Monday, December 28, 2009

In Lieu of 1000 Words: Shay Estes at Jardine's

Let's wrap up the year with some photos.

I don't pretend to know what's the best jazz CD of the year. But I'll tell you my favorite: Shay Estes and Trio ALL's Despite Your Destination. It's a terrific snapshot of the music and musical interplay singer Shay Estes, pianist Mark Lowrey, bassist Ben Leifer and drummer Zack Albetta deliver live.

The group played the late show at Jardine's on Saturday, December 12th, minus Mark Lowrey, who was out at another gig. Sitting in was T.J. Martley, a pianist I had not heard before but who I'm really looking forward to hearing again.

Here's a little of what we saw (clicking on a photo opens a larger version...I think).


Left to right: T.J. Martley on piano, Ben Leifer on bass, Shay Estes singing, Zack Albetta on drums


Ben in the background while Shay sings


T.J. and Shay


Ben, Shay and Zack


Drummer Zack Albetta


The group


Enjoying the piano solo


And this is what they're enjoying


Shay sings some more

1 comment:

  1. Hey, thanks for the props on "Despite Your Destination", happy and honored to hear it's your fave! Please contact me at zackalbetta@gmail.com, I'd like to know who you are and if it's ok to use a couple of these photos for promo.

    Thanks again, cheers
    Zack

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