TONY O'MALLEY: News

Most of the month of May was spent in body maintenance, i.e. a double-hernia operation and some necessary osteopathy work, all treatments made in Brussels, Belgium, where the medical service is A1! The surgeon, Dr Koen Van Belle, was so good that I was back in Tbilisi singing at the Philharmonia only 8 days post-op!
After carrying pianos and humping gear up & down hundreds of flights of stairs over the years, having twins and a beautiful young wife at my age, it's not surprising that I've ended up with two hernias!
Still, I'm recuperating and my back is much better after four sessions with osteopaths, Robin Demeeter and Chris Read, plus a bit of excellent tweaking here in Tbilisi from our good friend, Dr Michael Sandleri.
Feeling good for the Tbilisi Jazz Festival performance on June 29th. Then it's back to the UK on July 5th to play some nice gigs at Goodwood and a few club dates in London. Watch this space....

Last week I worked eight gigs in five days! Three concerts with the Tbilisi Concert Orchestra (the big band) and five smaller gigs with my trio.
With the big band I sing one song in the Georgian language "isev m'tkiva morchenili iara...." a bit of a tongue-twister, but it goes down a storm!
This weekend we have just a couple of regular club dates - not so hectic. Here in Tbilisi the Georgians celebrate Easter (orthodox) one week later than in Europe and the U.S. So, Happy Orthodox Easter!
With love,
Tony

Following my year-long stint at Noa Noa club with Paata Andriadze (pno), Gia Salagishvili (dr), David Azirashvili (gtr) and Nodar Ekvtimishvili (bass), who have now taken up residence at the Adjara Casino seven nights a week, 5 hours a night, I'm now working with three more great musicians, Lasha Abashmadze on bass and Zaza Tsertsvadze on the drums, plus the incomparable David Japaridze on percussion. We plan do play as many concerts as possible and then record an album, probably in the fall.