Joel Fass

[esiegel]

I was walking down bleeker in the west village, when I heard some real
nice jazz guitar. I saw a cat sitting on the sidewalk with a guitar
research big hollowbody and a little roland battery powered cube. He
played beautifully and had is case open with a few buck in it.

It was bittersweet to see him there playing beautiful, self assured,
knowledgeable swinging solo guitar. H wasn't getting much attention,
and I had a short chat with him. Nice cat, but it sounds like things
are slow. I checked out his soundclick page...

http://www.soundclick.com/bands/default.cfm?bandID=645953

Eric

[pmfan57]

Post by esiegel
I was walking down bleeker in the west village, when I heard some real
nice jazz guitar.  I saw a cat sitting on the sidewalk with a guitar
research big hollowbody and a little roland battery powered cube.  He
played beautifully and had is case open with a few buck in it.
It was bittersweet to see him there playing beautiful, self assured,
knowledgeable swinging solo guitar.  H wasn't getting much attention,
and I had a short chat with him.  Nice cat, but it sounds like things
are slow.  I checked out his soundclick page...
http://www.soundclick.com/bands/default.cfm?bandID=645953
Eric

Here's a bio:

http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/musician.php?id=2120

[pmfan57]

Post by pmfan57

Post by esiegel
I was walking down bleeker in the west village, when I heard some real
nice jazz guitar.  I saw a cat sitting on the sidewalk with a guitar
research big hollowbody and a little roland battery powered cube.  He
played beautifully and had is case open with a few buck in it.
It was bittersweet to see him there playing beautiful, self assured,
knowledgeable swinging solo guitar.  H wasn't getting much attention,
and I had a short chat with him.  Nice cat, but it sounds like things
are slow.  I checked out his soundclick page...
http://www.soundclick.com/bands/default.cfm?bandID=645953
Eric

http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/musician.php?id=2120

And here are some of Joel's posts on this newsgroup:

http://groups.google.com/group/rec.music.makers.guitar.jazz/search?hl=en&group=rec.music.makers.guitar.jazz&q=joel+fass&qt_g=Search+this+group

[d***@danadler.com]

Post by pmfan57

Post by esiegel
I was walking down bleeker in the west village, when I heard some real
nice jazz guitar.  I saw a cat sitting on the sidewalk with a guitar
research big hollowbody and a little roland battery powered cube.  He
played beautifully and had is case open with a few buck in it.
It was bittersweet to see him there playing beautiful, self assured,
knowledgeable swinging solo guitar.  H wasn't getting much attention,
and I had a short chat with him.  Nice cat, but it sounds like things
are slow.  I checked out his soundclick page...
http://www.soundclick.com/bands/default.cfm?bandID=645953
Eric

http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/musician.php?id=2120

http://groups.google.com/group/rec.music.makers.guitar.jazz/search?hl...

I never heard him before, but the sound clips sound great - really
meaty sound!

It's scary how many great players that I DON'T know about are in NYC
besides all the amazing ones I do know...

http://www.myspace.com/joelfass

-Dan
http://danadler.com

[Joe Finn]

Post by esiegel
I was walking down bleeker in the west village, when I heard some real
nice jazz guitar. I saw a cat sitting on the sidewalk with a guitar
research big hollowbody and a little roland battery powered cube. He
played beautifully and had is case open with a few buck in it.
It was bittersweet to see him there playing beautiful, self assured,
knowledgeable swinging solo guitar. H wasn't getting much attention,
and I had a short chat with him. Nice cat, but it sounds like things
are slow. I checked out his soundclick page...
http://www.soundclick.com/bands/default.cfm?bandID=645953
Eric

Joel has contributed to this news group now and again. The last I heard he
was overseas. It's good to know he is back in New York. Joel is an inspired
player. ...joe

[Five Sharp]

He was busking? How tragic ...

#####

[esiegel]

Post by Five Sharp
He was busking? How tragic ...
#####

Yeah, like I said, things are slow. While I loved hearing him play on
a beautiful day in the village, its crazy that an artist like him is
playing for spare change.

