The Musical Instrument Thread

This is kind of neat. Of course, I have to start with the back-story. I think I've mentioned that in 8th grade, my musical performance in the school jazz band caught the eye of a classmate who was a drummer. He himself was quite a student of the classic jazz drummers. His name was Nick, and he put together a garage band, with me on tenor sax, a bass and lead guitar, and occasionally a singer. We played everything from jazz, to blues rock, to Springsteen.

All these years later, I came across Nick on Facebook. He's spent his life playing drums all over the world. But his main contribution to music is his daughter, who's like a prodigy on piano and organ. Her name is Leonieke, pronounced “lay-o-nee-ka”, and she's become well-known in the jazz arena. She's been playing with a variety of jazz ensembles for many years now. She was named after a Dutch pianist, from when Nick and his wife lived in the Netherlands. Here's a short clip where she plays, and talks about her interest in music. My school friend Nick is on drums. Oh, and this was recorded in the Rudy Van Gelder studios in Englewood Cliffs, NJ.

 
My favorite jazz organists are Jimmy Smith, Jimmy McGriff, Shirley Scott, Count Basie, Jack McDuff – and, as of today, Leonieke Scheuble. Thank you for sharing that, Mister scotch.

 
Nice! That's quite a stage!
All these newer auditoriums have similarly good acoustics. And it's always surprising to me, when we first start playing.

Every week, we rehearse in a band room that's basically square, with cinder block walls. So the low brass and percussion, which are in the back, gets reflected off the back wall, and drowns out my ability to hear myself.

But in the auditorium, I can hear the whole band, but also hear myself almost as if I was playing solo. It's great, although I can hear every flub I make.
 
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