Jubilee, Web Site, and More!

Yay! The website is up! Laura Hohlwein did it, and it's just swell -- as you will have seen if you're here, probly. Thanks, Laura!

We began the first day of the Sacramento Jazz Jubilee with an "appearance" on KFBK's morning show. To hear the music/interview, and see some candid photos, check out http://www.kfbk.com/pages/KFBKMorningNews.html. It was great fun. I haven't seen Amy Lewis in a few years, and she's still stunning.

First couple of sets with Pieces of Us were pretty good, methinks. Firehouse Courtyard is becoming a favorite site at Jubilee, barring the Crest, I spose. Shady, intimate yet roomy, a little insulated, and great folks. The set there today went extremely well. The Delta King should have been splendid and perfect (it's a theater, after all), but it was so damn hot on the stage! Ohmigod. Thot the guys were going to have to be wheeled out. Get thee some fans! (Chuck tells me professional orchestras have union clocks and thermometers in their rehearsal halls. They may say it's to protect their oboes, not to mention their lips, but we know better.) The audience was comfortable, though, and we were introduced by my good friend Don Angel. That was a nice surprise. Overall, and considering the impending heat strokes, the set went pretty well. The audience was certainly nice about it.

We had incredible food from an Indonesian deli and the adjoining Laszlo's Smoked Salmon shop, near the Delta King on 1st Street. There was a dude playing "I Can See Clearly Now" on a Casio in the deli, and hearing him made it quite the perfect little experience. He had a variety of cuban drum beats going for awhile.

Sac Jazz Fest coming up!

I'm excited to be working with Pieces of Us, including Jerry Krahn, Chuck Bond and Bill Douglass, at the Sacramento Jazz Festival over Memorial Day weekend! Rumor has it, Jerry may have some guest artist spots as well.

Chuck Bond and I are hard at work mixing and producing the new CD for Parlor Jam, and we're hoping to have it ready by the Sac fest. In the meantime, I have a new CD available featuring yours truly on vocals and the fabulous ragtime pianist Mark Allin Jones. This CD features songs written from 1910 to 1920, all of which were performed by Sophie Tucker. If you like ragtime and excellent piano chops, you'll dig this CD. Produced by Craig Wright, who is also scheduling a Sophie Tucker show and festival next January. More details on that later!

Finally, Laura Hohlwein is doing a great job on the new website. Can't wait to see it all completed!

Where I've Been / Where I'll Be

BRADY MCKAY SHOW DATES

Date Event Location Time Group/Band




5/25 -5/28/07 Sacramento Jazz Jubilee Sacramento, CA schedule Pieces of Us &
Sacjazz.com Schedule: Saturday at noon, John Qs (Holiday Inn), 7:00 p.m. - Golden Eagle Theater (Old Sac); Sunday Sunday at 1:00 p.m. - Raley Field; 8:30 p.m. Convention Center area; Monday at 10:00 a.m. Convention Center area

5/30/07, with JUNKYARD BURLESQUE at TOAST in Granite Bay, 5550 Douglas Blvd.; 916-772-3900

6/7/07 7:00 to 9:30 p.m. TOAST in Granite Bay, 5550 Douglas Blvd. with JUNKYARD BURLESQUE; 916-772-3900

6/16/07 Concert in the Park Berthel Henschel Park 6:00 p.m. Big Band

6/22/07 Zigato’s Sacramento, CA 6:00 p.m. Jazz quartet

6/23/07 7:00 to 9:30 p.m. TOAST in Granite Bay with JUNKYARD BURLESQUE; 916-772-3900

6/24 Big Band in Lodi -- More information later.

6/30 TOAST in Granite Bay, 5550 Douglas Blvd., with JUNKYARD BURLESQUE; 916-772-3900

7/7 Wedding Private 7:00 p.m. Parlor Jam

9/12-26 Jazzdagen Cruise Alaska/Siberia/Japan; Pieter Meijers Quartet; jazzdagen.com

10/18 - 21 Swing-n-Dixie Jazz Jamb. Sun Valley Idaho; Pieter Meijers Quartet
Sunvalleyjazz.com

11/9-11 Arizona Classic Jazz Fest. Chandler, AZ; PIETER MEIJERS QUARTET; azclassicjazz.org

11/23-25 San Diego Jazz Fest. San Diego, CA; PIETER MEIJERS QUARTET
dixielandjazzfestival.org

11/26-12/01 Jazzdagen Cruise Mexican Riviera with PIETER MEIJERS QUARTET; jazzdagen.com

2/22-24 Oregon Jazz Jubilee Seaside, OR; Parlor Jam
jazzseaside.com