E

[m***@hotmail.com]

Post by Five Sharp
He was busking? How tragic ...
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Yeah, like I said, things are slow.  While I loved hearing him play on
a beautiful day in the village, its crazy that an artist like him is
playing for spare change.
E

But for the day job......

www.markkleinhaut.com

[Five Sharp]

Post by esiegel
Yeah, like I said, things are slow. While I loved hearing him play on

a beautiful day in the village, its crazy that an artist like him is
playing for spare change.

I remember corresponding with Joel a few years ago. At the time he was
moving to the Netherlands to start teaching guitar and he actually got a
room there with some Dutch players I believe. We were planning for him to
come to the Crow but it somehow never happened. I think he was in the Hague
(?) at the time. Anyway we lost contact and this is the first of him I heard
again. So he's back in the States now ... or has been for a while.

#####

[f***@yahoo.com]

Post by esiegel

Yeah, like I said, things are slow.  While I loved hearing him play on

a beautiful day in the village, its crazy that an artist like him is
playing for spare change.
I remember corresponding with Joel a few years ago. At the time he was
moving to the Netherlands to start teaching guitar and he actually got a
room there with some Dutch players I believe. We were planning for him to
come to the Crow but it somehow never happened. I think he was in the Hague
(?) at the time. Anyway we lost contact and this is the first of him I heard
again. So he's back in the States now ... or has been for a while.
#####

I tried to get in touch with you there. I think the Crow was too far
w/o wheels, or I would've loved to make it. Couldn't emigrate anyway,
things tightened up like crazy. I guess you guys are finally
smartening up after years of every loser in the Western world parking
in Holland to live off the fat of the land. Too bad I had to pay for
the sins of others, but that's retribution, I guess. I stayed not 2
months and split. The scene in the Hague was better when I first went
in '01 anyway. One of my roommates, a Flamenco singer and good
guitarist, said try Spain---where he's from. Instead I came back here.
I'm doing my best but getting wanderlust again.

[Rick Stone]

Post by Five Sharp
He was busking? How tragic ...

I remember playing the streets with Joel back in the 80s. We all had those
Mouse amps back then.

And I don't know how tragic it is to be "busking" in NYC. I've seen MANY
great players in streets over the years. I'm sure that for some, it was
actually a pretty smart career move (more people here you on the street than
playing a crappy restaurant gig, and if you're smart about it, you can make
about the same bread). Stanley Jordan played on 48th street regularly in
the 80s. He used to have a friend who would work the crowd and sell his
self-produced album while he was playing. Vincent Herring used to play with
his group over by Rockefellar Center almost every day. He logged a lot of
playing time that way.

But it is sad there aren't more gigs. NYC is the BEST place to be to hear
great music. But this is the SLOWEST I've seen it in the 27 years I've
lived here.

Musically Yours,
Rick Stone
email: ***@rickstone.com
website: http://www.rickstone.com
Visit me on MySpace at: http://www.myspace.com/rickstonemusic
Check out my Electronic Press-Kit online at:
http://www.sonicbids.com/rickstone
Check out my recordings at http://www.cdbaby.com/all/jazzand
Watch my videos on YouTube at: http://www.youtube.com/user/jazzand

[f***@yahoo.com]

Post by Five Sharp
He was busking? How tragic ...

I remember playing the streets with Joel back in the 80s.  We all had those
Mouse amps back then.
And I don't know how tragic it is to be "busking" in NYC.  I've seen MANY
great players in streets over the years.  I'm sure that for some, it was
actually a pretty smart career move (more people here you on the street than
playing a crappy restaurant gig, and if you're smart about it, you can make
about the same bread).  Stanley Jordan played on 48th street regularly in
the 80s.  He used to have a friend who would work the crowd and sell his
self-produced album while he was playing.  Vincent Herring used to play with
his group over by Rockefellar Center almost every day.  He logged a lot of
playing time that way.
But it is sad there aren't more gigs.  NYC is the BEST place to be to hear
great music.  But this is the SLOWEST I've seen it in the 27 years I've
lived here.
Musically Yours,
Rick Stone
website:http://www.rickstone.com
Visit me on MySpace at:http://www.myspace.com/rickstonemusic
Check out my Electronic Press-Kit online at:http://www.sonicbids.com/rickstone
Check out my recordings athttp://www.cdbaby.com/all/jazzand
Watch my videos on YouTube at:http://www.youtube.com/user/jazzand

