The View from the Bottom
Hello, All,
The first CASH Back CD, A Tribute to the Man in Black, is now available through iTunes and CD Baby. . . check them out and write us a review!
Also, since people have been asking, Sara and I are registered at Amazon.com and Target. I’m looking forward to seeing many of my friends and family soon!
Sara and I will be getting married in two weeks! Thank you to all for the words of congratulations and encouragement; we are both very excited! I’ll make sure to get a wedding picture or two up here after the ceremony. . . For now, here is one of my favorite shots of us:
Sara and T. J. at the Lilac Festival
I’m in the middle of a good bit of driving right now. . . I played an all John Williams concert with the Springfield Symphony Orchestra in Ohio on Sunday and I did the first of four patriotic shows with the Syracuse Symphony Orchestra yesterday! We’re in Watertown, NY tonight, Auburn, NY tomorrow and at the State Fairgrounds in Syracuse on the 4th of July! Check out the concert series here (I’ll also be with the Syracuse Symphony Brass Quintet on the 7th and 10th)
Daniel Hege and the SSO
Hello, All!
Sorry for the hiatus between posts, I’ve been recovering from pneumonia since the CASH Back tour to Ohio. . . Speaking of the CASH Back tour, we had a great time! The first night in Piqua we played for over 350 people! Crowds were smaller after that, but no less enthusiastic! We sold our first couple of dozen CDs and I hope, someday, to not have them piled up in my basement. . . They should be available on CDBaby, iTunes, and Amazon downloads with a week or two, I’ll keep you posted.
The Rochester International Jazz Fest is upon us once again! I played last Friday night with the Dave Rivello Ensemble in the “big tent.” The show went great – plenty of people there, we premiered a new tune, and the crowd seemed to dig it.
Next up, we’ve got a CASH Back show over in the Southwedge in Star Alley, beside Lux Lounge tonight (Thursday): http://www.savorourflavor.com/Events.htm
Tomorrow, the Po’ Boys Brass Band will be hitting the Gibbs Street free stage as part of the Jazz Fest at 7 and 9 PM
a new publicity photo
CASH Back will be on tour in Ohio Thursday June 3rd-Saturday June 5th. Click on CASH Back above for more information about the band!
Perhaps even more exciting; it looks like we’ll be able to bring our new CD with us! CASH Back: A Tribute to the Man in Black will feature songs covering the past six decades, duets with Sara, and even tunes from Bob Marley and Sting!
I let you all know when I finished up with my degree program, but now it is official. . . I have my doctorate in hand! Below is a picture of me playing contrabass trombone at the Eastman School of Music Graduation in full doctoral regalia:
Contrabass Trombone
For anyone who has seen CASH Back yet, here are a few more chances:
We’ll be playing this Sunday, May 16th at Abilene Bar and Lounge from 7-11 PM. Abilene is located at 153 Liberty Pole Way in Rochester.
For those of you who have followed us on the web, but haven’t gotten to see us live, we are coming down to Ohio in early June. Right now, shows are confirmed in Dayton on June 3rd and Woodsfield on June 5th. Mark your calendars and stay tuned for more info!
The Sunday show is in tribute not only to Johnny Cash (of course), but also to the graduates of the Eastman School of Music. ESM graduation is earlier that day and we hope that this will be a great event for families. . . Each member of CASH back holds at least a Master’s degree in music from the Eastman School. I will be playing my first gig as Dr. T. J. Huzzah!
Allan
Well, it is done. As of noon on Monday, April 5th, I have successfully completed my Doctor of Musical Arts degree program! I am the only doctoral student Don Harry has ever had (at the Eastman School or Julliard) and am the first person to receive a tuba DMA from the Eastman School in the new millennium – in fact, I am only the ninth person to recieve a DMA in Tuba in the history of the Eastman School!
Life is really rolling along for me right now: I’ve finished the doctorate, I’ll get married this summer, we’re releasing a CASH Back album soon, both the Dave Rivello Ensemble and the Po’ Boys have been invited back to the Xerox/Rochester International Jazz Festival, and I’m the head judge for the quartet competition at the upcoming International Tuba and Euphonium Conference!
CASH Back had a great time in the studio over the past weekend. We managed to lay down 21 solid tracks. . . now comes the hard part: deciding which ones get on the album and which ones don’t.
CASH Back n the Studio