Can’t wait till January when Caroline Davis and I will team up again with a great band and present a weekend at the Jazz Showcase of some great tunes composed by alto saxophonist , Gigi Gryce ! He wrote so many wonderful pieces and recorded some of them with Kenny Dorham , Art Farmer, Donald Byrd, Richard Wyands, Mickey Roker and Art Taylor to name a few.

Playing with us are; Rob Clearfield – piano. Dennis Carroll – bass and from NYC , Jay Sawyer – drums. Come on down to the Showcase and get an earful !!

We had such a wonderful time in Posnan Poland playing for an enthusiastic audience at the ” Made in Chicago ” jazz fest. Thanks to Andrzej Hajdasz for the great pictures !

Join us for some good old love songs on Sunday, Feb. 14th at the Roger’s Park Social. 8:00 – 11:00 . No cover !

Valley of the Dolls ! Janet Planet, Juli Wood, Kim Zick and Connie Grauer.

I had such a good time playing at a wonderful venue for music which is actually a coffee shop and bicycle shop. Was joined by two great musicians – John Sims on bass and Mike Schlick on drums.

We had a great first night at the Jazz Showcase ! Come catch us for the rest of the weekend. Natalies Wood Plays Roland Kirk !