well-weathered music

Man, that was a bizarre & fun gig last night (Dance Rocks, Career Transition for Dancers gala). I actually got to play a little longer, and Kathleen Marshall (of TV & B’way) gave me a nice little plug on stage. But otherwise I spent the evening back stage, shoulder to shoulder with the likes of Tommy Tune (he is very tall), Bebe Neuwirth (she is very elegant), Melissa Manchester (big hair, lovely voice), and Ben Vareen (also very elegant). I felt like the new music police were going to come and take away my experimental music license. But that’s a 20th century way of thinking. Here in the 21st c. the boundaries between styles are more translucent (sometimes even imaginary). There was an awesome, very hip, tap dancer on the show I hope to keep in touch with; Jason Samuels Smith. His warm-up sounded very much like south Indian drumming rhythms. Talk about translucent styles.

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