Hey, Rick. Thanks. I've been talking to Eckoff lately---speaking of
underappreciated musicians (he way more than me---been out there since
the 60s and worked with a lot of bad MFs). I remember playing with you
when I was living at the Jazz Cultural Theater. What did we do, play
on Broadway in midtown? The bread was much better then. Everyone is so
tuned out now, just playing with gadgets, blathering into cell phones,
or with earbuds in. A real drag. Tghat's why i do it, to show an
alternative......

I heard Yaged recently. Still a legendary pain in the ass, and still
one of the most melodic, swinging clarinet players alive. At around 85
I figure he learned to play from the original ten commandment
tablets..... Britta is supposed to play a few with us at Smalls.

[Rick Stone]

Post by f***@yahoo.com
Rick. Thanks. I've been talking to Eckoff lately---speaking of
underappreciated musicians (he way more than me---been out there since
the 60s and worked with a lot of bad MFs). I remember playing with you
when I was living at the Jazz Cultural Theater. What did we do, play
on Broadway in midtown? The bread was much better then. Everyone is so
tuned out now, just playing with gadgets, blathering into cell phones,
or with earbuds in. A real drag. Tghat's why i do it, to show an
alternative......
I heard Yaged recently. Still a legendary pain in the ass, and still
one of the most melodic, swinging clarinet players alive. At around 85
I figure he learned to play from the original ten commandment
tablets..... Britta is supposed to play a few with us at Smalls.

Thanks for reminding me. I haven't seen Burt much lately. He came by the
house one night about a month ago with my friend Carol Leven. They were on
their way to a rehearsal in Brooklyn.

Burt and I played together a lot in the 90s (when I was actually getting
some gigs). Now I've cut back to a trio for the few gigs I get. The money's
been so short on most gigs that going in with a quartet just doesn't make
sense anymore, and I've really come to love playing with just bass and drums
anyway.

I recorded Burt's CD "Ecology" here in my little basement studio.
http://cdbaby.com/cd/burteckoff (for those interested). And he also
recorded a CD with a singer Kelly Bedwell here http://cdbaby.com/cd/bedwell.

As far as Sol goes, still the same. Amazing that he's still doing it at 85
(his birthday was back in November). He called me for a gig last Friday,
but it was way up in Tuckahoe early on a Friday night and the bread was
short (no suprise there). I turned it down though (I think he was pissed).
By the time you get done with the traffic and everything else, coming from
Brooklyn that becomes an 8-9 hour gig. I always enjoyed playing with Sol
though, as long is it stayed about the music (and you know with Sol there
could be a lot of other factors).

Tell Britta I said hello.

BTW: We played together on Broadway (or was it 7th Avenue) over by Penn
Station or Madison Square Garden (must have been about 1983 or 84?)

Musically Yours,
Rick Stone
email: ***@rickstone.com
website: http://www.rickstone.com
Visit me on MySpace at: http://www.myspace.com/rickstonemusic
Check out my Electronic Press-Kit online at:
http://www.sonicbids.com/rickstone
Check out my recordings at http://www.cdbaby.com/all/jazzand
Watch my videos on YouTube at: http://www.youtube.com/user/jazzand

[f***@yahoo.com]

Post by f***@yahoo.com
Rick. Thanks. I've been talking to Eckoff lately---speaking of
underappreciated musicians (he way more than me---been out there since
the 60s and worked with a lot of bad MFs). I remember playing with you
when I was living at the Jazz Cultural Theater. What did we do, play
on Broadway in midtown? The bread was much better then. Everyone is so
tuned out now, just playing with gadgets, blathering into cell phones,
or with earbuds in. A  real drag. Tghat's why i do it, to show an
alternative......
I heard Yaged recently. Still a legendary pain in the ass, and still
one of the most melodic, swinging clarinet players alive. At around 85
I figure he learned to play from the original ten commandment
tablets..... Britta is supposed to play a few with us at Smalls.

