I thought I would plug this E-Drum Expo in LA anyways. (Thanks to Freddie Gutierrez for that one). Omar Hakim is playing there so that warrants a plug. Also thanks to HOD news correspondant Randal Walker for letting us know that Vinnie is on a […]

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Thanks to HOD news correspondant Rose Derek Defields for pointing out that Yoshi’s Calander Page has Jing Chi listed December 10-15. Pretty Cool!

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Chick Corea’s tour dates page has been updated with a bunch of dates for the Elektric Band reunion. Looks like those of us in L.A. get a week at Catalina’s in Novemeber. NICE.

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Thanks to “Pocket Player” for his post on the HOD forums letting us know that Vinnie is doing a date at LA’s Jazz Bakery on August 2nd and 3rd with Brian Bromberg and Randy Waldman. Here is a link to the Bakery’s schedule.

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Dave Weckl is touring the world again. Like, go see him or something. Virgil Donati is at the Potato June 29th. Toss on the 30th. My birthday is June 26th. Everybody send me gifts!!! Oh and because you’re all dying to see, here is a picture of my computer. It is faster than yours.

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According to the The Baked Potato calander Vinnie is there on the 14th of June with The Mike Landau trio and the 15th with Greg Mathieson. Looks like the July issue of MD reviews the new Apex Theory CD as well. The new Apex video shows some nice drumming, swing by and have a look!

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