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Last Updated on June 9, 2015

This was a gig with my band, The Arkady Arkestra, on Tuesday, March, 9, 1999 @ Vizhnitz Hall, in Brooklyn, Earth!

The groom was a singer, who wrote us a blank check to go nuts:)!, and we never stopped... ... at least since then... each for their own reasons... This is who was on that gig:

Since there is usually no dancing at the smorg-cocktail hour part of Jewish, and or most weddings, it's hard for the musicians to resist "stretching out".

I am not playing in this video, but since I had this particular clip already processed, ready for YouTube, I decided to upload it anyway. Hey, gotta start somewhere, right? This JEWJAZZ YouTube  Channel is still a pretty new project for me, and it's not like I hire someone to edit all the videos for me, and "market" me. I do it all myself, whenever I have time.

I write articles like this one, to go with hopefully each video, in order to better connect, and continue a "conversation" with those who care about stuff like this. Eventually, of course, I'll have more videos with Arkady in them, but, sometimes it's also nice to let others shine. I thought it was a great keyboard solo, a nice showcase for Jazz improvisation, particularly for those viewers who understand Jazz, and know this song. For fun, try singing the melody during the keyboard solo, and hear how it all fits, even though I've changed some chords, as is often the case in Jazz.

The composition we are playing in this video is an Israeli "standard", a song called Erev Ba (Evening Comes). Music by Arieh Levanon, lyrics by Oded Avishar (according to this site).

I don't know how deep I'll get into talking about the music aspect of JEWJAZZ, technically speaking or more in general terms, somewhere on this site, or in particular instances, regarding particular videos, or audio samples. Why? Cause I often wonder how many people even read the text on the websites, mine included..., and instead just click on some photos, or and videos, and move on to another site?! But hey, in an effort to treat all visitors with outmoust respect, I am trying to provide ample information, as compactly as a I know how, and the rest is beyond  my control....

I'd like to think that both musicians and the "civilians" will find this following video both entertaining, and educational:

And, the more educated the civilians are, the better off all musicians are, at least in theory, or so I hope...

But, to err on a safer side, I decided to hide this video here, as opposed to adding it to my Favorites on my JEWJAZZ YouTube Channel... Maybe I'll add it on my "Other" YouTube Channel? We'll see...

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