Kent Albinz Jazz Orkester

A breakaway unit from Luhrarne is Kent Albinz and the Mama's (one of our alternate names). Consisting of horn blowers Kent and Albin, and the Luhrarne rhythm section (Mark, Mattias, Mattias, and Martin). We could also be considered 'Luhrarne Lite' - the small group that plays light dinner music before we bring in the 26 member big-guns.

Here are some pics from the Geolusset dinner.

"Fixing" the bass player's g-string...

On stage, minus Kent, but plus Erika.

Mattias and Albin

Jake & Elwood, aka Martin och Mattias

Luhrarne

At Jazzomat, a new jazz club in town. We did a 2 hour saturday jazz gig, playing everything we knew, and then got encores. We've been invited back, which is nice, but need to work up some new songs. And start demanding better pay and conditions - a full 3 course meal and 2 beers, this time!



We play some of the real book standards (Autumn leaves, Watermelon Man, and have talked about Mercy Mercy Mercy and Chameleon), we do a ska/reggae version of Well You Needn't (hats off to the Monash Big Band crew with whom I first did that at the end of 2004). Some Benny Gohlson tunes, It Don't Mean a Thing..., Bluesette, and Ruskatoonies Macaroonies (swedish) are also in the bag.

And I only dropped a stick once during the concert, and not during a solo - a big achievement for me! I'm still not used to not using the club-like grip that we could use on the thick japanese drumsticks.

"Laaaaa"

Look carefully and you can see me poking out under Kent's armpit