Bela Fleck, Zakir Hussain and Edgar Meyer

First of all, what a combination I must say!

It was a tough day, full day of work and then a two hour drive to Davis, CA to see this magical trio performing some of the loveliest compositions. Luckily we have a friend who now lives in Davis and recommended a pre-concert dinner place, that too one of my favorite cuisines :). Cafe Italia is one of those family owned, small town, almost 50 year old place,serving mainly Italian food. I ordered my favorite Baked Eggplant Parmesan and a Minestrone soup. It was nice, combined with a glass of Cabernet Sauvignon, it was almost a perfect meal for me.

Anyways, coming back to point, once we reached the concert hall, it was clear we were in for a treat. They played the likes of Babar and Out Of The Blue from The Melody Of Rhythm. Note that the title should have been Bahar instead of Babar apparently!

There were some magical moments and some dull as well, but they were short lived. We came back home at 1am, but it was totally worth it. Next time we will be looking forward for more of this trio in Bay Area.

Jake Shimabukuro - Live in Concert

For those of you who don't know who Jake Shimabukuro is (don't worry I recently found out about him as well), here is what wikipedia says about him:

Jake Shimabukuro is a ukulele virtuoso known for his complex finger work.

When they mention "complex" they really really mean it. We decided to attend the concert and see how a solo ukulele concert sounds like!

He played a lot of tracks from his recent album "Peace Love Ukulele" including "143", "Boy Meets Girl", "Go For Broke" (awesome track by the way), "Trapped", "Five Dollars Unleaded" and believe it or not "Bohemian Rhapsody".

He also played a song that is called "Blue Roses Falling" and was the most amazing track I feel. He told am story behind each of the tracks he played and quite honestly I think he has a good voice as an RJ :)

Here is a picture from the concert (not that good considering it was from phone camera):

I have a couple of more concerts to go to next month including concerts of great musicians like Bela Fleck, Zakir Hussain, Edgar Meyer and Amjad Ali Khan (with his sons Amaan and Ayaan Ali Khan) and can't wait to attend and enjoy them :)

Johnny Horton: Mean, Mean, Mean Son Of A Gun

Enjoy!

Rodrigo and Gabriella - Mexican Acoustic Guitar

Fantastic music ... a must listen.



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