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EPJO CD

Ed — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 04:54:35 +0000

We’ve been in the studio all week and all I can say is that the band and Efrat sound wonderful. Everybody is a pleasure to work with and this is the happiest I’ve been in a long time.

EPJO This Week!!!

Ed — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 13:52:04 +0000

The Berlin Ed Partyka Jazz Orchestra will be palying in Schlot (Chausseestr. 18. Berlin Mitte) this Thursday and Friday.

Doors @ 8 p.m.
Music @ 9 p.m.

Be there or be square!!!

SUMMER!!!

Ed — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 06:25:53 +0000

School in Katowice finished.
School in Graz finished.
School in Berlin finished (except for one more concert next week).

I don’t have to fly anywhere, go to any meetings, analyse any scores, grade any tests, rehearse any big bands, plan any concerts or do any lesson plans.

I’m bored already!

I have to start writing for my band (a pleasure!) and I’m getting reaquainted with my horns – my darling tuba missed me but my bass trombone is holding a grudge.

Eating veggies, going for bike rides and looking forward to Chicago in two weeks.

AAAAHHH………………..

Stuff

Ed — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 14:17:01 +0000

Things are speeding towords the end of the semester in Graz. Exams, recitals and concerts
all next week. The legendary “Stage Band Party” was Thursday and it was a blast, as
always. The police came and I had to talk them out of arresting the whole jazz department.

The Big Band from Katowice was here in Graz two weeks ago as the first part of an
exchange that will see our KUG Jazz Orchestra in Polend next spring. The band from
Katowice played great and Nikola

Frankfurt

Ed — Wed, 20 May 2009 09:15:33 +0000

The concert of our “Jewish Folk Songs” project is tonight. Efrat sounds wonderful and the HR Big Band is playing great. I don’t want to make a big deal out of it, but it is pretty interesting to be performing jewish folk songs sung in Hebrew by a singer from Israel with a German radio big band (arranged by an polish-american brought up catholic!).

Oli Leicht’s CD “R

Jazz Orchester Regensburg

Ed — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 09:36:49 +0000

One of the new projects I’m involved with is the Volvo sponsored “JOR”. This band is made up of great musicians and was made possible by the hard work of Christian Sommerer. We just finished our first season of four concerts and it is turning out to be not just an excellent band, but something of a sensation in Regengsburg. A large group of fans has already formed and the city as well as Volvo is supporting the band wonderfully. Of course there is a website where you can read, see and watch more (www.jazzorchesterregensburg.de) and here is a review from Monday’s concert:

KULTURNACHRICHTEN AUS DER MZ
MELDUNG VOM 14.04.2009, 18:59 UHR

Cold and Grey

Ed — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 08:33:40 +0000

Cold, grey and nasty weather.

A review that fits my mood:

2008 – 2009

Ed — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 14:17:06 +0000

The last few months of 2008 were incredibly busy but very musically fulfilling. The tour and CD recording with Carla Bley, Steve Swallow and the brass quintet was hard but fun. The Kreisler recording with Theo Bleckmann and the HR Big Band went well. The HR Band sounds great and is ultra professional. The Oli Leicht CD will also be fine (I hope). It was the very last thing everybody did before Xmas and we were all a bit frazzled but Oli’s music was terrific and it should be fine (except for the tuba player).

After two days off I worked with the excellent “Jazz Orchester Regensburg” and then went on to the Blue Note Big Band for a four day workshop. The concert we performed on January 1st went very well. After four short days of sleeping it’s now back to work in Graz. I hope my students still remember me, I know I was gone too often in the fall, but I also think that I can offer my students more if I continue to be an active musician and not just a “teacher”.

With the moron Bush leaving office soon I don’t know who I will be able to rant against, but I’m sure I will find something or someone.

2009 is shaping up to be an equally busy year, with interesting projects and CD recordings both as a sideman and leader. The EPJO will be going inro the studio in August and the brass project will get recorded in Septemeber. Before that I’ve got to write for the HR Big Band and there is a rapidly approaching deadline for the Flip Phillip/Ed Partyka Dectet recording in February.

I suppose I can sleep when I’m dead…..

QUICK!

Ed — Sun, 09 Nov 2008 16:54:02 +0000

No time to blog – teaching – flying – drinking

But here is a little report on the new Jazz Orchester Regensburg:

> http://www.nmz.de/media/video/jazzorchester-regensburg-am-start