Jazz steel livestream

Christopher Woitach · Post by **Christopher Woitach** » 22 Feb 2021 8:17 am

Iâ€™m really excited for this:

2/23/2021, 5:00 pm Pacific time

Christopher Woitach Steel Quartet

CW - pedal steel
John Moak - trombone
Tim Gilson - bass
Charlie Doggett - drums

Straight ahead jazz pedal steel with a band of top notch jazz musicians!

If you canâ€™t make it â€œliveâ€, the post will stay up

http://expmusicseries.com/youtube?fbcli ... V81mz6dU_Q

Jim Cohen · Post by **Jim Cohen** » 22 Feb 2021 10:41 am

Exciting, Christopher! Definitely gonna try to attend this! Break a leg, man.

Christopher Woitach · Post by **Christopher Woitach** » 22 Feb 2021 11:44 am

The question is - which leg? Which knee lever do I give up? Tough choice...

Steve Cattermole · Post by **Steve Cattermole** » 24 Feb 2021 10:46 am

Nice job Christopher,really enjoyed it.Great musicians, great songs,and great tone on your steel. Made my morning, Thanks

Rick Schmidt · Post by **Rick Schmidt** » 24 Feb 2021 11:25 am

Loved it Christopher! A day late, but loved the whole thing!

Christopher Woitach · Post by **Christopher Woitach** » 25 Feb 2021 9:18 am

I really appreciate you guys listening! I heard the feed was a little glitchy, so thanks for sticking with it!

Those guys play really well, and theyâ€™ve been so kind as Iâ€™ve stumbled through playing steel - Iâ€™m lucky

Tucker Jackson · Post by **Tucker Jackson** » 25 Feb 2021 10:42 am

You didn't stumble at all, Christopher! Very well done. And I was not expecting to hear some Butterfly, but there it was. Fun.

Christopher Woitach · Post by **Christopher Woitach** » 26 Feb 2021 7:21 am

Thank you, Tucker! That weird mashup of Impressions and Inna Gadda is always a favorite of mine to play

Jerry Overstreet · Post by **Jerry Overstreet** » 26 Feb 2021 8:31 am

I dunno what to say. You know I'm one of your biggest fans and I absolutely love that you are expressing your jazz background through the pedal steel besides the guitar. I love jazz, but just don't have the education to play it worth a flip.

I think what you are doing is so important to the instrument to help and widen it's appeal.

I enjoyed the program today as I wasn't able to attend the live stream.

Yes, there is a glitch at about 26 minutes that goes for about 6 mins., but you can FF or just let it run past that gap and it'll be back on track.

It was great seeing the instrument in this bona fide jazz context and with such awesome musicians.

I only wish Reece, Buddy, Hal, Julian et al could still be with us to appreciate what this means.

Guys, even if you don't have a jazz bent, you oughta give this a listen and see how the pedal steel can be such a versatile instrument.

To me, of course, besides the pedal steel component, it just a joy to hear some fine jazz.

The Q&A segment was a nice touch and I'm sure educational to many of the listeners.

Christopher Woitach · Post by **Christopher Woitach** » 27 Feb 2021 2:37 pm

Jerry

Iâ€™m absolutely touched by your kind words! Youâ€™ve been a great supporter of my efforts, and I want you to know how much it means to me - so much

The thing that has helped the most, other than Reece, Travis, Buck, Paul, hours and hours of practice, etc, is having these top notch musicians, whom Iâ€™ve played with for years on guitar, being willing to play with me as I work my way to competence on this instrument. They have been 100% supportive, and willing to try whatever weird ideas I have when we gig.

Iâ€™m also very thankful for a local club owner who owns a place (Jo Bar in Portland) that Iâ€™ve played guitar in for years. He heard some of my playing on Facebook and said if I had a band heâ€™d love to put it in the rotation at the club - how often does THAT happen???? Especially for jazz pedal steel....

Thanks, Jerry - you (and my other friends here who listened to this), you absolutely made my day!

David Wright · Post by **David Wright** » 1 Mar 2021 4:16 am

GREAT Job!!!!!!!, I'm sure there was some ears in heaven enjoying it all!!!!

Christopher Woitach · Post by **Christopher Woitach** » 1 Mar 2021 8:30 am

Thank you David!

That is my fondest wish - and I was really hoping youâ€™d have a chance to listen!

Susan Alcorn · Post by **Susan Alcorn** » 1 Mar 2021 1:18 pm

I really enjoyed listening and watching - you sounded great and you played with so much taste. I love the intelligence in both your single string playing and in your chords; and I'm looking forward to hearing more.

Christopher Woitach · Post by **Christopher Woitach** » 1 Mar 2021 1:59 pm

Susan

Thank you! Iâ€™m really glad you listened - itâ€™s so great to play with great musicians, and I appreciate the kind words!!!

Bruce Roger · Post by **Bruce Roger** » 21 Mar 2021 12:48 pm

Great sound, inspiring musicians. I appreciate hearing steel in a jazz setting. Plus, combining the In a Gadda Da Vida bass line with Impressions reminds me of something Zappa would do!

Christopher Woitach · Post by **Christopher Woitach** » 27 Mar 2021 9:41 am

Thanks, Bruce! I just saw this - thank you for watching it!

That Impressions/Inna Godda thing makes me laugh every time - itâ€™s also fun to stretch out on, and these guys are absolute top notch players to do it with!