Photos, videos, wrap-up from Montreal Jazz Festival / Mr. Ho's Orchestrotica - Tiki Music

MH Mr. Ho Tiki Socialite Boston, MA Joined: Oct 09, 2005 Posts: 490	MH Mr. Ho Posted posted on Tue, Jul 24, 2012 7:47 PM Hi everyone, I don't normally cross-post our official Mailing List newsletters on TC, but this was a huge performance for Mr. Ho's Orchestrotica so I thought I would share the photos, videos, and wrap-up with you. Enjoy! Details below: "My tolerance for lounge music is minimal, and my tolerance for camp even less, but I respect obsession in its grandest forms. O’Neill and the gang won me over with the incredible precision and, yes, passion of their playing. Approaching Esquivel’s pop concoctions with the seriousness of a top-notch jazz repertory ensemble, Orchestrotica enchanted the crowds during two free shows."- JazzIz (Steve Futterman’s festival coverage) Videos: see the Orchestrotica.com video page (or, view them on Facebook) - Photo sets are on Facebook and on Flickr (same sets) - great shots from Eva Blue and Yves Renaud of backstage and out front! Additional audience photos were shot by PhilFoto.ca - thanks Phil!- Join the conversation on Facebook or Twitter WRAP-UP FROM MR. HO: I’ve finally recouperated from an exciting and wonderfully fulfilling journey to the Paris of the North, Montréal! The entire experience was a blast for everyone. The Orchestrotica performed 2 shows on June 29th to crowds that I am told potentially exceeded 100,000 -- for both sets (view this photo)! The reception from everyone was amazing and we’ll have even more video coming out soon. It was a real treat to be featured on Friday night, and especially on the largest festival stage, the TD Main Stage. Special thanks to Yves Renaud and Eva Blue (photographers), and John T (our local "Montreal Tiki Appreciate Society" connection and LuxuriaMusic DJ) for chaperoning us, finding a hotspot for our new press photos, shooting some video, and introducing Mr. Ho to strange Canadian things like Duck in a Can (photo). John T also has the sexiest space-age bachelor pad Mr. Ho has seen this side of the Moon and he also mixes a mean mai tai! So what’s next? The quartet is currently working on booking our Fall/Winter Boston and NYC performances including a new collaboration with a choral group we hope to announce soon. Additionally, I’m starting to think about the next Exotica for Modern Living quartet recording! Later this year, the big band will return to Boston and we’ve also added an April 2013 show in Wakefield, MA you can bookmark below. We’re hoping to have some positive news on a possible return of the big band to Mexico at some point, and in the Fall, we’ll begin planning for a west coast journey in 2013/14. We’ll also be adding new transcriptions to the Esquivel collection too - got a request? To all of our new Canadian fans and everyone else, feel free to leave us a comment on our homepage, Facebook, or Twitter. Merci, Mr. Ho! Want to join the list and get 6 free MP3s from our award-winning Exotica for Modern Living series? Visit http://orchestrotica.com/mailinglist.cfm?ref=tc72412

Hi everyone,

I don't normally cross-post our official Mailing List newsletters on TC, but this was a huge performance for Mr. Ho's Orchestrotica so I thought I would share the photos, videos, and wrap-up with you. Enjoy! Details below:

"My tolerance for lounge music is minimal, and my tolerance for camp even less, but I respect obsession in its grandest forms. O’Neill and the gang won me over with the incredible precision and, yes, passion of their playing. Approaching Esquivel’s pop concoctions with the seriousness of a top-notch jazz repertory ensemble, Orchestrotica enchanted the crowds during two free shows."- JazzIz (Steve Futterman’s festival coverage)

Videos: see the Orchestrotica.com video page (or, view them on Facebook) - Photo sets are on Facebook and on Flickr (same sets) - great shots from Eva Blue and Yves Renaud of backstage and out front!
Additional audience photos were shot by PhilFoto.ca - thanks Phil!- Join the conversation on Facebook or Twitter

WRAP-UP FROM MR. HO:
I’ve finally recouperated from an exciting and wonderfully fulfilling journey to the Paris of the North, Montréal! The entire experience was a blast for everyone. The Orchestrotica performed 2 shows on June 29th to crowds that I am told potentially exceeded 100,000 -- for both sets (view this photo)! The reception from everyone was amazing and we’ll have even more video coming out soon. It was a real treat to be featured on Friday night, and especially on the largest festival stage, the TD Main Stage.

Special thanks to Yves Renaud and Eva Blue (photographers), and John T (our local "Montreal Tiki Appreciate Society" connection and LuxuriaMusic DJ) for chaperoning us, finding a hotspot for our new press photos, shooting some video, and introducing Mr. Ho to strange Canadian things like Duck in a Can (photo). John T also has the sexiest space-age bachelor pad Mr. Ho has seen this side of the Moon and he also mixes a mean mai tai!

So what’s next? The quartet is currently working on booking our Fall/Winter Boston and NYC performances including a new collaboration with a choral group we hope to announce soon. Additionally, I’m starting to think about the next Exotica for Modern Living quartet recording!

Later this year, the big band will return to Boston and we’ve also added an April 2013 show in Wakefield, MA you can bookmark below. We’re hoping to have some positive news on a possible return of the big band to Mexico at some point, and in the Fall, we’ll begin planning for a west coast journey in 2013/14. We’ll also be adding new transcriptions to the Esquivel collection too - got a request?

To all of our new Canadian fans and everyone else, feel free to leave us a comment on our homepage, Facebook, or Twitter. Merci, Mr. Ho!

Want to join the list and get 6 free MP3s from our award-winning Exotica for Modern Living series? Visit http://orchestrotica.com/mailinglist.cfm?ref=tc72412

Post #645457 by Mr. Ho on Tue, Jul 24, 2012 7:47 PM

To all of our new Canadian fans and everyone else, feel free to leave us a comment on our homepage, Facebook, or Twitter. Merci, Mr. Ho!