I have just returned from the Renaissance Pub in Little Falls, NY, where I attended a Meet the Artist event with Oscar Stivala.
Oscar Stivala is a jazz trumpeter as well as an artist. The Renaissance is displaying some of his works, and he was playing music tonight. Some friends joined him.
They were awesome!
I sat at the bar and ordered a glass of wine. Oscar was already playing with a guy on guitar. He was soon joined by a man on bongos and then a woman on trumpet. The music was wonderful. As I sipped, I looked at his paintings, which I foolishly did not get any pictures of. It took me long enough to get pictures of the musicians, because different ones played at different times.
Here were two without Oscar.
I was joined by my friend Angela Harris, who wrote Strike Story, a play I had the honor of being in a few years ago. She also wrote the cheese plays that were part of Little Falls Cheese Festival. She is working on one for the next festival. If there is a part for me, I assured her of my willingness to participate. We were soon joined by a couple other friends, and it was a very nice evening.
Here are Oscar and another musician whose name I did not ask.
I did not get the names of the other musicians playing. My bad. I hope to go to the Renaissance Pub again and write more blog posts about it. I would also like to blog more about Oscar Stivala’s music and art. However, for today, this will have to do. Once again, I thank you for tuning in.
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