them, so Joni Mitchell better hurry up and call while
in the popular, large-crowd musical experience,
we’re young!
and how well Paul’s leadership choices paid off.
While I still consider myself primarily a jazz
What was it like to perform at concerts with Paul
musician because that setting uses the best of my
Simon’s band?
skills, the lessons learned performing in a popular
music venue have taught me so much. Frankly, I
Prior to Paul’s band, I had never attended a pop music
feel that small intimate clubs are my favourite
performance since I was young, so the very first time we
way to perform. Now that I have been doing more
performed, when there were literally thousands of people
performing in concert halls, the acoustic balance
who were emotionally moved, it kind of blew me away.
of large orchestral ensembles is an amazingly
There were four generations of people in Paul’s crowd! I
difficult art to master, and I find that the most
remember how different the thinking was during
challenging these days!
rehearsals, many things were really calculated for success