Thanks for reminding me.  I haven't seen Burt much lately.  He came by the
house one night about a month ago with my friend Carol Leven.  They were on
their way to a rehearsal in Brooklyn.
Burt and I played together a lot in the 90s (when I was actually getting
some gigs).  Now I've cut back to a trio for the few gigs I get. The money's
been so short on most gigs that going in with a quartet just doesn't make
sense anymore, and I've really come to love playing with just bass and drums
anyway.
I recorded Burt's CD "Ecology" here in my little basement studio.http://cdbaby.com/cd/burteckoff(for those interested).  And he also
recorded a CD with a singer Kelly Bedwell herehttp://cdbaby.com/cd/bedwell.
As far as Sol goes, still the same.  Amazing that he's still doing it at 85
(his birthday was back in November).  He called me for a gig last Friday,
but it was way up in Tuckahoe early on a Friday night and the bread was
short (no suprise there).  I turned it down though (I think he was pissed).
By the time you get done with the traffic and everything else, coming from
Brooklyn that becomes an 8-9 hour gig.  I always enjoyed playing with Sol
though, as long is it stayed about the music (and you know with Sol there
could be a lot of other factors).
Tell Britta I said hello.
BTW: We played together on Broadway (or was it 7th Avenue) over by Penn
Station or Madison Square Garden (must have been about 1983 or 84?)
Musically Yours,
Rick Stone
website:http://www.rickstone.com
Visit me on MySpace at:http://www.myspace.com/rickstonemusic
Check out my Electronic Press-Kit online at:http://www.sonicbids.com/rickstone
Check out my recordings athttp://www.cdbaby.com/all/jazzand
Watch my videos on YouTube at:http://www.youtube.com/user/jazzand

What a pain in the ass he is. He pays $50 and made me wait til the end
of the week to get it, AND he keeps the tips for himself, the prick.
But, sad to say, he's the last of the Mohecans for that style of
clarinet. Of the swing era, period. Just like Buddy de Franco is like
one of the few first-generation bebop guys left. And, fortunately, a
lot of guys are playing into their 80s, and very well. It's a long
list, actually: Immediately coming to mind are Benny Golson, Dr. Billy
Taylor, Teddy Charles, Terry Gibbs----not to mention 'youngsters'
Barry Harris and Phil Woods, both 78. Amazing......

[van]

Post by f***@yahoo.com
Rick. Thanks. I've been talking to Eckoff lately---speaking of
underappreciated musicians (he way more than me---been out there since
the 60s and worked with a lot of bad MFs). I remember playing with you
when I was living at the Jazz Cultural Theater. What did we do, play
on Broadway in midtown? The bread was much better then. Everyone is so
tuned out now, just playing with gadgets, blathering into cell phones,
or with earbuds in. A  real drag. Tghat's why i do it, to show an
alternative......
I heard Yaged recently. Still a legendary pain in the ass, and still
one of the most melodic, swinging clarinet players alive. At around 85
I figure he learned to play from the original ten commandment
tablets..... Britta is supposed to play a few with us at Smalls.

