Only back one day but already feeling like a real New Yorker once again.  The city workers started with the jackhammer right outside my window at 7am sharp!  A sign said our water would be turned off at 8:30am but it wasn’t.  We’ve lived in this loft for over 10 years and there has been construction around us or in the building for the entire decade.  Welcome home!

Last night we were guests of great guitarist, Robben Ford, for a show with him and Bill Evans at the Blue Note.  What fun!  Our dear friend (my bro’) Will Lee also played.  You may recognize him as the blond bass player that has been in the David Letterman band for the last 29 years.  Randy Brecker also played a couple of tunes.  

There were a lot of Japanese people working the club as well as a Japanese woman sitting next to me.  I got to try out my Japanese on them and they loved that.

Will Lee on bass and Robben Ford on guitar.

Will and me. One of my Japanese students, Miho, is the artist liason at the Blue Note in Osaka and she also knows Will and his wife, Sandrine. Small world...

Dave and Robben are dharma brothers from way back...and I'm the wife and dharma sister.

Randy Brecker, Mark Egan, Will Lee...these are all great NY players.

posted on Thursday, March 25th, 2010 at 5:31 am.