Here’s Doug Carmichael and me playing Charlie Parker’s “My Little Suede Shoes” for Dry Land Distillers‘ First Wednesday Jazz:
Set List: BOLDERBoulder with Eric Ottem Jazz Unit, 5/27/2024
Set 1
- Bye Bye Blackbird
- Work Song
- Sandu
- My Shining Hour
- Killer Joe
- Cute
- The More I See You
- Mr. PC
- Four
- The Night Has A Thousand Eyes
- The Preacher
Set 2
- Samba de Orfeu
- Do Nothing ’til You Hear from Me (Bill Legg on vocals)
- Cantaloupe Island
- Another Place I’ll Never See Again
- Riki Loves Lulu
- On A Clear Day
- Fly Me to the Moon (Bill Legg on vocals)
Set 3
- Nutville
- Autumn Leaves (Guest on Vocals)
- If I Were A Bell
- Sunny
- Recordame
- Autumn Leaves
- Secret Love
- Nica’s Dream
- Gibraltar
Set List for Dry Land Distillers, May 1st 2024
a.k.a. “Vic plays all the ballads no one ever calls”
Set 1
- Questioning (Vic Dillahay) / Blue Room (Richard Rodgers & Lorenzo Hart)
- You Belong with Me (Taylor Swift & Liz Rose) /
I’ve Got a Crush On You (George Gershwin & Ira Gershwin) - Bad Guy (Billie Eilish)
- Waltz for Zizi (Yoko Kanno) / The Way (Tony Scalzo)
- On the Sunny Side of the Street (Jimmy McHugh but likely Fats Waller, Dorothy Fields)
- My Yoke is Heavy (Daniel Johnston) / Who Does She Hope to Be? (Sonny Sharrock)
- Oleo (Sonny Rollins) / Seven Come Eleven (Charlie Christian)
- Ain’t Misbehavin (Fats Waller, Harry Brook, & Andy Razaf)
- If It Be Your Will (Leonard Cohen)
Set 2
- Work Song (Nat Adderley)
- Laetitia’s Lost Chords (Vic Dillahay)
- Check Up (Ornette Coleman) / Somewhere Else Entirely (Vic Dillahay)
- My Funny Valentine (Richard Rodgers & Lorenzo Hart)
- Ricky Loves LuLu (Vic Dillahay)
- Thanatos at Eventide (Vic Dillahay)
- My One and Only Love (Guy Wood & Robert Mellin)
“My Father’s Eyes” on mandolin with Forever Man Unplugged
Here’s a bit of an Eric Clapton tune with me sitting in on mandolin. It’s from Forever Man Unplugged’s debut performance at the Louisville Underground:
Analogues of Infinity turns 10
My first Curious Automata release, Analogues of Infinity turns 10 today. It’s free on Bandcamp (and up on all the streaming sites) so give it a listen and try to figure out why the heck this is the most popular track:
Music at Dry Land Distillers, March-May 2024
Fearless leader of the Jazz Unit, trumpeter Eric Ottem, joins me in March. Nico Steffens (KoSnoCo himself!) is with me on baritone sax in April. I’ll play the rare solo gig in May, possibly with a special guest or two.
But that’s not all! Pianist Adam Bodine will be playing jazz and beyond on the 3rd Wednesday of each month. He’s a killer player with a unique sound that you definitely need to hear. And with a dj spinning themed vinyl on 4th Wednesdays your midweek blues are cured, at least through May…
New Logo
Ellis Island Day Samper 2023
Here’s a smattering of tracks from Curious Automata’s 2023 releases, including “Somewhere They’ll Find Our Pieces” off my album “What Was”. Richard Ellis has the other 5 tracks… that dude was busy.