Thanks for reminding me.  I haven't seen Burt much lately.  He came by the
house one night about a month ago with my friend Carol Leven.  They were on
their way to a rehearsal in Brooklyn.
Burt and I played together a lot in the 90s (when I was actually getting
some gigs).  Now I've cut back to a trio for the few gigs I get. The money's
been so short on most gigs that going in with a quartet just doesn't make
sense anymore, and I've really come to love playing with just bass and drums
anyway.
I recorded Burt's CD "Ecology" here in my little basement studio.http://cdbaby.com/cd/burteckoff(for those interested).  And he also
recorded a CD with a singer Kelly Bedwell herehttp://cdbaby.com/cd/bedwell.
As far as Sol goes, still the same.  Amazing that he's still doing it at 85
(his birthday was back in November).  He called me for a gig last Friday,
but it was way up in Tuckahoe early on a Friday night and the bread was
short (no suprise there).  I turned it down though (I think he was pissed).
By the time you get done with the traffic and everything else, coming from
Brooklyn that becomes an 8-9 hour gig.  I always enjoyed playing with Sol
though, as long is it stayed about the music (and you know with Sol there
could be a lot of other factors).
Tell Britta I said hello.
BTW: We played together on Broadway (or was it 7th Avenue) over by Penn
Station or Madison Square Garden (must have been about 1983 or 84?)
Musically Yours,
Rick Stone
website:http://www.rickstone.com
Visit me on MySpace at:http://www.myspace.com/rickstonemusic
Check out my Electronic Press-Kit online at:http://www.sonicbids.com/rickstone
Check out my recordings athttp://www.cdbaby.com/all/jazzand
Watch my videos on YouTube at:http://www.youtube.com/user/jazzand

I just did a gig last night with a pianist who told me a story about
Sol booking a gig in Chicago at a club, and getting two guys from NY
as sidemen, and telling them it paid $500.
They agreed to do it, but didn't realize that they had to pay their
own way to Chicago, and pay for hotel accommodations!
They took Greyhounds all the way from NY, and when they played the
gig, the owner gave them the check for the gig, because Sol wasn't
around at the time.
The check was for $10,000!
They confronted Sol, and got him pay for their bus fare and hotel room.

[f***@yahoo.com]

Post by van

Post by f***@yahoo.com
Rick. Thanks. I've been talking to Eckoff lately---speaking of
underappreciated musicians (he way more than me---been out there since
the 60s and worked with a lot of bad MFs). I remember playing with you
when I was living at the Jazz Cultural Theater. What did we do, play
on Broadway in midtown? The bread was much better then. Everyone is so
tuned out now, just playing with gadgets, blathering into cell phones,
or with earbuds in. A  real drag. Tghat's why i do it, to show an
alternative......
I heard Yaged recently. Still a legendary pain in the ass, and still
one of the most melodic, swinging clarinet players alive. At around 85
I figure he learned to play from the original ten commandment
tablets..... Britta is supposed to play a few with us at Smalls.

Thanks for reminding me.  I haven't seen Burt much lately.  He came by the
house one night about a month ago with my friend Carol Leven.  They were on
their way to a rehearsal in Brooklyn.
Burt and I played together a lot in the 90s (when I was actually getting
some gigs).  Now I've cut back to a trio for the few gigs I get. The money's
been so short on most gigs that going in with a quartet just doesn't make
sense anymore, and I've really come to love playing with just bass and drums
anyway.
I recorded Burt's CD "Ecology" here in my little basement studio.http://cdbaby.com/cd/burteckoff(forthose interested).  And he also
recorded a CD with a singer Kelly Bedwell herehttp://cdbaby.com/cd/bedwell.
As far as Sol goes, still the same.  Amazing that he's still doing it at 85
(his birthday was back in November).  He called me for a gig last Friday,
but it was way up in Tuckahoe early on a Friday night and the bread was
short (no suprise there).  I turned it down though (I think he was pissed).
By the time you get done with the traffic and everything else, coming from
Brooklyn that becomes an 8-9 hour gig.  I always enjoyed playing with Sol
though, as long is it stayed about the music (and you know with Sol there
could be a lot of other factors).
Tell Britta I said hello.
BTW: We played together on Broadway (or was it 7th Avenue) over by Penn
Station or Madison Square Garden (must have been about 1983 or 84?)
Musically Yours,
Rick Stone
website:http://www.rickstone.com
Visit me on MySpace at:http://www.myspace.com/rickstonemusic
Check out my Electronic Press-Kit online at:http://www.sonicbids.com/rickstone
Check out my recordings athttp://www.cdbaby.com/all/jazzand
Watch my videos on YouTube at:http://www.youtube.com/user/jazzand

