Real Name: ACE YOU Gender: male Member Since: March 14, 2006 Last Signed In: November 18, 2009 Profile Views: 653 Blog Views: 5031 Diva Night at the Jazz Workshop Do you want a side of rice with your rice? Saturday Night's Alright for...Jazz!!! Ezekiel Victor at Le Corusse Rouge, Nov. 11, 2009 Kama Ruby and Her Quartet - Medley - Oct. 29, 2009 Kama Ruby, "Straight Up and Chilled" - Sep 24, Metro Galleries The Dangers of Texting While Driving Kama Ruby - Bakersfield Jazz Workshop - July 1st, Le Corusse Rouge A Cockroach at Trader Joes Billie Holiday Tribute Concert February 08 March 08 April 08 May 08 June 08 July 08 August 08 September 08 October 08 November 08 December 08 January 09 February 09 March 09 April 09 May 09 June 09 July 09 August 09 September 09 October 09 November 09 
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There's a special jazz show at Le Corusse Rouge tonight. Jazz fans won't want to miss it!
Here's the scoop:
Hmmm, it's been awhile since ol' Ace has had the energy to write about something that was kinda annoying. My GF has been bugging me about it for the last few weeks - "Why don't you write something again? Why don't you post? Why don't you do this, why don't you do that?" (If she's not careful, I'm gonna write about her whining about me not posting - hey, I guess I just did! Sorry baby - just kidding!) Anyway, I do have something to write about. Last night, I was at a restaurant - won't name the joint, no reason to, I like the people there, but... So, I'm at this place, a bar and grill, listening to some music. My GF is with me, and all of a sudden, she decides the diet she's on isn't a problem anymore. She tells me she's hungry and wants some food. So I say, "Ok, what do you want?" She says, "I think I want a chicken salad, but, I don't want any of that creamy sauce/dressing or whatever on it. I'm hungry but, I still don't want to get fat." I look at her and ask, "Chicken salad? You mean like tuna salad, or do you mean like a salad salad, with chunks of chicken on top of it?" She says, "Yeah, I think so." Geez, wtf does that mean? So I say, "Look, how about I grab a menu and you tell me which salad you want and what you don't want on it, ok?" She says fine, and off I go through the crowd to grab a menu. So, I return with the menu, give it to her, she looks at it for a few minutes, then tells me she wants the BABY BACK PORK SPARERIBS, SLATHERED IN BARBECUE SAUCE !!! What?!?!?!? What happened to the salad? What happened to the diet? WHAT HAPPENED TO THE I DON'T WANT TO GET FAT?!?!?!? So I say, "OK, Honey, whatever you want!" I walk over to the bar, because none of the wait staff seems to think that walking by the customer's tables and asking them if they'd like anything to eat fits their job description or is worthy of them, and try to flag down the bartender so that I can order my significant other some food. While I'm waiting, I start looking over the menu myself. "Hey, some of this stuff looks pretty tasty." So, when the bartender comes and asks me what I want, I order the spareribs for my gf, then I ask for the New Orleans Seafood Delight for myself, described as a spicy cajun style dish consisting of spicy grilled catfish filets, covered with a spicy, creamy, cajun style sauce of spicy grilled shrimp and spicy crawfish, all served on top of spicy rice with spicy, steamed veggies. (Hmmm - sounds spicy!) The menu says it comes with the salad bar and hushpuppies too. The bartender takes my order, starts to ring it up on the computer, then says, "You know, you get a side with that too." I said, " I do? A side? The menu doesn't mention any sides." She says, "Yeah, you get a side with that, what would you like?" So I say, "Well, gee, what are the sides?" And she goes, now remember, I just ordered a dinner that says my fish and shrimp and crawfish will be served ON TOP OF RICE, WITH VEGGIES AND A SALAD, "You can pick a side of rice, baked potato, french fries, or veggies." OMFG, are you kidding me? Why would I want to order a side of rice with a dish that already has rice. Or veggies with a dish that has veggies? I'm tempted to say, "I'd like a side of rice with my rice, and a side of veggies with my veggies," but, I don't. I ask her, "Are you kidding? Why would you have a side of rice with a rice dish?" She says, "No, I'm not kidding. What side would you want?" The friend of the restaurant manager is standing next to me. I look at him. He looks at me and smiles, rolls his eyes, says, "Yeah, don't look at me, I don't understand it either." I look at him again, I look at the bartender, I look at my GF. I look at the TV and Curb Your Enthusiasm happens to be on. I think, "Maybe I can sell this story to Larry David?" I give up. I order a side of baked potato with chives. I never did get my hushpuppies...
