The Disappearing Afternoon

Does time fly or what?

It was only a short while ago when I was walking around our garden in shorts, wasn't it? Now it's cold - but luckily we've got a new heating system installed - dark and almost Christmas. Fancy that!

I am now officially doing the bookings for Jazz in Malmo. Great work, but the hours run by ever so quickly! I experienced a disappearing afternoon on Thursday while overwhelmed with work. All of a sudden it was time for that evening's concert and I still had lots of work to do.

Today, same thing. The afternoon was spent taking nails out of the floor in our future dinner room. A close friend who's good with figures suggested there were approximately 2100 nails in the floor. Now every single one of them is out of the floor and put neatly into a box. Another disappearing afternoon.

On the IB Expo front, things are going well, even though I haven't heard from Jerry Marotta for a while. I am sure he and Tom Griesgraber will turn up. But when? Where? And how? I will find out eventually.

Mick Karn kindly agreed to my friend Klas Assarsson's suggestions on what to play. Three great tracks originally recorded by Mick on Tooth Mother and Polytown respectively. Mr Karn also said he would bring some bass lines with him to work on. This will be excellent!

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The Disappearing Afternoon is a track on BassDrumBone's (Hence the Reason) album. An amazing trio featuring Mark Helias (bass), Gerry Hemingway (drums) and Ray Anderson (trombone). Get the name? I thought so. The Disappearing Afternoon is a playful piece with a good sense of humour included at no extra cost. Hemmingway plays it loose and partly free, but eventually we get a happy ending when everybody unites in a dancable cheerful tune.