My public applause and thanks to board member Gordon for his hospitality and company during my visit to NYC.
We sessioned long and hard that night, well into the evening…er, morning.
Any of you get to the city, you should make the time to find Gordon. He’s a fine player with terrific stories and a great deal of energy!
Gordon, I hope you enjoyed the few moments with my Hudson-Pratten. I wished you got to play it more! But the look on Isaac’s face when I played it with the Eb head was precious! Then his look after he played a few on it. Too much!
I hope we can do it again!
I wanted to add that I visited with three Rudalls at the Metropolitan Museum while I was there and have great photos and detailed information I’ll be posting to my website soon, so keep an eye!
Ah, Dave, thanks for your kind words! I had a great time myself, willingly dragged back into the local sessions I’ve successfully avoided, lo these past years! Wonderful time. I must confess, though, Dave stayed much later into the morning than I did..
If anyone ever gets the chance to hear Dave play in person, you’ll be truly quite amazed; phenomenal player. Oh, and that Pratten! Man, what a nice sound!
Yes, I do wish I’d spent more time with it, myself, but hearing you play it was reward enough. As for Isaac, I think you’ve got a customer in the near future for an Eb; I didn’t think he was going to ever put your flute down!
Again, great meeting you in person, and hope you had a great time in your ol’ home town; we set up some nice weather for you, for a change, and let you watch the Yanks beat the Mets, night after night…
All the best,
Gordon
I thought of you, too, Jim!
Guess schedules wouldn’t allow. I wanted to catch a few tunes with Tony DiMarco, but as luck would have it, he was in Denver for a CD release party of flute player Crystel Rice out here! I’ve not heard it, but understand it’s good. She plays a Prowse 7 key that I restored a year or so ago. It suits her to a T