CD release show recording

  personnel: Ben Frock, trumpet; Jarrett Gilgore, alto; Dan Ryan, guitar; Jon Birkholz, piano; Zach Swanson, bass; Chad Hochberg, drums; enjoy!

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Jazz Lunch on CDbaby

Coinciding with the release of the new Jazz Lunch CD “Housewarming,” the record has been made available for sale on cdbaby.  I hope you choose to support our efforts to bring you the highest quality homemade music.  Here is a brief history of the CD: Housewarming was recorded over the first weekend in June here

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interview with Doc Manning on WEAA

Hey folks, I’ll be doing a phone interview with Doc Manning tonight on WEAA about the new Jazz Lunch record around 8:20 pm if you feel like tuning in.

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A very windy jazz lunch

Join Jazz Lunch today for melodica/alto saxophone duets featuring our new alto player Jarrett Gilgore. The new Jazz Lunch record will be available for sale. Exciting news coming soon- stay tuned.

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even more uses for rice

Here’s a first for me: rice with eggs.  Scrambled eggs.  Scramble some eggs and put some rice in there.  Ok now some cheese (I used jarlsberg) and now some mustard.  Try it.  Pretty weird huh?  If you can get past the texture this might be edible even.  Kind of reminds me of oatmeal omelettes.  

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Jazz Lunch record is out

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here’s to new things

1. new projects 2. new friends 3. new bands 4. new venues 5. new opportunities 6. new albums good friend and bassist Adam Hopkins will be moving to Brooklyn NY this Thursday – I’d like to wish him and the others who are moving (Eric, Cam, Nathan, Chad etc) North all the best in their

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poor man’s huevos rancheros

ok so if you are from NM like me you miss red and green chile and you want to eat it every day right? Well the traditional New Mexican breakfast dish is called Huevos Rancheros and here’s a cheap imitation using ingredients you can find in a grocery store, in case you want to make

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farewell cam

I’m playing at Out of Your Head tonight at Windup 12 W. North Avenue. It is Cam’s last Out Of Your Head before he moves to NYC. Other things you should know: It’s Cam’s birthday It’s Cam’s last day in the Navy don’t know Cam? You should, he’s great. Come meet him.

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wish us luck

Jazz Lunch is moving forward with the recent recording we did on the weekend of June 4th – we will be doing a limited pressing of 50-100 CDs on a local CDR label, more details to come. In addition, I’m applying this week for a grant in order to cover the costs of mastering and

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