Virtual Jazz Club!

 Talent Show night! What do yo do when you host a talent show and no one signs up?  Not a problem for FM.  The band plays a mellow version of GO Go boots, or is it Hot Sashay?  Charlie plays two trumpets at once!  FM tries his hand at playing the spoons. Finally! Finally an audience member, Bill, signs up and does a poem he wrote called “Management”. The Band closes with Train Wreck. 

 FM throws a Halloween Party at the Borealis Lounge!  The band gets weird and spacey.  The Demon ventriloquist doll comes back to haunt FM, and mayhem ensues. 

 Tonight! Business at the Borealis Lounge has been kind of slow, so FM decides to stir things up by inviting ALL of Charlie’s fan clubs to a Fan Club Night Celebration!  Whoops – guess they don’t all get along.  Tensions build and then explode in concert with some great improvisational jams. Songs include Fan Club, Beauty with No Head, various trumpet overtures for the different fan clubs, and a classic, Fight Song.  Charlie Bates on Trumpet, Dr. F on piano, Wrong Way Perkins on guitar, Jack Patz on drums, and Berle on his ever-lovin bass. 

 Tonight! Help FM celebrate his new 8th Grade Diploma! The band starts off with 8th Grade Jam, then plays a spur of the moment improv on Bach melodies to Make FM look smart. FM doesn't have the Report Card Blues, but the Band sure does. Hackin Sam does a quiz show - Are you smarter than an eighth Grader? Then Hackin premiers his new epic Poem - Anthropology. The band wraps it up with The Smarts and FM has an in-house graduation party 

 The Aurora Club Jams at the State Fair!  FM lined up a lucrative free gig next to the Sheep Barn.  Wow – Spaghetti on-a-stick, Cuban Colas on-a-stick, freak shows, animal husbandry, midway mayhem and music.  On top of it all Dr. F is back and is jamming with Wrong Way Perkins! At The State Fair!  The show starts out with a psychedelic tune called Sheep Jam.  Things really start to move with a driving jazz jam called Thrill-o-Whirl. After that crazy ride, things slow down and get romantic with the tune Ye Olde Mill.  Wrong Way Perkins sings Headphone Henry – the band’s entry in the Bandstand Competition. The set wraps up with Sky Ride. 

 Tonight! Live from the Borealis Lounge! Wrong Way Perkins - guitarist extraordinaire arrives and joins the band, bringing in a wild new sound. Sort of like the Grateful Dead meets Santana and Miles Davis. Really wild super long jam and its their first time playing together! Unbelievable. Songs include Go Go boots, Hot Sashay, Odessey, Mr. Blobby and Under the Bridge. FM keeps the show going with his insult-ridden ventriloquist doll. This is a classic folks.    

 Its the Holiday Season and FM is giving away turkeys! Live ones - whoops! The band jams on with an intro song, Feather Head, Wintertime, and Turkey Trot! 

 Tonight! Join FM in wishing Jack Patz the best as he ventures off to join the French Foreign Legion - or something like that. The set features some of Jack's favorite rockin tunes with the Aurora Club. Tunes include Improvised Monk, Heavy Jack, Spy Girl, Amazing Grace and Fish Wrap. Special Guests Lady K and Hackin Sam also stops by to pay tribute to Jack Patz - one of the Rock N Roll Jazz Drummer Greats! 

 Tonight! At the Borealis Lounge! FM has invited VP Candidate Palin to the Lounge for a debate with Charlie Bates! Why he has even brought in Nanook Johnson, a guest drummer from the far north to help set the rhythm of the evening. Of course Sarah backed out since Jazz involves improvisation, and she is under strict order to keep to the script. So FM has a Sarah Palin Look-A-Like contest to keep the customers happy. The songs in tonight’s set include: Legal in Alaska, The Secret, The Moose Has The Blues, Wasilla Nights, After the Party Waltz, and Happy Days Are Here Again. I am FM and I approve this message.

 Tonight! Charlie is feeling down after the Borealis Lounge softball team had a crushing loss to the Grand Bistro. Pierre’s Sidekick, LaChou, stops by to collect on FM’s wager. The set starts off with “Left Field Daydreams”, followed by “7th Inning Stretch”, “Shortstop Romance”, 3/4 for the Umpire” and wraps up with “Bases Loaded”. As FM says – It just doesn’t matter if you win or lose. 

