The Lucky No. 1 Band's Spring 2008 tour to Colorado was a success and thanks must be made to all of the wonderful people that came out to hear us. Some of those people even travelled from as far away as Wyoming in order to hear us at Dazzle in Denver. 

 Each show was unique and each venue had its "own" audience. Having a mailing list and friends telling friends to get an audience in a town is one thing; but when people just happen to "happen upon" the band and really get what the music is about, and enjoy it, is a whole other wonderful thing to have happen. This was the case  at two of the venues we played in Denver. One was a dinner club called "Alto"--which is owned by smooth jazz saxophonist Nelson Rangell--and the other was the premier jazz club, "Dazzle." I always am grateful when folks who have come to an establishment simply to eat end up staying for the music. 

At Dazzle, we played opposite the Latin Jazz flute virtuoso Nestor Torres. Holding on to an audience that has been listening to such a different kind of music was a concern for us.  As any Lucky No. 1 Band listener knows, our music goes to a lot of places and sometimes does not return to where it began! We ended up having a great night there and have been asked to return. The midnight Bingo there is a lot of fun...

 And Boulder was great as well. The Laughing Goat coffee shop on Pearl Street is really a special place. It was a perfect and very welcoming spot to begin our all too short musical journey in Colorado. I highly recommend this cafe to anyone visiting Boulder; they have great coffee and chai and tea; wonderful snacks; and perhaps most importantly of all, they are supporting some great live music in the area. 

I hope that each of us is able to make time in the near future to return to Colorado and play there again. Matt Plummer came in from Brooklyn and I came from San Francisco to meet up with our good friend, and Boulder resident, drummer Amy Shelley. We had the very able and talented bassist Juli Royster, also of Boulder, do all of the gigs with us. It was our first time playing with Juli and she was simply great to work with and to play with; I hope we have an opportunity to do more music with her as well.

 One more thing that made this trip very special was the fact that I got to see the new Anita O'Day documentary in Denver: "Anita O'Day: Life of a Jazz Singer." This is a great film that must be seen by anyone interested in the history of the music. I felt very lucky to have had the chance to see it because it's distribution is, sadly, very limited and as of this writing has only been shown in a handful of cities. I hope this changes very soon, it is a great story about a truly remarkable woman and her music that really deserves to be heard and seen.