NEXT TOUR TO FOLLOW

Sorry dudes,my end of the Mike's tour it was hard,i had no time for new post,sorry!!!
By the way,i've been engaged for the summer tour of Yellow Jackets with Mike Stern special guest,starting 4 me the 10 of July in Rome,my home town. For the complete schedule as usual you can visit EMMECI.BIZ, the web site of the booking agency. Please leave a message in this blog so i can see if some of you 'r going to follow the tour,the only reason 4 me to spend time doing this!! Tanx Paolo

One long week

The last post was from Stockolm,7 days ago, beleive it or not,is the first time i can write on this blog,and i'm doing it from the bus, going from Minden to Szczecin in Poland. The last week was mainly based on two very important gig,Prague at Lucerna and Paris in New Morning, in the between 2 more gig in Czech Republic,Plzen and Ostrava. But let's go back to Praha, we all love this gig!! The promoter,Michael, is a drummer himself, that's mean that he know what a band need when is on the road, and Lucerna is a great club,it was around 500 people, but you can fill up to 1200 people, not bad 4 a club!!! And the audience...forget about it! they are really in to the music ,so the band can feel it , a great audience can make the difference,of course the band prefere play in front a loat of people involved in the gig,with beautiful girls,clapping hand etc,that other club with people sitting at the dinner table,having a mineral water no gas,please,and so on. Anyway,after Prague and other czech gig it was Paris,friday 16. As usual it was sold out and they filmed for a DVD live in the New Morning, for the 2'time,the 1 it was with Dennis Chambers and Richard Bona.
For Paris same thing like Prague,good audience great gig,i think more ore less 450 people,very good, but we had to live right after the concert to Minden,in Germany, so, pas de nuit in Paris,mon ami, no hang out in the nite in town,that's lifeAfter Minden,well known club,the band played in Szczecin,Poland, small club, people very friendly,more "amateur" way than pro,but cool atmosphere. Tomorrow Instambul,for 2 days,then Germany,Den Haag and Berger in Norway. At the next post,hope ya soon,Paolo

STOCKHOLM,at the Fasching

Good,finally we've arrived at the Fasching jazzclubb,it's like be at home. Personally the first time with Mike here it was 4 me not so funny,it was something wrong in the electrical situation(my fault) and the SPX9o that Mike use smoked a littlle bit!!! nothing serious, it still work, but for a wile i was know in this club like Smoky Paolo,and this was in 1989 or something like that.
Anyway,we'r here also tonite 4 the second gig, we also will have radio recording and it's all good! The Nobel foundation here call me to announce that Mike it'r running 4 the Nobel prize. No, not 4 the music, is one of the favourite for the Best CD selling at the gig of the Year!!! So, after the long back and forth in Scandinavia tomorrow we'll go to Prague, at Luzerna music bar,one of the best club in Europe,starting 3 gig in Czech Republic. The band as usual sound amazing, Dave is,as you know great, but may be you don't know thas he's using his personal digital mixer ,it make it all easy 4 the sound, he just send a left-right signal to the mixing board,all the drum into only 2 channel perfectly balanced!! Good job, it' a pro also in the sound, very very good.
That's all, it's time to go to work,c u at next,Peace 4 all

Sweden and Norway

Hi friends, this is a very hard week,2 days ago Malmoe,yesterday at Nefertiti,Goteborg, and right after the gig on the way to Trondheim,Norway, 13 hours in the bus. This picture is a moment of the amazing road in Norway, really beautiful!! Also tonite we'll live just after the concert to Stockolm,it will be 2 nite at Fashing Jazzclubb. Think about it,please, when somebody says that stay on the road is not a hard work, i'm already tired,and imagine the band that everynite plays with so much energy!! Maximum respect to them!
That's it 4 the moment,i hope be back tomorrow,P.

Mike Stern band tour in Europe spring 2008

Hello friends, i' m very lazy,we'r touring since the 27 april and only after 10 days i've the chance to post again. The band this time has Tom Kennedy on bass and Dave Weck on drums, Bob Franceschini tenor saxophone. Gig n.1 in Poland,Zielona Gora, then Tribhaus in Innsbruck,great as usual and sold out. Big hall a Basel at Stadtcasino and then Aschaffemburg, with our great friend Sabine with friends. The band then made sold out at Quasimodo in Berlin and from then is starting a very hard part whit almost every nite we leave after the gig to next place,Coutance in Normandie and then Vicenza in Italy th 4 of may. as you can see long distance,very few sleeping but the band sound everyday better. Tonite,after Koln we'r going to Malmoe,one week in Scandinavia with no one nite sleeping in hotel exept tomorrow, always travel overnite by bus. Good that we havw wi fi on the bus, almost only moment for me for rest and work at the computer.
Well,i''ll try to post again soon,mayby in Goteborg the 27. C U everybody,we 'r back on the blog.
Ciao,Paolo