Waverly Wonderful

I had the pleasure of spending the day with Waverly Seven, the septet of Anzic Records artists, yesterday. These young New York jazz musicians ooze talent out of every pore, every minute but what I also found out was that they're a bunch of goof balls.
After an interview with MSG Channel and a rehearsal at the Anzic Townhouse we headed to the Bronx for an interview with WFUV's Idiot's Delight where the band played songs from their 2 CD set honoring Bobby Darin 'Yo! Bobby' (out today).
Back row: Joel Frahm, Avishai Cohen, Daniel Freedman, Barak Mori. Front row: Vin Scelsa, Manuel Valera, Jason Lindner, Anat Cohen

Highlights included:
*Avishai playing every instrument in the room.
*Anat and Avishai dancing to a latin melody played during a warm up (as seen below).

*Daniel jokingly saying "The more cymbals I have at a gig the more chicks I get."
*My impromptu dance with Vin Scelsa during the performance of "Splish, Splash."
*Manuel's special composition called "The Scelsa Shuffle" (TUNE IN ON JULY 14th)

We wrapped the evening with a performance back at the Anzic headquarters and an amazing dinner created by world renown chef Daniel Boulud.