Danny; Tula Russia, 7/5/13 Don’t be scared, this is what Brian’s bass looks like when he first takes it out of the travel case. It’s a specially designed upright bass with a removable neck. He has to put it together before the performance. It usually …

As soon as we finished the reception for our concert with the Moscow Symphony, we headed back to the hotel to pack and prep for our 5 AM departure to Sochi. We were exited to see the home of the 2014 Winter Olympics. The Olympics will be in the mounta…

Maybe not midnight, but we left our hotel in Yaraslovl at 5 AM. The schedule has been late nights and early pickups since we arrived. Since the traffic in Moscow is worse than I’ve ever seen anywhere, including LA, we had an hr or so to get ready to …

Danny: Yaraslovl, 6/28/13 Last night after a 4 hr train ride to Yaraslavl, we arrived at the Jazz cruise sponsored by the towns Jazz center. As we walked to the boat we could hear the strains of Dixieland music in the air.When we got on the boat, we w…

Danny; Moscow to Kaluga to Moscow, 6/28-29/13 We are on the train from Yaroslavl to Moscow this morning, a four hour trip heading back to perform an outdoor concert with the Moscow Symphony. We are returning from an overnight stay in Yaroslavl where …