 Tonight! The air conditioning is out at the Borealis Lounge, but the crowd is keeping cool with the AC.  The band starts out the set with a 3/4 tune called "Cool it". Dr F shows off his love for minimalism and the beauty of keeping the melody simple with his tune called "Sunglasses".  Man it is hot, but Charlie Bates' tune "Surf" helps with a funky breeze. The funk continues with an acid jazz tribute to the all-American summer beach icon - "Bikini". Hackin Sam is back from vacation and apparently discovered "The five stages of Happiness" while camping in the pines. Alright Hackin! Share the wisdom!   FM's big idea to keep cool hits a snag and the band has to chill him out with a super mellow version of "Cool it" to close out the set, along with some island jazz to close the bar. 

FM wants to join the Swanky Calhoun Club.  Problem is, the Chairman of the Club and the Admissions Committee need to check him out!  FM hosts them at the Club and things get pretty wild.  The band tries to be refined with some swinging jazz interpretations of classical tunes: “Funeral March for a Marionette”; “Beethoven's Allegretto from the 7th Symphony”; Hackin Sam attempts an beat poem praising FM “FM Foundation”; “Habenera”; and “El Choclo”.   

Tonight! Voodoo Magic with the Great Fatini!  Dr F has set aside his Steinway D for the night and opted to play electric for that Bill Evans sound. The band starts it off with a groovin 6/8 tune called “Kimo Sabe”. Everything about the Great Fatini is magic, and the band pays tribute to his “Magic Pants” for the second tune. The Voodoo Magic Act leads into the third tune - “Berle's Head” - a sweet slow song with a bass lead. The band tosses together an improve to create  a rocking jam tune aptly called “The Great Fatini”!  The set ends with some “Ska for Jeff”. 

 Caucus Night at the Borealis Lounge!  Join FM, Charlie Bates, Dr. F, Jack Patz, Berle, Hackin Sam and the rest of the Borealis Lounge regulars in a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to participate in a debate between the two leading presidential candidates - our own Charlie Bates and Senator Frappi!  As always, the band plays some great original tunes: Look At Me, Old Caucus Blues, Clam Bake, Hurry Up! and It's Been a Long Day. Hackin Sam debuts another Beat Poem - The Long-Tail - based on his recent dabbling in mathematics. Pull up a chair, grab a Cuban Cola and Participate in Jazz Politics the way it was meant to be! 

 Tonight! FM steals a Steinway D from Pierre's Bistro down the street – all for Dr. F.!   Original tunes abound starting with a ballad named “D”. Clive gets an invite to join in on a latin version of A Fine Hotel. Where the heck is Jack now?  The Fat Man needs a swinging dose of Good Advice.  Charlie plays a tune from his down south days called Sunny Parish. The band gets into a spaced out jam on Sailing. All good things must come to an end, and Dr. F starts to end the set with Showing Off the Dog House, until Pierre and his sidekick show up looking for their piano....   

 Tonight! The brother of FM stops by with a banjo sidekick.  Things get pretty hot with that wild decadent jaass Be-Boppin!  The band provides some southern comfort with Shenandoah. Charlie tries singing Beautiful Sea and a waitress does a dance to a tune aptly named Pretty Girl. Hackin Sam is Back with a new beat poem - How to Fly! Grab a chair, order a Cuban Cola, and kick back for another evening of live jazz at the Borealis lounge! 

 Jack is back in town! Patz is back from Prague! Tonight! All original tunes at the Borealis Lounge! The band starts out with a groovin improvisation called Jack is Back. The Fat Man requests Charlie's song about last weekend - The Angry Bee That Bothered Me And Made Me Burn My Barbecue. Bates does some nasty scat. The band shifts to ballad mode, gets mellow and paints a picture with Monet. Lady K - lady of mystery and intrigue - what's in Prague anyway? Get a glimpse with The Aurora Club's interpretation of Lady K's Day! The set wraps up like an old TV station with America the Beautiful.