Ottawa, Ontario

I'm in the middle of building a listening room in the basement so for my turn to host, I decided to invite the club out to a live show. We went to "Le Petit Chicago", to watch sax player, Petr Cancura. I think Petr has been getting used to living in New York and he came on a little later than we might have liked. But he put on a strong first set. It was fun to get a chance to talk to everyone before the show started. And I might try something like that in the future. But first, to get the listening room ready and to host an evening some time early in the new year.

all the best

matthew

Matthew,

Thanks for a very entertaining and enjoyable evening. I thought the group's performance was great and I know that we all enjoyed this very much. Lets do this again early in the new year. Cheers, Terry.

very interested , live in orleans , hsve been into audio since 1970 starting with full range electrostats, now have cj premier 140 , cj 14l preamp.totem winds, rega apollo audio quest interconnects , plus tetra 120u , with sub u, ultimate cable

We had our second meeting of 2008 at my place. This was the first group session in my new listening room. The room is still a work in progress but overall the system and surroundings provided enjoyable listening. Fortified with some beverages and snacks including delicious homemade hummus we settled down to an eclectic listening session based on the theme of: winter, spring and summer.

We listened to tunes by: Kenny Drew, Dean Martin, Ella Fitzgerald, Koop, Pat Metheny, Bill Frisell, Loreena Mckennitt, Arcade Fire, Silk Road Music, Jacintha, Mariza, Bill Evans, Miles Davis, Natacha Atlas, June Christy and Meshell Ndegeocello. We also listened to, Caroline Dale performing music from the "Hillary and Jacky" Soundtrack. And we heard a small excerpt from Leonard Berenstein conducting Stravinsky's "Rite of Spring". The surprise for me was a delicious version of "Summertime: by Ray Charles and Cleo Laine. That blew away the Miles effort on the same song.

I look forward to the next meeting already! And to the end of winter.

Our second meeting of the year, at Matthew's, was a great sucess. Comraderie, mixed with good music and a little Scotch and wine, are an unbeatable combination. Thanks, Matthew!