Just a hello and update

jazzbo · #1 06-30-2006, 03:46 PM

Hey everybody,

I haven't been around much, and I just thought I'd swing by to let everybody know that I've been thinking about them, and certainly haven't forgotten this place.

I'm applying to graduate schools in the fall. I'm going for my PsyD (clinical doctorate of psychology). So, I've been incredibly busy lately. In addition to my "day job", I've been in school full time. I've finished my degree, but I'm completing extra courses to make myself more attractive to the programs, and for my personal edification. In addition, I'm doing clinical work. I just completed a stint at one local organization, and have since moved to another that expands my duties and supervision. Plus, I'm working at a lab at school as a research assistant, and am TAing for a couple of instructors. So, I've been busy. It's an incredibly exciting time for me. I'm really looking forward to the challenge of the doctoral program.

I don't play much right now. At least, I don't play daily. I was playing a little DB today thinking how much I miss being in a band. But, we all make decisions, and right now, getting into graduate school is my focus, and I'm comfortable with that. During the summer, I have more time to play and get together with a little quartet. 3 other guys that have other projects, so don't mind getting together on occasion. I still adore the BG, but don't really get much from the BG side of the boards here. They just bore me.

So, how's everyone else? What is everybody up to???

Aaron Saunders · #2 06-30-2006, 04:47 PM

Hey man, good to see you around here. I'm going to Humber College next fall (joining TB'er Scott McC, who I gather is going into second year?). I was waitlisted for a while and I almost ended up going to Queen's University next year for psychology

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Good luck with grad school and the quartet. Sounds like you're really doing well for yourself

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mpm · #3 07-01-2006, 11:38 AM

Jazzbo, it was grad school stress that got me into DB in the first place! Oh, just wait til you get to "Dissertation", you wanna talk stress...but hey, all in all, it's worth it.

Mike

Ed Fuqua · #4 07-05-2006, 11:55 AM

Always good to hear from you. Type when you can.

Paul Warburton · #5 07-06-2006, 06:51 AM

Hey Man, wondered what happened to you. Glad to hear you're doing good....
Hang in and keep in touch.

jazzbo · #6 07-06-2006, 03:37 PM

Thanks everyone! I'm playing more now that it's summer, and I play with a little quartet. We're going to do a couple of shows at local retirement centers or hospices for fun. I need a set list. I've got SATIN DOLL, (a tune I just love to open with, and I don't know why), JORDU, BLACK ORPHEUS, DJANGO, FOUR ON SIX, ST. THOMAS, RECORDAME, FOOTPRINTS, and SO NICE.

Any suggestions?

**Chris Fitzgerald** · #7 07-06-2006, 05:09 PM

Adam - Hello from the Aebersold camps! Your set list looks fine. Thought I'd let you know that the wall hanging you sent me years ago now hangs right behind the piano bench in my office, where it gets rave reviews every time somebody comes into the office for the first time. Good to hear you're doing well.

Aaron Saunders · #8 07-06-2006, 10:43 PM

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Originally Posted by jazzbo

Thanks everyone! I'm playing more now that it's summer, and I play with a little quartet. We're going to do a couple of shows at local retirement centers or hospices for fun. I need a set list. I've got SATIN DOLL, (a tune I just love to open with, and I don't know why), JORDU, BLACK ORPHEUS, DJANGO, FOUR ON SIX, ST. THOMAS, RECORDAME, FOOTPRINTS, and SO NICE.

Any suggestions?

Sure man -- Embraceable You, Sweet Lorraine, Straighten Up and Fly Right (Nat fan -- can you tell?) are all great tunes. Also...How Insensitive (Insensatez) and the Girl from Ipanema are great bossas. All The Things You Are, Perido, Salt Peanuts, Rhythm-A-Ning, Billie's Bounce. If you're ambitious and have a gratuitous tenor player, there's always Giant Steps. Any of the modal stuff, RE: Kind of Blue (So What, All Blues.) Maybe a Mingus tune or two (though these get hard) -- my reccomendation is Goodbye Pork Pie Hat, mostly because I LOVE that song and it's one of the easier ones to play.

Then again, there's also Nature Boy (Nat!) and My One and Only Love. How High the Moon, Have You Met Miss Jones?, All or Nothing At All, East of the Sun (West of the Moon), 'Deed I Do, Cry Me a River, Blue Bossa.

I could go on for a while, but this should do for a while

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EDIT: Oh! Stella By Starlight. Route 66, Epistrophy, Blue Monk. Falling Grace, Fly Me To The Moon (In Other Words,) Fever, My Heart Belongs to Daddy, I Can't Give You Anything But Love, Skylark, Get Happy.