Ko Samui, Thailand
Back to Ko Samui, Thailand. You can see why I would want to stay. Notice how calm the sea is. Just like a lake. And that's the big Buddha off in the distance. The Hindu-ish Buddha. Today was the first of three sea days. We got our tails kicked today. Two captain's parties (where he introduces all of the department heads) then two shows. And the new musical director is going to wear us out. She's a show player and uncomfortable just playing standards. So we play charts on everything. The MD before was a good jazz piano player so on nights when we had to play so much, he'd play tunes and maybe one of us would play the melody and solo on each one and the other guys could rest. You might end up playing on one or two songs per set. That ain't gonna happen with this girl. She's the type that does nothing on the fly. We played an half our of big band music and then went straight into the production show. Twice. And the first show was a real drag because she got the tempos too slow and everything seemed to drag along. But the singers must have said something to her. (Plus the rest of the band took the new drummer aside and told him to push all of the tempos.) Whatever happened, it worked because the second show was much better. We had got an hour back last night and another one tonight. I had to set my system clock to Yekaterinburg, Russia to get the correct hour. Never even heard of it! And the whole band is off tomorrow except for the bassist and drummer. Who are going to get THEIR tails kicked tomorrow. By one of the true prima-donna concert pianists working ships. I thought the last guys that worked with him were going to quit after that one. 'Around the World with Naki Ataman.' I never realized the world was so big until I heard that show. Ciao...KR
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