Blue Hills was part of an extended performance last night in San Francisco, organized in part by Nathan, as a benefit and auction for Ahava Village for Children & Youth in Kiryat Bialik, Israel. We did a selection of Ladino songs, and a separate set with singer/songwriter Jody Yeary and guest vocalist Elissa Stevens, mostly songs from Jody’s album Fast Horses and Beautiful Women (also available on iTunes). Nathan was a busy guy last night- he also played in the Capriccio Chamber Orchestra earlier in the program, and directed his three-part arrangement of Russian, Yiddish, and Ladino Jewish songs.
This was also our first show using a new-and-improved stage setup, with real monitoring. The stage was more of a tangle of colored cables running hither and yon than probably necessary, but the sound for both the performers and audience turned out great.