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Last Friday evening, my friend Jill and I went to see some of the most remarkable music making I've seen in a very long while. Queen Bey is a local vocal jazz/standards legend who opened the show. James Cotton is a 72 year old bluesman who blows the harp like nobody's business, despite the fact that he sounds like he can barely talk. Playing with him was Bob Margulies, Chicago slide guitar mainstay, and a bunch of freakishly good young backup players, all capable of being stars in their own rights someday. Topping it all off was Pat Metheny, native of Lee's Summit, MO (right down the road about five minutes from me), past guitar teacher to some of my friends, and winner of more Grammies than you can shake a jazz guitar at.

Awesome time...here are some pics. Might do a MySpace vid of some of it when I've got the time.