I just did a gig last night with a pianist who told me a story about
Sol booking a gig in Chicago at a club, and getting two guys from NY
as sidemen, and telling them it paid $500.
They agreed to do it, but didn't realize that they had to pay their
own way to Chicago, and pay for hotel accommodations!
 They took Greyhounds all the way from NY, and when they played the
gig, the owner gave them the check for the gig, because Sol wasn't
around at the time.
  The check was for $10,000!
They confronted Sol, and got him pay for their bus fare and hotel room.

good for the bastard (; Nice guys finish first sometimes----when the
leader doesn't show up

[joel fass]

Post by f***@yahoo.com

Post by van

Post by f***@yahoo.com
Rick. Thanks. I've been talking to Eckoff lately---speaking of
underappreciated musicians (he way more than me---been out there since
the 60s and worked with a lot of bad MFs). I remember playing with you
when I was living at the Jazz Cultural Theater. What did we do, play
on Broadway in midtown? The bread was much better then. Everyone is so
tuned out now, just playing with gadgets, blathering into cell phones,
or with earbuds in. A real drag. Tghat's why i do it, to show an
alternative......
I heard Yaged recently. Still a legendary pain in the ass, and still
one of the most melodic, swinging clarinet players alive. At around 85
I figure he learned to play from the original ten commandment
tablets..... Britta is supposed to play a few with us at Smalls.

Thanks for reminding me. I haven't seen Burt much lately. He came by the
house one night about a month ago with my friend Carol Leven. They were on
their way to a rehearsal in Brooklyn.
Burt and I played together a lot in the 90s (when I was actually getting
some gigs). Now I've cut back to a trio for the few gigs I get. The money's
been so short on most gigs that going in with a quartet just doesn't make
sense anymore, and I've really come to love playing with just bass and drums
anyway.
I recorded Burt's CD "Ecology" here in my little basement studio.http://cdbaby.com/cd/burteckoff(forthose interested). And he also
recorded a CD with a singer Kelly Bedwell herehttp://cdbaby.com/cd/bedwell.
As far as Sol goes, still the same. Amazing that he's still doing it at 85
(his birthday was back in November). He called me for a gig last Friday,
but it was way up in Tuckahoe early on a Friday night and the bread was
short (no suprise there). I turned it down though (I think he was pissed).
By the time you get done with the traffic and everything else, coming from
Brooklyn that becomes an 8-9 hour gig. I always enjoyed playing with Sol
though, as long is it stayed about the music (and you know with Sol there
could be a lot of other factors).
Tell Britta I said hello.
BTW: We played together on Broadway (or was it 7th Avenue) over by Penn
Station or Madison Square Garden (must have been about 1983 or 84?)
Musically Yours,
Rick Stone
website:http://www.rickstone.com
Visit me on MySpace at:http://www.myspace.com/rickstonemusic
Check out my Electronic Press-Kit online at:http://www.sonicbids.com/rickstone
Check out my recordings athttp://www.cdbaby.com/all/jazzand
Watch my videos on YouTube at:http://www.youtube.com/user/jazzand

I just did a gig last night with a pianist who told me a story about
Sol booking a gig in Chicago at a club, and getting two guys from NY
as sidemen, and telling them it paid $500.
They agreed to do it, but didn't realize that they had to pay their
own way to Chicago, and pay for hotel accommodations!
They took Greyhounds all the way from NY, and when they played the
gig, the owner gave them the check for the gig, because Sol wasn't
around at the time.
The check was for $10,000!
They confronted Sol, and got him pay for their bus fare and hotel room.

good for the bastard (; Nice guys finish first sometimes----when the
leader doesn't show up

Wow, weird to see this again. Not for the props---I ain't that needy. But the stories were pretty funny about Sol---now gone, as is Rick Stone, who I knew from the earliest '80s. Very, very sad. ##### is, of course, Dick Onstenk---who I wish I was half as perspicacious as. This guy PLAYS Bird solos---not easy. Sorry we never met in person, he's a great guy. I never really left town that brief period in the Hague (which has some ace players, BTW---every instrument). OK. cats---like they say in the Army (which I was never in!) 'As you were'...

