Bill Commerford

JAZZ: Ray Santisi, Rakalam Bob Moses and Marshall Adams trio CD

Here's our package: A plastic envelope with my favorite Ray Santisi watercolor from
the Sunday Morning Jazz Brunch at RYLES, over Stu Vandermark's review in the August
issue of Cadence Magazine. Turned over we've got the wide watercolor from the bar
and several more watercolors of Patricia, Ray again, Nick Joyce who recorded the gig,
Marshall, Rakalam Bob Moses, and one of Frank Wilkins. All wrapped with what Kat
insists (because she finds editing them impossible) are my poesies in red printing.
We slip the trio CD into the lower right corner where you can read a bit more BUZZ.

An appreciative cadre of Ray Santisi listeners admiring where Ray and Patricia Adams visit.... So
last first Sunday's Ryles JAZZ Brunch for both sets I'm on only Ray Santisi's piano moves and I've
wanted sometime to get Ray at the piano. Catch little moves... leans and shift surprises on chords...
his left hand move... rolling it out 'n over palm up and down-stroking with his left hand's fifth the liittle
finger's flat sharply hit a just right and unexpected bass key. Laterfelt I lost him under some clumsy
late Sunday weary watercoloring. I let Ray rest four days then found this there by Friday evening.

Newport Jazz Festival, Sunday, August 15, 2005

Jack, Kat and I spent Sunday at the NEWPORT JAZZ FESTIVAL
Here are the watercolor notes painted or drawn during the day.

We caught the Cannonball Adderly Legacy band first and just to warm up I began
with a pen sketch. The crowds are always so much a part of the Festival ambience
and this tent held a great collection. We were seated just outside the tent and
just beyond the festival's folding chairs. On the bottom left you can see one guy
in the day's favorite style of folding chair with the cup holder on the right arm.

By the time Gary Burton set up I had a chance to break out the watercolors.
I love blue ball mallet's ends dancing over vibes, I tucked others around him.
The small image to the right is the live watercolor note made during the performance.
Today, Tueday August 16th, I worked into the notes at the dentist and in the studio.

We all moved over to the big stage and got this look from the walkway of Brubeck's Quartet
Chris Lydon and Jon Hammond practically tripped on us so they got CD's by Ray Santisi.

and moved even further back to get Roy Haynes on stage and on the big video screen.
Just a sort of watercolor shorthand, I'll paint into these starts and post'em later.