All posts by jim yanda

november music 2023

Hi Everyone,

Thank you for supporting live music!
I’m thrilled to be playing four-night tour with two bands in three cities.
We look forward to seeing you out there!

Yours in music,
Jim


Thursday November 9, 7pm

Regional Cookin’ at The Tavern

Jim Yanda – guitar  |  Drew Gress – bass  |  Phil Haynes – drums
The Tavern Stone Ridge
3978 Atwood Rd
Stone Ridge, NY 12484-5463
The Tavern on Instagram
regionalcookin.com


Friday November 10, 8pm

Regional Cookin’ at The Bop Shop
Bop Shop Records
1460 Monroe Avenue
Rochester, NY 14618
bopshop.com


Saturday November 11, 8pm

Empathy Gene at The Bop Shop

Herb Robertson – trumpet, etc  |  Jim Yanda – guitar  |  Phil Haynes – drums
Bop Shop Records
1460 Monroe Avenue
Rochester, NY 14618
bopshop.com
empathygene.us


Sunday November 12, 8pm

Empathy Gene at Tubby’s
Tubby’s Kingston586 Broadway
Kingston, NY 12401
tubbyskingston.com
Clifford Allen’s Instagram post about the gig.

steinbeck on jazz musicians

I know of no group [apart from jazz musicians] which has such direction in work. They aim at excellence and apparently at nothing else. They are hard to buy and if bought they either backslide into honesty or lose the respect of their peers. And this is a loss that terrifies them. In any other field of American life, great rewards can be used to cover a loss of honesty, but not with jazz players — a slip is known and recognized instantly. And further, they do not compare with those in other professions. Let a filthy kid, unknown, unheard of and unbacked sit in — and if he can do it — he is recognized and accepted instantly. Do you know of any other field where this is true? And this curious search for and treasuring of excellence is the one thing that has never been said of them nor written of them.

– John Steinbeck

shaw on the joy of life

“This is the true joy in life, being used for a purpose recognized by yourself as a mighty one. Being a force of nature instead of a feverish, selfish little clod of ailments and grievances, complaining that the world will not devote itself to making you happy. I am of the opinion that my life belongs to the whole community and as long as I live, it is my privilege to do for it what I can. I want to be thoroughly used up when I die, for the harder I work, the more I live. I rejoice in life for its own sake. Life is no brief candle to me. It is a sort of splendid torch which I have got hold of for the moment and I want to make it burn as brightly as possible before handing it on to future generations.”
― George Bernard Shaw