weather’s a bit of a heatwave again…hoping for a bit of relief this weekend…have played some really nice gigs the last few weeks…a tribute to miles electric period with trumpeter john swana…he’s amazing…and a jewel in this city to be sure…he’s mostly in the bop + hard bop jazz area, but really great with the evi and effects as well…check him on the philadelphia experiment (ropeadope) and his own releases on criss-cross jazz…it was interesting laying some on the corner and in a silent way at ortliebs jazzhaus, where usually the jazzmusic stops somewheres around 1966 or so….flew to toronto with ursula for a festival at the harbour front center…a beautiful outdoor pavillion on lake ontario…a wonderful show…we debuted 3 new tracks from her forthcoming album…last night in nyc with king britt at cielo for francois kevorkians’ deep space…i played guitar synth and effects along to kings mixes…it was a great night…packed…people loved it…we should do more of these…it really worked and blended well….drove home to philly at 440am….exhausted…630am head to pillow. up at 9am to play choreographer sean feldman master class…still exhausted.