Echos from Ukraine and a see you soon full of Love*

Performing in Ukraine (with some of the musicians who have been part of my orchestra in Cairo).
In these photos, Semsem is doing his "magic" as well as I am (check out how my finger is pointing up, directly touching a lamp:).

Talking (no words required) with my beloved audiences. In Ukraine, in the sky, everywhere.

Oh, man! I gotta love Semsem - the "taabal" performing with me over here - for his obvious respect, enthusiasm, focus and passion. Just look at his face and you will know - just a bit - of the pleasure of performing with Musicians who truly know and love what they are doing.

Loving these guys! Me and musicians have always had a passionate (and respect based) relationship. Grateful for their generosity - always.

Living (another way of saying "dancing") on stage. Ukraine.

Then he came and climbed them.

Vacation plans*

A Glimpse

"
A GLIMPSE, through an interstice caught,
Of a crowd of workmen and drivers in a bar-room, around the stove,
late of a winter night-
And I unremark'd seated in a corner;
Of a youth who loves me, and whom I love, silently approaching,
 and
seating himself near, that he may hold me by the hand;
A long while, amid the noises of coming and going-
of drinking and
oath and smutty jest,
There we two, content, happy in being together, speaking little,
perhaps not a word."

Walt Whitman