From time to time, I operate in the non-jazz word (or as I like to call it, "the darkside" ;-). While I was in NY this was very rare for me. I did some touring with guitarist Tim Reynolds' trio, TR3 which, although he sang and they were pretty much rock tunes, was still kind of related to jazz in that there were long, open vamps where I had a lot of room for expression. I also played in singer/songwriter Howard Fishman's band for a while and play on his CD, 'Do What I Want' which is more sonically related to jazz with more brushes, although less exploratory than TR3. Then there was Pyeng Threadgill's r&b-infused, groovy folk music, and Amy Kohn's pop-cabaret-classical-jazz-not-quite-sure-what-you'd-call-it. Although some of these projects were ongoing, while in NY I played jazz 99% of the time.
However, in Iceland it's a whole other story. Continue reading »
