Greetings and Salutations!
”Joyful Noise” (from Zoho release “One Way/Detour”) Tom Kennedy: bass; Willard Dyson: drums; Bob Albanese: piano, composition
Welcome to my new website.
Come on in... hang up your coat and your hat, take your shoes off. As the song says, “Leave your worries on the doorstep”. Kick back and visit for a spell.
There’s plenty of stuff to chew on. Music, blogs, photos, prose, poetry, reviews, gig announcements, downloadable bio and press kit... maybe even some recipes down the road. My main bag is music, but as a wise man once said,
"The truth is, everyone is somebody already". -Herbie Hancock
UPCOMING GIGS:
Wed. April 13, 2011 with Ben Vereen at Health Corp benefit Chelsea Pier NYC 8:00 PM
Mon. April 18, 2011 Blue Note Highline Ballroom 431 W 16th St NYC Jazz benefit for Japan 7:00 PM
Tues. April 19, 2011 with Steve Slagle @ Whole Foods, Montclair, NJ
Sat. April 23 9-12 @ Puppets Jazz Bar, Brooklyn: The Bob Albanese trio with special guest TBA
May 1 in concert with Ben Vereen, Irvington NY
May 19 in concert with Ben Vereen, Manasquan NJ
June 4 in concert with Datevik Hovanesian, Teaneck, N.J.
June 13 in concert with Ben Vereen, Mac store upper west side Manhattan
JUNE 25 3-7 PM @ MOSIAC SKATEBOARD GALLERY 1 Riverdale Ave Bronx, NY: JAZZ MEETS SKATE BOARDING JAM FEATURING JAIME “PUPPETHEAD” AFF and the Bob Albanese trio, with special guests
July 8-15 ESPY AWARDS Los Angeles
Regattabar, in Charles Hotel, Cambridge, MA address
One Bennett Street, Cambridge, MA 02138 • 617.661.5000
August 17, 24, 31 Devoe St. Baptist Church Service 140 Devoe st. Brooklyn, 11211
September 8 KITANO with Bob Mover Quartet Shows 8 & 10 Park Ave @ 38th St NYC
EVERY TUESDAY STARTING IN SEPTEMBER “SING FOR FUN SESSION” @
Mosaic Skate Shop and Gallery
1 Riverdale Ave Suite 6, Bronx, NY 10463
Call for details: 646-228-4258 or go to our website:
www.singforfun.org
October 19-23 Ben Vereen Tour, Toronto/New Jersey
www.benvereen.com
November:
w Marion Cowings Sundays at Smalls W 10th NYC 1-3:30
Lenox Lounge
Devoe St Baptist Church
December:
w Marion Cowings Sundays at Smalls W 10th NYC 1-3:30
Segerstrom Theatre Costa Mesa Cali, w Paulo Szot, Hussain Jiffry and Mike Shapiro
January:
w Marion Cowings Sundays at Smalls W 10th NYC 1-3:30
Devoe St Baptist Church
Jan 18 6:30 PM - ? Aloha Tower Gordon Biersch with Azure McCall, Bruce Hamada, Darryl Pelligrini and more!
Jan 19-29 Ben Vereen Hawaii tour.
Feb 14 Sillouette Broadway @ 232nd st. Bob Albanese and Café Simpatico 5 - 8:30
Feb 17 Smalls 10th st west village NYC 7-10 with marion Cowing, Dave Williams and Willard dyson
Feb 20- 24 recording project
PLEASE CONTACT ME FOR DETAILS
I hereby declare this an interactive place. Please take the time to visit my newsletter (ABOUT BOB?) and my Café Simpatico blog page. There will be more. This is a work in progress. And by all means, please feel free to chime in if the spirit moves you. Maybe we’ll agree on a few things, maybe we won’t. Either way, don’t hesitate to join in the dialog. Even if we have a pre-existing beef with each other (no terrorists please). I hope that here we will have a chance to talk it out. Who knows, it could make for a nicer day for all involved... or not! I’ll just keep yammering anyway in the hope that maybe something I say, play and/or pray will connect to intelligent life out there is cyber space. I’m planning some interesting projects... Lots on the horizon, so stay tuned. Maybe it will inspire you along the road you are trekking. .. and visa versa!
Bob Albanese: ukulele, vocal, composition; Louis Cole Albanese: spit bubbles
Gonna build be a mountain in the middle of the sea
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Gonna build me a mountain for you and me
Gonna clean up the ocean, gonna clean up the shore
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Gonna clean up the ocean and
NO DRILLIN’ NO MORE!
MAY PEACE AND PRECIOUS FREEDOM REIGN!!
Here’s to making a difference in this ailing but wonderful world.
MUSIC FILES TO COME>>> PLEASE SIGN CONTACT PAGE, AND...COME AGAIN!
