My recent recording project with Marc Caparone went very well. Marc came up to Seattle and we spent two days at the Jack Straw studio doing a creative balance act between trumpet and piano. Marc, who is in the family of Louis Armstrong, Red Allen and my old friend Jim Goodwin, was absolutely wonderful.

Shortly after the Lacey festival I will be heading down to the Bay Area for a series of jobs that are listed on the calendar page. And I have made plans to visit my good friend Bob Mielke on his birthday---age 93.

We have an interesting night coming up at the Royal Room in Seattle. July 17 Alex Guilbert, Jacob Zimmerman and I will have a tribute to the piano players of Chicago, right up my alley.