Chicago, Chicago, that wonderful town

Crazy. I come off the airplane ready for my 8 hour layover here at O'Hare and I run into Vancouver trumpet player extraodinaire, Bria Skonberg. I thought I was in for some travel; she was in France and Holland for the last 2 weeks, flew back to Van yesterday and was at the airport with me early at 5 am (although we never ran into each other until Chicago) to fly on to Virginia for a Jazz Party. She's pretty heavily involved in the Trad Jazz scene and by the sounds of it, kicking ass.

I must say that it felt good knowing that Vancouver jazz musicians are travelling the world, entertaining the masses. Vancouver has some of what I consider the greatest talent on earth musically and I'm proud of my musical brothers and sisters. Seeing Bria in Chicago and knowing that 7 other Soulstreamers were invited over to Europe is a great testament to our scene.