TromboneChat

Hi all
Mary's new album About Ghosts is getting some great press.

We're on tour of the US next week and Europe in Oct/Nov.
https://jacobgarchik.substack.com/p/the-us-tour
I'll also have CDs of my own, Ye Olde 2: At The End of Time, for sale at these shows.
hope to see you

Adam O'Farrill (trumpet), Jacob Garchik (trombone), Patricia Brennan (vibraphone), Mary Halvorson (guitar), Nick Dunston (bass) & Tomas Fujiwara (drums)

Sep 12 Sound & Gravity Festival @ Constellation, 3111 N Western Ave, Chicago, IL
Sep 13 Singletary Center Lexington, KY
Sep 14 Indiana University, Auer Hall, 200 Jordan Ave, Bloomington, IN
Sep 16 De La Luz Holyoke, MA
Sep 17 SPACE Gallery Portland, ME
Sep 18 Regattabar Cambridge, MA (second set with guests Logan Richardson and Walter Smith III)
Sep 19 Arden Concert Gild Arden, DE
Sep 20 Solar Myth Philadelphia, PA
Sep 21 Roulette Brooklyn, NY (with guests Brian Settles and Immanuel Wilkins)

You can see and hear what we've been up to here.
It was a great tour!
Next up, Europe in Oct/Nov.

Hitting Europe this week.

You can read an essay I wrote about jazz musicians touring europe here

https://jacobgarchik.substack.com/p/the-european-tour

23.10.2025 GDANSK/Poland - Klub Zak

24.10.2025 PADOVA/Italy - Sala dei Giganti al Liviano

25.10.2025 PADOVA/Italy

28.10.2025 BOLOGNA/Italy - Unipol Auditorium

29.10.2025 STOCKHOM/Sweden - Jazzclub Fasching

30.10.2025 OSLO/Norway - Nasjonal Jazzscene, Victoria

31.10.2025 TAMPERE/Finland - Sokos Hotel Torni

01.11.2025 BERLIN/Germany - Haus der Berliner Festspiele / Main Stage

03.11.2025 HAMBURG/Germany - Nica Jazz Club

04.11.2025 ULM/Germany - Stadthaus Ulm

05.11.2025 KÖLN/Germany - Stadtgarten. Europäisches Zentrum für Jazz und Aktuelle Musik

06.11.2025 DORTMUND/Germany - Domicil

07.11.2025 AMSTERDAM/Netherlands - Bimhuis

08.11.2025 GRONINGEN/Netherlands - De Oosterpoort

Isn't it funny that European jazz musicians (not all of them but many) strive to make it to US and NYC in particular for reputation, but NYC musicians want to tour Europe to get well paid?

Interesting thoughts related to that topic

https://substack.com/home/post/p-162308412?source=queue

There's absolutely no good reason for a forward/progressive/non-conservative/liberal-minded/creative/thinking/humanistic/ethical/inclusive 'jazz musician' to think about coming to the USA right now, and at least for the immediate future.

Who'd want to pay thousand of dollars in visa fees to come here in order to perform for little or no money and be scorned upon by current politicians as foreigners coming to the US and taking away work from Americans?

Who'd want to risk walking the streets of an American city right now unless you're a white person?

Breathe.