I Saw a Robin this Morning
music by Joe Negri
lyric by Loonis McGloohan
Well, it looks as though spring has finally sprung. There are buds on the shrubs and the grass is getting greener with each passing day and the birds are singing outside my back door. It's been a long but busy few months. We have been a part of several nice musical events and have some nice musical memories.
We were in Butler, Pa. in February appearing with Betsy Heath Charles and her terrific Butler Symphony Orchestra. Tom Wendt, Brian Stahurski and I were the featured performers. Great crowd, great show.
We managed to get in a few days of R & R in Estero Florida in February. While we were there we did a Guitar Clinic/ Master Class for Denny Scott at his Naples Park Music Store in Naples Fla. Nice turn out. It was good to meet some of South Florida's jazz guitar community.
Old friend and guitarist extraordinaire Jimmy Bruno made a brief visit to Duquesne U. We had a chance to work a little "gig" together @ CMU's Underground Café. Jim's a great player and a fun guy to hang with.
My quartet (Max Leake on piano, Tom Wendt on drums and young Tony Depaolis on bass) did the inaugural Jazz concert at the Carnegie-Carnegie in Carnegie Pa. A sell out crowd was there and we raised a tidy sum that will go to help restore the magnificently near- acoustically perfect music hall.
Finally, one of the highlights of the past few months came to fruition last night on WDUQ FM radio. Titled "Joe Negri Presents", this two part series on the History of the Guitar was produced by DUQ's Mark Yacovone and follows the story of the Jazz Guitar from it's early beginnings in the 1920's up to today. The two programs will air this month as part of "Jazz Appreciation Month". The Spring semester's are coming to a close at Pitt, Duquesne and CMU. Looking forward to a little time off. Until later take care and be sure to visit the web site calendar and other highlights. We will try to keep the site updated as much as we possibly can.
Joe Negri
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