November 29th:

I just got back last week from a few weeks in Europe, travelling around by myself, and playing with different musicians in Amsterdam, Berlin, and Vienna, as well as two solo concerts in Poznan and Warsaw, Poland.  It was an incredible experience on many levels…..friends in Chicago keep asking me how it was, and I think the easiest way to answer that is by listing some of the folks I played with, saw play, and hung out with….

MUSICIANS I PLAYED WITH:
John Dikeman (saxophone), Jasper Stadhouders (guitar), Terrie Ex (guitar), Onno Govaert (drums), Wolter Wierbos (trombone), Rozemarie Heggen (bass), Michael Vatcher (drums), Adam Simmons (reeds), Clayton Thomas (bass), Steve Heather (drums), Toby Delius (reeds), Mike Majkowski (bass), Michael Zerang (drums), Christof Kurzmann (electronics), Franz Hautzinger (trumpet), DD Kern (drums), Martin Brandylmayr (drums), Burkhard Stangl (guitar), Wolfgang Reijsenger (drums), and many more!!

MUSICIANS I SAW PLAY
Mats Gustaffson, Ingebrigt Haker Flaten, Paal Nilssen-Love, Paul Lovens, Toby Delius, Joost Buis, Oscar Van Hoagland, Ab Baars, Martin Van Duynhoven, Wilbert De Joode, Fay Victor, Vincent Chancey, Anthea Caddy, Marco Eneidi, Sabu Toyozumi

MUSICIANS I HUNG OUT WITH
Sean Bergin, Tristan Honsiger

MUSEUMS I VISITED
Jewish Historical Musem (Amsterdam), Jewish Museum (Berlin), Hamburgerhof Museum (Berlin), Modern Art Museum (Vienna), Leopold Museum (Vienna)

Sound like fun?? It was!!  Check out some well-shot video footage from the first concert with Cactus Truck and special guest Terrie Ex from De Kreun in Kortrijk, Belgium here and here.