In my April 4 Week in Review posting (“Best Music Week Ever”) I talked about how much I had enjoyed my visit to Jazz at Lincoln Center to watch Steve Miller.
During my visit I read about the upcoming “Essentially Ellington” contest. This is a competition featuring the best High School jazz bands playing Duke Ellington music. Wynton Marsalis (Director of Jazz at Lincoln Center) participates and presents the awards.
This took me back to my days participating in High School brass band competitions and I enjoyed watching some of the performances here:
On stage at the Seaenger Theater the last Saturday night of Jazz Fest, April 30th, Was, holding with his bass guitar and wearing a most funky felt Fedora-style hat, was introduced as musical director for The Last Waltz New Orleans, a celebration of the fabled farewell concert (and landark rock-umentary) by The Band occasion of its 40th anniversary. A Grammy-winning musician and producer, Was served as musical director last Jazz Fest for “Nevilles Forever” at the Saenger plus, in tandem with Blackbird Presents, similar all-star tributes to Dr. John, Gregg Allman and Kris Kristofferson.
Despite some disappointment over the announced “special guests” not including special guests in town for the last weekend of Jazz Fest—original Last Waltz performers including Neil Young, Mavis Staples, and Dr. John—Was and Warren Haynes and company, equipped with superb musicianship, love of the material and a swinging joie de vivre, succeeded in evoking the timeless sound and mythic vibe surrounding seminal roots-rock The Band’s swan song held over Thanksgiving 1976 at the Winterland in San Francisco.
Renowned for absurdly complex arrangements in a sprawling, organic rock groove, The Band made music for the masses and the sophisticates. To tackle this considerable canon, Was teamed up with Haynes (Gov’t Mule, Allman Brothers Band) to recruit a band consisting of New Orleans native Terence Higgins (drums), John Medeski (keys), Michael McDonald (keys, vocal), and for that “Down South” flavor crucial to The Band—comprised of Canadians but anchored by the soul of the late Levon Helm, born in Turkey Scratch, Arkansas—Jamey Johnson, an outlaw-country crooner and guitar-shredder. A superb horn section highlighted by local trombonist Mark Mullins was featured throughout the show. As befitting a Last Waltz tribute, marked in stage décor by two large, elegant chandeliers hung above the stage, a parade of special guests continued throughout the night.
Jamey Johnsoon, unfamiliar to many in the preppy hippie, neo-groover crowd, showed he came prepared and ready to rock when he took lead vocals on the opening “Cripple Creek.” Haynes declared, “I know we’re in Louisiana, but it’s still appropriate,” before a cover of Ray Charles’ “Georgia”—one of a handful of tunes not in the original Last Waltz—with McDonald and McDonald trading verses on lead vocals. An expected, but most exuberant, “Down South in New Orleans” by Bobby Charles followed, propelled by guests Cyril and Ivan Neville and which featured the night’s first explosive jam. Willie Nelson’s son Lukas Nelson (in town with Neil Young’s back Promise of the Real) sang “It Makes No Difference” next. Haynes then described how they approached the Band’s song with the intent to mix up arrangements, proving so with up-tempo gusto as Dave Malone’s voice and axe-handling on the early-Elvis romp, “Mystery Train.” With Johnson back on vocals, a thunderous “The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down” closed.
Organ/piano maestro John Madeski led a chunky, funky keys jam to drive “Rag Mama Rag” to open the second set. Nelson soon returned to lead on “Helpless,” in honor of Neil Young’s haunting contribution (edited-out coke nose notwithstanding) to the Band’s final gig, which fell flat if for other reason than Young’s looming absence and was bludgeoned by McDonald, well, McDonalding all over the vocals. Coming on the 33rd anniversary of Muddy Waters’ death, with promises to “wake him up,” members of Waters’ old bands took the stage for a blistering “Mannish Boy,” with local bluesman Smokey Greenwell fervently working his harmonica to reach both heaven and hell. An annoy euphoria clouded the crowd sing-along of “Forever Young,” a trait that continued in subsequent songs “Caravan” (no Van Morrison), “The Weight” (what was Mavis Staples doing that night?), and the concluding “I Shall Be Released.”
Taking the stage for the encore, Haynes said to the crowd, “I’ve been told this is the last song The Band ever played,” before sailing into a rollicking “Don’t Do It.” A plea for mercy from the one you love, the song sent the sold-out Saenger audience out onto a Canal Street Saturday Night, smiling and satisfied to a heartfelt tribute to the Band they love and miss that, despite a few shortcomings, was northing short of life-affirming.
Setlist:
Set I: “Cripple Creek,” “The Shape I’m In,” “Stage Fright,” “Georgia,” “Down South in New Orleans,” “Ophelia,” “It Makes No Difference,” “Mystery Train,” “Wheels on Fire,” “The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down” (67 mins)
Set II: “Rag Mama Rag,” “Life Is a Carnival,” “Helpless,” “King Harvest,” “Mannish Boy,” “Further Down the Road,” “Forever Young,” “Caravan,” “The Weight,” “I Shall Be Released” (65 mins)
The “Daily Music Break” reminded me how much I love the early 70s albums from Ry Cooder via an excellent video of him performing “Jesus on the Mainline” from the “Paradise and Lunch” album.
