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second avant-garde evening at sardines tonight. i got off work at 8 and hurried home to pick up my sweetie 'n' get there before the band hit. made it just in time. besides jhon kahsen on piannner, joey carter on vibes, and chris white on bass, there were a few musos who hadn't participated in the previous evening: dave williams on tenor, pat brown on 'bone, and danny chacko on drums. while the others all made worthy contributions, it was definitely chris 'n' danny's evening. besides handling the low-end theory, chris also blew a conch, small wood whistle, and flute. i actually saw him _dancing_ up there. keith wingate always usedta tell me that danny was his preferred drummer, and while i'd heard mr. chacko play a variety of styles, mostly with st. frinatra (straightahead, funk, latin, caribbean), nothing coulda prepared a listener for this onslaught. a coupla minutes in, i leaned over and asked my sweetie, "you think he digs elvin?" (that wasn't a question, it was an answer.) chacko's a remarkably physical and aggressive stickman, and he dominated the set like a prowling lion, challenging the other musos with volley after volley of polyrhythmic thunder. and of course, it wasn't recorded, so if you weren't there, you truly missed it. next one's set for december 12th (remember: second tuesday, every other month). you owe it to yrself.