"ROSE ROOM": The EarRegulars: JON-ERIK KELLSO, JOHN ALLRED, JOE COHN, NEAL MINER (5.16.21)

It's an honor to be present (with video camera) to document the resurrection of New York City through lyrical inventive swing: this performance, the second by the EarRegulars outside their usual haunt, The Ear Inn, 326 Spring Street, Soho, New York City. It's perhaps odd for jazz musicians: in daylight, outdoors, but Jon-Erik Kellso, trumpet (a Harry B. Jay horn of the kind Louis played alongside Joe Oliver), John Allred, trombone; Neal Miner, string bass; Joe Cohn, guitar, are undeterred and probably inspired by Nature and fresh air. I know we are and were. Recorded on May 16, 2021, by Michael Steinman for JAZZ LIVES (http://www.jazzlives.wordpress.com).