With apologies to Elton John, this Saturday is alright for jazz, not fighting!
Check this out:
Ezekiel Victor will be appearing at the Bakersfield Jazz Workshop this week. Here's a link to an article about it:
Metro Concert Series: A medley of excerpts from 4 tunes performed by Kama Ruby and Her Quartet, Oct. 29, 2009, at the Metro Galleries, Bakersfield, CA. Light My Fire, Hello It's Me, Little L, and Calling You (Theme fromBaghdad Cafe). Kama Ruby (vocals), Pat O'Connell (guitar), Ezekiel Victor (piano), Glen Fong (bass), Canaan McDuffie (drums)
For Immediate Release: The Metro Galleries Presents The Metro Galleries Concert Series: Kama Ruby The Metro Galleries Concert Series continues on Thursday, September 24, 2009, featuring local actress and jazz vocalist, Kama Ruby. She will be presenting her show, "Straight Up and Chilled," a mixture of standard jazz ballads and jazzy, "chilled" versions of other popular tunes, such as The Doors’ "Light My Fire" and Maroon 5’s "Secret." Kama was born and raised in Bakersfield with an extensive background in musical theater, drama, dance, and music performance. She has been performing locally and across the country since she was a teenager. Kama has a BA in Theater from the California State University, Bakersfield, and a Master of Fine Arts in Acting from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. She has performed as a Featured Artist several times at the Bakersfield Jazz Workshop and has opened for major jazz artists such as Tom Scott as part of The Bakersfield Jazz Workshop Orchestra. Kama has also performed as a vocalist with such popular local bands "The Masters of Malfunktion" and others. She has also performed at the Kern and Utah Shakespeare Festivals, the Stars Dinner Theater, in film and television, and has been a featured actress for the last two years at the Rogue Fringe Festival in Fresno, CA. This month, Kama will be debuting her "Straight Up and Chilled" show, a mixture of straight ahead jazz ballads and her re-interpretation of popular rock and pop tunes in a chilled, jazzy flavor. Kama believes that one way to further attract more interest in jazz is to demonstrate that jazz isn’t just for the straight ahead folks – it can be used to turn non-jazz pieces into completely new and satisfying versions of the original tunes while still retaining the essence of what made that tune great. Accompanying her will be a quartet of some of the finest jazz musicians in the Valley: Ezekiel Victor (keyboards), Pat O’Connell (guitar), Glen Fong (bass), and Canaan McDuffie (drums). The show is from 7:30 PM to 9:00 PM at The Metro Galleries, 1604 19th St., Bakersfield, CA. Admission is $10, all ages are welcome. For more information, contact Unsupported Productions at 310-210-2775 or visit One of the benefits of [edit.] off all day in retired life is that one comes across things that one might not come across if one is wasting one's time going to work every day! Kama Ruby is the featured act this week at the Jazz Workshop. She'll be doing some jazz standards and some jazzy interpretations of some rock classics, including the Stones' Wild Horses and The Doors' Light My Fire. She's also doing Maroon 5's Secret.
Who says jazz is for the straight ahead folks only?
Check out the attached flyer and her website below for more info, including her jazzy, sexy take on The Door's Light My Fire:
Well, this isn't exactly a pleasant story, but, it's true. Happened yesterday, April 25, 2009.
The Bakersfield Jazz Workshop is having a Billie Holiday Tribute Concert as its featured artist this week. Wednesday night, Le Corusse Rouge on White Lane in Bakersfield. Sure to be cool, as is every Wednesday! Beginning Improv Class - 630 - 730 pm Featured artist - 730 - 830 pm Open Jazz Jazz Session, 830 - 10 pm
Free - donations (tax deductible) accepted |
