A Jazz Musician must eat Jazz Apples!

A Jazz Musician must eat Jazz Apples

Hi Ya'll

After a beautiful holiday back in Australia for New years, christmas, January I'm well and truly refreshed, motivated, inspired, activated, back with  b b b b b bounce!
Some fello scopions who like to play hard, fast and full on suggested that taking some time out from toxins like, ALCOHOL is always good for the human body and mind. They like to call it NO FUN FEB!
So here I am, half way through No Fun Feb, alcohol free and loving it. Thankfully I had 2 weeks of shows with La Soiree performing with Camille O'sullivan. Just 3 mins on stage which meant, catching a tube to waterloo, putting on something smart, playing the song Carousel from slow to fast in a proximately 3mins, then catching the tube home again.

La Soiree Big Top, London Southbank, behind the National Theatre, If you're in London, go check, last 2 weeks!

Camille O'Sullivan and artists backstage getting warmed up and giving instructions to pianist!

To finish off my summer holiday I squeezed in a last minute rehearsal & show with Jonathan Zwartz (Bass) and Hamish Stuart (Drums). Down at the Sydney Seymour Centre - Sound Lounge presented by S.I.M.A. I happened to have my laptop with so got a mono cable out of the desk. I've uploaded the whole evening on soundcloud. You can listen here. I literally had no technique after 4 weeks no practise or performing of any sort. Not to mention the amount of booze I consumed previously. Youch.

Aron Ottignon Trio - live set in mono by aronottignon

Recently I performed Les Victoires de la Musique with Abd Al Malik...made a little cheeky with an iPhone recording. The sound quality on the phone was so loud and distorted I used some of the original track from the album. SSSHHHHHHH!!! because universal france already took down the video because of copyright shite...but this time I re-titled so hopefully it still stays public.

Its in Lille, can't wait for PART 2 in Paris MARCH 1st. Will try to do the same. ; )

Holding the Best Urban Award - Les Victoire de la Musique

Lille, taken from Eurostar station. HAPPY VALENTINES!

DAHKLA FESTIVAL 2010, Western Sahara Coast, memories LOL