Monday's Piano Lesson went very well. Paquito and I met for the second time since I have been in Miami, and we went over the following Cuban musical styles: Bolero, Son, Guaracha (a derivation of Son), and Cha-cha-chá. We played a duet of Quizás at the end of the lesson (which I recorded) and we also went over montunos and other technical aspects of Cuban music. It was unbelievable to be able to take a lesson with Paquito again, and I will look forward to listening back to the recordings of our lessons in order to pick up as much as I possibly can from our meetings. Paquito is such a nice man, and was very humbled and honored by my wanting to study and meet with him. In fact he called me on Tuesday (today), just to say that it was a pleasure meeting me and he hopes that we will keep in touch. During our lesson, I told him I would send him a CD of my band's upcoming performance at Chris' Jazz Café on August 11th (we'll be doing Cuban music). He told me over the phone today that "I better keep my promise!!!" because he wants to hear my band. He told me how great of a player I am and that I should keep up the good work. This is another prime example of the Cuban people; friendly, caring, and helpful. He told me to call him anytime with questions or just to say hello. This could be the beginning of a beautiful friendship! (Not to quote Casablanca or anything.....haha).
It's 5PM right now on Tuesday. I'm making some dinner, and then Joel is coming over and we are going to go see the Phillies-Marlins game tonight! Luckily I'm in town when the Phillies are in Miami! Hopefully we'll have a good game with Halladay pitching!
My Dad is flying down tomorrow (Wednesday), we'll spend the day together, and then we'll start the drive on Thursday.
Hope to see many of you when I return!
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