Just wanted to send out a big thanks to Chuck (Solar Bell) Willard for inviting me down last week to play with his group "The Rhythm Society Swing Orchestra". It was a lot of fun to play with a group which is fortunate enough to feature great musicians that are really nice people as well.
If you're not familiar with the group, they are a Detroit local area ensemble and have a website
http://www.rhythmsociety.net where you can go to take a look at the band and check oput their upcoming rehearsal dates.. I can only speak for myself in saying it's this style of music that attracted me to trumpet over 40 years ago and I still love it as much now as I did then.
The added bonus of the evening was Chuck letting me take his new Eclipse Solar Bell for a test drive. What a nice horn.
Thanks again to Chuck and all the nice folks in the RSO.
Jack