with:
Walter Fischbacher, keys
Petr Dvorsky, bass
Martin Novak, drums
13 shows in a row in September of 09

Paris undercover
First stop: VITKOV


Festival in VSETIN


Bordertown of CESKY TESIN: Jazz Club Strelnice


Border into Poland, right behind the club, in the middle of the river

psychedelic hotel


Yoga for sanity

cozy breakfast hall with a small mural on the wall

BRNO: Stara Pekarna










Jiri Sveda, my booker, with Petr Dvorsky


"Are we there yet?"

The pope was on tour, too! He opened up for me in Brno and Mlada Boleslav
MLADA BOLESLAV

view from the hotel

Skoda Museum
USTI NAD LABEM




Walter practicing on a real piano for a change

met up with Dagmar Spain, who is from Usti
Jazzfest TRUTNOV



We played in a former church, beautiful room








SUMPERK

sound check

small little poster, no pressure...
PARDUBICE - tiny club for jazz lovers



SVITAVY - huge contrast to the night before: large hall, huge stage


getting some sun


This is where we stayed! Nobody else in the building, except, possibly, some vampires in the basement


working HARD



Petr and Martin backstage

Petr loses his marbles on the van

thanks to the GPS we saw some lovely countryside
CERNOSICE

sound check




DOMAZLICE - a medieval tourist town close to Germany



refined lighting design




Ate in a medieval restaurant where people are paid to be rude to you in czech. So, you know, that kinda pissed me off.

Martin's mom supplied bagloads of apples from her garden. Thank you, Martin's mom!

detour to Little America, a former coal mine I think. Beautiful spot


SOKOLOV Jazz Fest

interesting poster

winter garden in the castle



Flowers at the end of an intense 2 weeks. Thank you to all involved! We'll do it again soon!