NOLA wrap-up

Monday evening we went to a jazz club called Mermaid Lounge and listened to the Charlie Hunter trio. Simply fantastic! The guitarist had an eight-string combo bass/6 string which was really pretty neat. It must also be a midi device because he had some really cool sounds coming from that thing. The sax player was really smooth and the drummer was awesome as well.

I went with some colleagues to Preservation Hall Wednesday evening after dinner. The ultimate end to a great evening with friends.

Overall, I'd say that the Symposium was a rousing success. Certainly there was controversy, but there were plenty of great discussions triggered by the various session presentations. The turn-out was better than we had initially expected and then some.