Social distancing is getting real during the Corona Virus outbreak but the artistic community is coming up with creative ideas for us all to remain connected via live streaming of all sorts of events. You're not alone when you can join friends and even strangers to listen to great music from the comfort of your home. That's why I'd like to invite you all to check out The Quarantine Sessions this Sunday, March 15 at 7 pm!  Our first concert is this Sunday, March 15 at 7 pm with Marina Albero on piano, Jeff Busch on drums, Dean Schmidt on bass, Jacqueline D. Tabor, Chava Mirel and me on vocals.   

So honored to be a part of a powerful collaboration with the amazing Marina Albero, Adriana Giordana, and Chava Mirel. Thank you, Abe Beeson and KNKX for this great article. https://www.knkx.org/post/northwest-musicians-creatively-cope-coronavirus-outbreak Successful musicians often need to be creative hustlers to make a living as artists. With the COVID-19 outbreak leading to increasing concert cancellations, those hustling skills are being put to a serious test. One musician, pianist Marina Albero, is experimenting with a new way for musicians to connect with their audience — virtually. 

Albero will host a live streaming concert on Facebook at 7 p.m. this Sunday, March 15, in what she's calling The Quarantine Sessions. This effort was born of distress, Albero says. She had a performance in Seattle canceled last week due to the outbreak. Then, "I had a concert at a medical conference in Barcelona for 2,000 people canceled, that's when the survival instinct started working."

The legendary  Jim Wilke of KNKX broadcast of the Billie Holiday Tribute I had the honor performing is now available on a podcast, iTunes and Spotify

https://www.knkx.org/post/billie-holiday-tribute-concert-jazz-northwest 

I have had the honor of working with this tremendous orchestra now for the third time and I will say I am proud of this performance and the work it took to create it.

The iconic American singer Billie Holiday is subject to tribute concerts by the Seattle Repertory Jazz Orchestra and guest vocalist Jacqueline Tabor performed at Kirkland performance Center and Benaroya Hall in Seattle. 

 Review/JazzdaGama review by Raul de Gama      

If you are surprised by this impressive recording by Jacqueline Tabor you would not be alone. Miss Tabor has been away from the performance, focused on raising a family for a considerable length of time. Then she returned to the scene with a series of accomplished albums and this path returned her to music once again. But with The Lady in the Gown, she appears to have raised the bar on her performances somewhat higher than before, to write a new musical chapter in her life once again.

Glad to be back in one of the premier haunted hotels in the town Hotel Sorrento with Cole Schuster on Guitar and Greg Feingold on Bass https://www.hotelsorrento.com/

Thursday, April 17th at the Palace Theater and Art Bar located in the heart of SODO is a new venue who is supporting Jazz in Seattle. I am going to pay tribute to the legendary Bessie Smtih with Eric Verlinde on piano and Osama Afifi on Bass https://www.palaceartbar.com/