Monday, October 31, 2011
Sunday, October 30, 2011
NINA BECKER PERFORMING....
Nina Becker is a great singer from Rio De Janeiro.... performing , in Rio...if you're there go !!
She sang on my album 'Afternoon in rio " ...check it !! She has two recent albums out and will I guess play songs from those albums....
Saturday, October 29, 2011
Friday, October 28, 2011
FERNANDO CATATAU AND THE FORTALEZA UNDERGROUND...
I was hanging last nite with my friend Fernando Catatau, a great guitarist from Fortaleza , Brasil. He now resides in Sao Paulo and is kinda "the one" on the scene, playing ,producing , composing. He was telling me and showing me videos of this rocker from Fortaleza called Jonnata Doll..kinda amazing energy , here he is performing one song with Catatau's band Cidadao Instigado. Catatau also recorded with me on the album "Afternoon in rio "...check it !
Thursday, October 27, 2011
THE GREAT MIGHTY DIAMONDS ....
Saw this great band from Jamaica called the Mighty Diamonds. One of my first reggae records discoveries back in the day from Jamaica....still going strong , sounded great.
Wednesday, October 26, 2011
FORRO IN THE DARK WITH MAURO AND ALL....
The original crew !!! Mauro was back this week from his ongoing tour with Red Hot Chilli Peppers . They sounded just great , thick , dancy and nothing like it really , it's Forro but it's their Forro....
Monday, October 24, 2011
Sunday, October 23, 2011
Saturday, October 22, 2011
SKOPJE JAZZFESTIVAL....30 YEARS..
We played as Ilhan Ersahin's Istanbul Sessions at this great festival , Wayne Shorter , Charles Lloyd and many more played ...great Fest , Great Peeps , Great city...and perfect hosts. We happened to play 2 big shows in the same nite, first we shared the bill with great Nil Petter Molvaer in an amazing opera house, then we played a late nite set at 2 am for over 1000 people in an old movie theater...rock n roll...it was .
Friday, October 21, 2011
PRISHTINA , KOSOVO...
We played at this great club called Hamam. Great audience, great people, great hosts...beautiful club ...
Thursday, October 20, 2011
Wednesday, October 19, 2011
ISTANBUL SESSIONS IN MANNHEIM ENJOY JAZZFEST..
Nice festival here with Bugge Wesseltoft/Henrik Shwartz, Erik Truffaz, Sonny Rollins, Nil Petter Molvaer , Istanbul Sessions and many more.
Tuesday, October 18, 2011
Monday, October 17, 2011
Saturday, October 15, 2011
Friday, October 14, 2011
Thursday, October 13, 2011
Wednesday, October 12, 2011
FORRO IN THE DARK ,RAIN OR SHINE ...IT'S A PARTY !
While Mauro Refosco is on tour with the Red hot chill peppers , tonite they played Stockholm !, Forro rocks on every Wednesday at Nublu in outer place,24 first Avenue . Rain or shine, really , they even keep getting better and better , I guess that's what suppose to happen if it's happenin...making things better is always a good thing. Greg Caz as always selecter extraordinaire.
Tuesday, October 11, 2011
HESS IS MORE RELEASE PARTY ....
Hess is more made their record release party fun , crazy , bizarre and musical as they do it. James Murphy from LCD was there checkin it out and a bunch of other hipster New Yorkers..400 people came out to the former strip club , now operated as Westway, the spot is cool and I guess trendy. Was real nice to see how this band has found their voice here in the city. OUT ON NUBLU RECORDS ...CREATION KEEPS THE DEVIL AWAY !! CHECK EM OUT..
