To those of you who turned out for our CD-release gigs for SPIRITS PASSING THROUGH, thanks a bunch. And for those who bought copies of the CD, extra credit. The Co-Cons and I had a blast. We started off at Rutman's Violins, our home away from home, on Thursday, Feb. 8. Then split a wonderful gig with Jerry Sabatini & the Sonic Explorers the next night at Acton Jazz Cafe, best small jazz club in the universe. And then wrapped our "tourito" with a nice, cool, multi-age crowd on Sunday afternoon at Wellesley Free Library. Ah what a difference playing together a few nights in a row makes! By Sunday afternoon we were ready to take the world by storm. But stay tuned. Steve and the Co-Cons will be coming to a venue near you any month now. And while I'm at it: mucho thanks to Tyra Penn and the folks at WICN 90.5 FM in Worcester for having me in for an interview and to play cuts from SPIRITS PASSING THROUGH on Jazz New England on Wed., Feb 7. Very nice vibe there. And Tyra, you're the coolest (most stylishly turned out) DJ ever.