Jazz, Blues, & Swing in the Pacific Northwest

If you weren’t there last Tuesday, I’m truly sorry. You missed a great evening! The place was packed, the band was absolutely on fire, and we saw lots of old friends who were back in Seattle for break. Nice seeing them again.

Something I truly enjoy about playing in Holotradband is that all of these guys “bring it” to provide you with some great music. That said, the additional energy this band absorbs from a full house of fun-loving people is simply beyond belief. Oh, a big thank you to our incredible piano-playing pal Peter Kok for filling in on piano. What a musician!

If you enjoy watching good dancers, you really should have been there. Among others, were our friends Brett and Lucy discovered the band about a year ago. They come in somewhat regularly, and are good, very entertaining dancers, as well as nice folks. Tuesday they brought in a cohort, Kevin, who is a teriffic lead and usually manages to get a number of the ladies in the audience onto the dance floor. All indications are that everyone has a good time when the dancers do. I know the band does.

George Goldsberry and son Gary were on hand also. George plays reeds in the New Orleans Quintet, the Monday night house band at the New Orleans, and son Gary was the producer/engineer of the Quintet’s last few recordings.

The place was filled with students on break, jazz society members, new friends who are starting to show up often, and even a few band members’ family. David Loomis’ mom celebrated her birthday with us and my sister and her family were here from Oregon. My fifth grade nephew, has been taking in jazz at the New Orleans for almost eight years. To my second-grade niece, no visit to Seattle would be complete without an evening at the New Orleans. I’m pretty sure she likes Uncle Dave’s band, but she’s also a big fan of “those really good little pancakes they have”.

Anyway, thank you, everyone. Spring break at the New Orleans was a heck of a lot of fun this year. Give yourselves a nice round of applause. Oh … and don’t forget we are starting to think about the Port Angeles jazz festival which happens at the end of April. If you’d like a little info on the festival, just go to our Special Events page and click on the link to Jazz in the Olympics. Maybe we’ll see you there.

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