Dear Jazz Friends,

Thanks to so many of you who expressed concern for us here in New York.
We're doing pretty well.  We're back in our apartment, though we still have
to show ID to get in & out of our neighborhood.  Things are normalizing more
and more every day; taxis can now occasionally come all the way to our
building, and the checkpoints are reducing in number.  The air quality
varies considerably depending on the wind, but generally it is improving
also.  The air quality is the greatest concern around here.  We're trying to
weigh the risk from air quality problems with the chaos of finding another
place to live and moving.  We haven't decided yet just what to do.  We're
taking things one day at a time.

Aaron and Anja are doing well.  In late September, Anja performed at the
Monterey Jazz Festival with a combo from La Guardia High School.  The
excitement of performing there was heightened when Roy Hargrove and Branford
Marsalis joined them on two tunes.

Here are some links to photos of Anja performing in Monterey, with Roy
Hargrove looking on:

    www.KeynoteRecords.com/images/Anja_and_Roy1.jpg
and
    www.KeynoteRecords.com/images/Anja_and_Roy2.jpg

Anja also performed at the U.S. Tennis Open on the night of the big Women's
Finals with the Williams sisters.  She was one of the 20 or so trumpet
players in the front playing the trumpet fanfare.  More recently, Anja has
also been sitting in with Jon Faddis and the Dizzy Gillespie Alumni Allstars
this week at the Blue Note.  He'll be there through Sunday night.

As for Aaron, he has been working hard on new compositions, arrangements,
and other things.  He's also staying afloat at the Manhattan School of
Music, working hard to juggle school and professional commitments.  One of
these professional commitments may involve Brazilian jazz singer, Flora
Purim, who he met recently and may perform with in the early part of next
year.  I'll keep you posted on that and other developments.

Probably the most exciting news coming up is that the show that Aaron
recorded with Marian McPartland for NPR's Piano Jazz will be airing in a
couple of weeks, beginning October 23.  The exact date of airing depends on
the local programming schedule.  Here is a partial listing of airing details
for some cities:

Buffalo:  WBFO 8.7
    Link to live broadcast (real audio):
    http://wings.buffalo.edu:7080/ramgen/encoder/wbfo.rm
    Saturday, November 3  8:00 pm Eastern Standard Time

 Denver:  KUVO 89.3 FM
    Link to live broadcast (real audio):
    http://www.warpradio.com/asx/KUVO-FM.asx
    Wednesday, Oct 31 6:00 pm Mountain Standard Time

Los Angeles (Thousand Oaks):  KCLU 88.3 FM
    Link to live broadcast (real audio):
    http://199.107.219.140:8080/ramgen/encoder/kclulive.rm
    Sundays at 10:00 pm (Oct 28, most likely) Pacific Standard Time

New Jersey/New York Area:  WBGO 88.3 FM
    Link to live broadcast (real audio):
    http://www.jandr.com/Images/MMedia/real/wbgo_live.ram
    Thursday, Oct 25  7:00 pm Eastern Standard Time

Santa Barbara:  KCLU 102.3 FM
    Link to live broadcast (real audio):
    http://199.107.219.140:8080/ramgen/encoder/kclulive.rm
    Sundays at 10:00 pm (Oct 28, most likely) Pacific Standard Time

Seattle:  KPLU 88.5 FM
    Link to live broadcast (real audio):
    http://acw.activate.net/kplu/live16.ram
    Saturday, Oct 27 5:00 pm Pacific Standard Time

Here's a photo of Aaron with Marian McPartland and Joel Harrison, the
Artistic Director for the American Pianists Association:

    www.KeynoteRecords.com/images/Aaron_and_Marian.jpg

If you live outside of these areas, you can click on this link to NPR radio
stations around the country:

    www.npr.org/members

This link will help you locate NBPR stations in your area.  Unfortunately,
not all NPR stations carry Piano Jazz, so you may need to check the
programming schedule of several stations in your area.  The earliest his
show could air is October 23, but it could air up to 2 weeks after that.

Also, all of these stations also have web broadcasting, so as long as you
adjust for any time change, you should be able to catch the show on the web
by clicking on any of the links listed above at the right time.  But you
will need to have RealAudio installed on your computer for this to work.  If
you don't have Real Audio, click on this link first, and then go to one of
the links above for a live broadcast:

    http://www.real.com/player/index.html?src=topnav

    (to download the RealPlayer click on the link
    that says "RealPlayer 8 Basic - is our free player")

Aaron has several performances coming up.  In the New York area, he'll be
playing with Matt Brewer on bass and Obed Calvaire on drums at Kavehas.  The
details are listed below.  He has other performances at the Blue Water Grill
coming up in late November and early December, which are also listed below.

Aaron is also coming to Seattle next week as part of the Earshot Jazz
Festival.  He'll be playing with a trio (Jeff Johnson, bass & Mark Ivester,
drums) at Tula's on Thursday, October 25, and he'll be performing solo at
Brechemin Auditorium, UW School of Music Second Floor, on Friday, October
26.  Both of the concerts should be very special.  He's played with Jeff
Johnson on several occasions and recorded his third CD with him.  The
interaction between the three of them should be exceptional.  Coming back to
play solo piano at UW's beautiful Brechemin Auditorium the next night should
be special as well, especially since he's played there so many times as a
student.  It's also the spot where he was first heard by jazz critic Paul De
Barros about 2 years ago, which led to the Seattle Times article.  That spot
will have a lot of meaning for Aaron, I'm sure.

Other performances are scheduled for Whidbey Island and Port Townsend in
December.  Those details will be coming soon.

Keep the faith, and hope to see you soon.

Take care,

Judie

Here's the schedule:

Saturday, October 20    8-11 pm
(Aaron Parks Trio with Matt Brewer & Obed Calvaire)
    Kavehas
    123 Mercer Street, New York City, NY
    (212) 343-0612
    $7 minimum

Beginning October 23
Check with local station for airing details
    Marian McPartland's Piano Jazz  (Aaron as guest)
    National Public Radio (NPR)

Thursday, October 25    8:30 pm - midnight
(Aaron Parks Trio with Jeff Johnson & Mark Ivester)
    Earshot Jazz Festival
    Tula's
    2214 2nd Avenue
    Seattle, Washington (206) 443-4221
    $10 general/ $18 discount

Friday, October 26        7:30 pm
(Solo Piano)
    Aaron Parks Solo Piano  $14 general/ $12 discount
    Brechemin Auditorium, School of Music, Second Floor
    University of Washington, Tickets:
    (206) 547-9787 or at the door

Tuesday, November 6    7:30 pm
(Aaron Parks Piano-Vocal Duo)
    Manhattan School of Music
    122nd Street & Broadway
    New York City, NY   (212) 749-2802

Sunday November 11    6:30 - 11:30 pm
(Aaron Parks Trio)
    Blue Water Grill
    16th Street and Union Square West
    New York City, NY  (212) 675-9500

Wednesday, November 14    7:30 pm
(Manhattan School of Music Combo)
    Manhattan School of Music
    122nd Street & Broadway
    Myers Recording Studio
    New York City, NY  (212) 749-2802

Sunday, December 2           7:30 pm
(Aaron Parks Trio)
    Blue Water Grill
    16th Street and Union Square West
    New York City, NY  (212) 675-9500

Sunday, December 9            6:00 pm
(Afro-Cuban Jazz Orchestra)
    Makor
    35 W. 67th
    (212) 601-1000


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