A nice hotel downtown has been putting on a jazz series and lately they have been doing a tribute to Django Reinhardt. Django is a favorite of mine so I’ve been meaning to check it out. The guy I really wanted to see as part of this tribute series was Frank Vignola but I missed his shows. This other band, Harmonious Wail, was playing and Kirby said she would go with me. They are an interesting group from Wisconsin.
After some Thaitanic we headed to the hotel for the show. The Madison is a very nice hotel; recently renovated I think. The band was playing in the back of the restaurant. The band came on after we sat in our assigned seats and ordered a drink. The woman vocalist had a great voice. She played percussion on a Smirnoff box and mixed in some scat. One guy kept switching between guitar, mandolin, ukulele, and an acoustic four string. They also had another guitarist that played some good lead. A rhythm guitarist appeared to be on loan. The double bass player was pretty good and had some great moves as all stand up bass players should. They played their own folksy style of jazz but there were a few good gypsy jazz songs. I would have preferred more of the gypsy jazz but overall it was a good show.
It was nice to see Kirby for the first time since she came back from Colombia. She will be her usual self and pop in and out when she feels she has time.
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