[Joe Finn]

Post by Rick Stone
And I don't know how tragic it is to be "busking" in NYC. I've seen MANY
great players in streets over the years. I'm sure that for some, it was
actually a pretty smart career move (more people here you on the street
than playing a crappy restaurant gig, and if you're smart about it, you
can make about the same bread). Stanley Jordan played on 48th street
regularly in the 80s. He used to have a friend who would work the crowd
and sell his self-produced album while he was playing. Vincent Herring
used to play with his group over by Rockefellar Center almost every day.
He logged a lot of playing time that way.

Joe Locke played on the street for years. That's how he paid his rent at the
time. ...joe

[Paul Sanwald]

I don't think there's anything tragic about busking, I think it's
cool. lots of musicians play in the subway and other places for tips,
some make a very good living at it and others just do it when they
don't have another gig.

--paul

[t***@gmail.com]

Post by Paul Sanwald
I don't think there's anything tragic about busking, I think it's
cool. lots of musicians play in the subway and other places for tips,
some make a very good living at it and others just do it when they
don't have another gig.
--paul

Ditto. If you can find a good spot, it's just as good as playing
anywhere else.

[Gerry]

Post by Paul Sanwald
I don't think there's anything tragic about busking, I think it's
cool. lots of musicians play in the subway and other places for tips,
some make a very good living at it and others just do it when they
don't have another gig.

I agree. It could be a nice way to simply work on your repertoire. If
you're going to be running through your tunes in your home, you might
as well take it out on the street. At a few points in my life I could
walk out of my apartment building and find myself standing in a
high-volume pedestrian traffic. That sure makes it easy.

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[esiegel]

I'd love to come by, I appreciate your attitude of making music and
presenting songs. But I'll be outta town. I have heard vanderlei a
bunch, even had a chance to play with him at a session, if I recall
correctly, at Mark Morganelli's.

E

Post by esiegel
I was walking down bleeker in the west village, when I heard some real
nice jazz guitar.  I saw a cat sitting on the sidewalk with a guitar
research big hollowbody and a little roland battery powered cube.  He
played beautifully and had is case open with a few buck in it.
It was bittersweet to see him there playing beautiful, self assured,
knowledgeable swinging solo guitar.  H wasn't getting much attention,
and I had a short chat with him.  Nice cat, but it sounds like things
are slow.  I checked out his soundclick page...
http://www.soundclick.com/bands/default.cfm?bandID=645953
Eric

 Guilty as charged. My name is Joel Fass.
 I'm playing Smalls May 29th, early (7:30 and 9) if you want more
punishment. Tim Givens on bass and cello (he plays the latter very
well, and I want to show him off), Vanderlai Pereira, drums (another
great talent, originally from Rio), and guest horns and singers. But
don't expect a guitar trio playing boring solos all night. I'll do
SOME boring solos (no emoticons in this cut-rate joint) but really
want to feature the material besides these guys. I like presenting
things, so call me a presenter---but call me. Also have been involved
with songwriting, words and music, and will be unveiling some new
songs for vocalists and instrumentals.
 I appreciate what you wrote. It verifies my belief that you achieve
nothing staying home and it's better to play on a street corner than
stay home and bitch. All kinds of people need live music in their
lives, and when you're doing it right all music is musical therapy.
 I found out about this post BTW from a guitarist from Flagstaff who
wrote me just now.

[m***@hotmail.com]

 I appreciate what you wrote. It verifies my belief that you achieve
nothing staying home and it's better to play on a street corner than
stay home and bitch. All kinds of people need live music in their
lives, and when you're doing it right all music is musical therapy.

Yeah man, it just proves the old saying "if you weren't there then you
couldn't be here now".

Regards,

www.markkleinhaut.com