Carl Allen / Rodney Whitaker on tour

[Lazaro Vega]

House party.

Thanks to everyone who joined on line.

For those of you who missed last night's live broadcast we'll be re-airing the program this Saturday morning from about 8:45 to 9:55 during Jazz a la Carte. Our Saturday morning jazz program starts at 7 a.m. and runs up to The Writer's Almanac at 9:55, then "Piano Jazz" at 10 a.m. So the Allen-Whitaker Project airs in the hour before "Piano Jazz." www.bluelake.org

[Dan Gould]

House party.

Thanks to everyone who joined on line.

For those of you who missed last night's live broadcast we'll be re-airing the program this Saturday morning from about 8:45 to 9:55 during Jazz a la Carte. Our Saturday morning jazz program starts at 7 a.m. and runs up to The Writer's Almanac at 9:55, then "Piano Jazz" at 10 a.m. So the Allen-Whitaker Project airs in the hour before "Piano Jazz." www.bluelake.org

Is that 9 AM eastern time?

[Chuck Nessa]

House party.

Thanks to everyone who joined on line.

For those of you who missed last night's live broadcast we'll be re-airing the program this Saturday morning from about 8:45 to 9:55 during Jazz a la Carte. Our Saturday morning jazz program starts at 7 a.m. and runs up to The Writer's Almanac at 9:55, then "Piano Jazz" at 10 a.m. So the Allen-Whitaker Project airs in the hour before "Piano Jazz." www.bluelake.org

Is that 9 AM eastern time?

We are on eastern time here.

[Lazaro Vega]

Yup -- Detroit fought like crazy to be in the same time zone as New York. The re-broadcast will start a little before 9 a.m. though. Dan, Wess walked in the door as the first tune was under way which is why he wasn't mentioned in the first intro.

[Dan Gould]

Thanks.

[Joe G]

Thanks everybody, for the compliments. This has been a very fun week, and also quite the learning experience!

[Chuck Nessa]

Thanks everybody, for the compliments. This has been a very fun week, and also quite the learning experience!

So now you're going to show up a couple of choruses into the first tune?

[Joe G]

Thanks everybody, for the compliments. This has been a very fun week, and also quite the learning experience!

So now you're going to show up a couple of choruses into the first tune?

It's the new "right on time."

[Chuck Nessa]

Thanks everybody, for the compliments. This has been a very fun week, and also quite the learning experience!

So now you're going to show up a couple of choruses into the first tune?

It's the new "right on time."

I'm sure you know Jim reads this board occasionally. -_-

[Jim Alfredson]

Moi?

[Chuck Nessa]

Moi?

Nah, not you.

[LWayne]

Getting back to the topic, I caught Rodney Whitaker and Carl Allen at Night town in Cleveland last night. They mostly played selections from their new Mack Avenue CD "Get Ready". Standout tracks included their live version of the title track, "Inner City Blues", "La Shea's Walk", and the lovely ballad "A Heart Enflamed, A Soul Enchanted" composed by Rodney Whitaker for his wife.

The quintet included Diego Rivera on soprano and tenor saxes, Mike Jelec on Piano, Whitaker on Bass and Allen on Drums. I did not catch the name of the guitar player.

It was a fun concert as both Whitaker and Allen spent a lot of time interacting with the audience.

LWayne

[Joe G]

Why, I oughtta!

[Lazaro Vega]

As they said in the live broadcast that arrangement of "Get Ready" was by Diego (and Sunny Wilkenson).