My summer was packed! I spent all summer getting around Chicago to play at as many jam sessions as I could pack in. Hung out a lot at The Hungry Brain, Andy’s Jazz Club and Norman’s Bistro. I enjoyed playing with Jeremiah Collier at Some like it Black, a creative arts bar in the Kenwood/Oakland community. Thanks to Ernest Dawkins for introducing me to the Young Masters and asking me to sit in on a few occasions, part of the Chicago Night out in the Parks program. Had a big crowd and a sunny day back at the Deer Park Jazz Festival playing with my friend Francesca, on the keys as part of the Francesca Castro Quartet. One last thanks to Declan Stapleton at the Harp and Fiddle in Park Ridge, where my friend Megan Wilcox and played twice to a hometown crowd. I even got in some teaching and music directing for Carol Stephens at her Macaroni Soup Music Camp for children in first to fifth grades.
