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  Date / Time: 8/6/2009 1:01 AM UTC

  The Terry Disley "Big" Experience
  

  

  As some of you may recall, last week I got a call from Terry Disley during my radio show (Women & Legends Who REALLY Rock!) right before Larry Batiste came on and he invited us all to his show on Tuesday 8/4 at Yoshi’s SF. So being that I had a night off, I went with my pal and P&JAMM colleague Lisa Baty! It was a treat, saying hello to Terry and two amazing musicians that are also on my album (Marquinho Brasil producer and percussion and Mads Tolling on violin) and it really was a wonderful experience to see the show with someone whose enthusiasm was so grand and who showed such an appreciation for the joy that is great music! And it was great music! Of course there was! This was the BIG Experience!
  Terry Disley himself on - piano & keyboards
  Erik Jekabson - trumpet
  Sheldon Brown - saxes & clarinet
  Dan Feiszli - bass
  Tommy Bradford - drums
  Marquinho Brasil - percussion
  And special guests Mads Tolling (violin) and Lorn Leber (guitar)!
  
  Except for the fact, that there were 2 couples at table #45 to my left that showed no respect or appreciation for Terry and his band, as they kept talking loudly throughout half the show until I finally had to tell them to be quiet (not what I REALLY wanted to say but I wanted to keep it g-rated for the sake of my guest)…it was quite a lovely way to spend the evening sipping wine and just getting lost in the melodies and notes. One moment, I couldn’t sit still in my chair as I Iistened to a favorite called “Old & Funky” the next moment the sound of the flugelhorn brought tears to my eye.
  
  But THE best part of the evening for me was when Lisa turned and said she couldn’t get one of my PB&JAMM music appreciation lessons out of her mind. The one where I ask each of the children “how does the song make you feel?”. She said Terry’s song, The “Thrill of the Chase” made her feel as if she was running barefoot through a summer rain. Hmm, so it’s not just the children that are learning some listening skills in our Peanut Butter & JAMMusic Sessions for Kids:o)
  
  As for Terry, I think he has a new lifelong fan in Lisa and together we plan to bring our little PBJAMMers to a Yoshi’s matinee before year’s end and if we’re lucky we’ll make it to Terry Disley’s show called the “Jazzcracker” on December 23rd!
  
  But in order to do that we need your help & support for peanut butter & jammusic sessions for kids! “It takes a village” to support & nurture PB&JAMMusic Sessions for Kids whose mission it is to inspire children from all walks of life and flavors to explore the world of music and to open the doors to a child’s portal for imaginative and creative thinking! I can sit here all day and talk about it…but really sometimes it’s the pictures, videos and the website Our website is http://www.pbjamm.org …so please do take a look around and perhaps you’ll be inspired to donate a little bit!
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