Sunday 04/20/2025
Usual Sunday morning stuff. Also practiced music.
At 11:30, joined a lunch party organized by Betty and Jerry. As usual on big holidays, the lunch service was special. A table at the entry to the dining room offered salad plates and a puff pastry and glasses of wine. Our party of 6 was Betty and Jerry, Dean and Ellen, and me and Joanne. Very pleasant group. I had not interacted much with Dean or Ellen before; they are nice people.
Then a quiet afternoon until 5pm when Joanne and I met in the lobby and started our outing, walking to the train and off to the City. Waymo driverless cab to SFJazz for a concert by Hiromi. This was in part a disappointment. I’ve heard Hiromi multiple times before and enjoyed her extravagant crazy piano skills. But this time she had a trio of other musicians and they played very long complex pieces that had a lot of trumpet and drum sounds. They were extremely well rehearsed and played very complex music with great precision. But the trumpet seemed harsh and the drum too intrusive and there wasn’t enough Hiromi piano. Still it was OK, and we had a nice long chat on the train home.
Codgerville 