Friday's gig, our last of the tour, was at Castillo/Corrales in the Belleville neighborhood in Paris. The space functions as an art gallery and indie bookshop that is run collectively by several artists (one of whom is a friend of our drummer, Paul). It doesn't ordinarily open up as a performance venue so this show was kind of a trial run for them, but it turned out to be a nice evening.
Paris saxophonist Pierre-Antoine Badaroux (check him out on MySpace) opened with a phenomenal solo alto improvisation, and then we alternated with him for two short sets apiece.
After exhausting several leads we couldn't find a drum set for Paul to use on this gig. But creative mofo that he is, he crafted a table-top setup out of several cymbals, buckets, and some metal scraps that he swiped from a construction site near the Louvre earlier in the day. The sound was amazing... it certainly put us in a different space than we're used to, but given the intimacy of the room and the relaxed vibe of the evening it actually made for some very dynamic music. Big props to PK both for organizing this show and for inventing a musical instrument to play on it...
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