Wishing you a safe, warm and love-filled season along with blessings for an especially enlightening and peaceful 2024!!!!
Here I am on bells with bell leader, Lyba Spring rehearsing with Rick Lazar's Samba Squad Nov 2022 with Raul Abreu Piñeda soloing (timbales) and Norm Jones holding it down on Surdo with glimpses of Steve Blue on Caixa, and the late Esteban Moreno Rodriguez on güira. Rest peacefully dear Esteban.
"Jump!" on the streets, with Rick Lazar's Samba Squad with Elena Rawlins Richards (vocals), Raul Abreu Piñeda (soloing on timbales), Maria Romios and Norm Jones holding it down on surdo and with the late Esteban Moreno Rodriguez on güira. Rest peacefully dear Esteban.
CD Released 2009 "Thank you, Merci" a dedication to the musicians of New Orleans (recorded 2007 and 2008) and promoting this recording at the Vancouver Jazz Festival for 3 years.
CD Cover, hair by Afro Hair Studio (Vancouver), and clothing bought from Ballet Creole (Toronto) in preparation for one of their ballets (accompanying with vocal harmonies).
2 songs from the CD are at this iTUNES link; this link also includes a single release entitled "Reach Out To Me" (Bacharach and David) which can also be heard in the video below (photos by Douglas Beder of West Coast nature); musicians listed in video