I first heard this album when I was 19 and played it on heavy rotation for a few years. The mixture of vintage blues, country and jazz guitar styles with modern slide and gospel arrangements wasn’t like anything I’d heard before. During my commutes today I listened to most of the remastered “Paradise and Lunch” on headphones – highly recommended to enjoy all the different guitars and styles happening on every song. “All Over Now” and “Fool for a Cigarette” are standout arrangements.
The other albums that I enjoy from this early 70s period are “Into the Purple Valley” and “The Slide Area”.
I’m going to revisit his soundtrack from “Paris, Texas” which has some excellent and very sparse slide guitar and the always amazing “Buena Vista Social Club” which I’m expecting will have a resurgence as Cuba opens up to U.S. tourism.
I came across this amazing short video by the “Nerdwriter” through the “Daily Music Break” newsletter this week.
I learned a new term, the “mu chord”, watching this. This essentially involves adding either a 2nd or a 9th to a traditional major triad and is apparently mostly attributed to Steely Dan. The intro to Deacon Blues is perhaps the best example.
The video also highlights Larry Carlton’s subtle guitar frills and the compressed mid-range horn arrangements by Tom Scott that allow the excellent saxophone solo by Pete Christlieb to jump out of the mix. He’s also responsible for the sax solos on Natalie Cole’s “Unforgettable” and on “FM (No Static at All)”.
The drumming is provided by Bernard Purdie (the most recorded drummer) who has played with James Brown, Aretha Franklin (musical director for 5 years in the 70s), and a host of others.
His legendary Purdie shuffle (triplets against a half-time backbeat) can be seen in this video and heard on the Steely Dan songs, “Kid Charlemagne”, “Babylon Sisters”, and “Home at Last”.
Two great new albums were released this week. Keb Mo’s “Live – that Hot Pink Blues album” and Sturgill Simpson’s “A Sailor’s Guide to Earth”. The Keb Mo album reminds me of the wonderful concert he did at the Kessler last year on my birthday. Patty and Brent went with us and we all really enjoyed the music. “Henry” is a real standout on a consistently great live album with great finger-picked National steel guitar solos.
Sturgill Simpson’s album is an amazing stew of R&B/soul horns, country guitar, Joe Walsh style guitar, piano ballads and old school country. I’ve only listened to the album twice so far – but looking forward to listening more.
I hear great things about the new Radiohead album and am off to see if I can stream it easily.
Monday was our last full day in New Orleans. I suppose all good things must come to an end. We had an early lunch at St Roch Market.
“St. Roch Market is a southern food hall featuring a diverse lineup of food and beverage purveyors. Open daily, we offer a unique dining experience along with great shopping and an excellent craft cocktail bar. For entrepreneurs, the Market represents the ultimate platform to grow a food brand and build consumer exposure.”
We had some excellent Bao and a quinoa salad. The Bao on the left is the Duo – Stir fry mushrooms, cucumbers, pickled roots, cilantro, fried onions, spicy ponzu. On the right is the Chairman – Roasted pork belly, cucumbers, pickled roots, cilantro, spicy ponzu.
After St Roch we headed over to the Louisiana Music Factory on Frenchmen Street. This is a local music store that specializes in local Louisiana music. The Creole String Beans were just starting a concert in the store and played through their new album.
From the music factory we embarked on the traditional French Quarter ramble. First stop was at Miss Molly’s for a frozen Irish coffee. Then stops at Diana’s favorite New Orleans themed stores – Razzle Dazzle, Roux on Royal etc. We picked up some chocolates at Sucre and then headed back to Frenchmen St via Tableau.
For our last meal on Tuesday we had lunch at a relatively new Israeli restaurant on Magazine Street called “Shaya”. The annual James Beard restaurant awards were presented on Monday night and this restaurant won “Best New Restaurant in the U.S”, a very prestigious award.
Shaya is an innovative restaurant with a warm and welcoming approach to the dining culture inspired by Chef Alon Shaya’s Israeli upbringing. Chef Alon sees modern Israeli food as a grand mosaic, drawing influence from North Africa, the Middle East, Eastern Europe, Turkey and Greece. The food of Alon’s heritage represents a country rich in diversity of cuisine and culture, inspired by years of tradition while also looking to its contemporary future. The menu at Shaya reflects the ongoing evolution of Israeli food, while celebrating the abundance of Louisiana, and Alon’s close relationships with local farmers, fostered by his ongoing work with the Crescent City Farmer’s Market. In keeping with the the ethos of all of the Besh restaurants, Shaya uses seasonal, responsibly- and locally-sourced ingredients.
Similar to Alon’s other establishments in New Orleans, the wood-fire oven is central to both the menu and the dining experience, starting with the incredible homemade, wood-fired pita. To create the menu, Alon looked to his past (many recipes are those that he cooked with his grandmother), and his recent travels; in 2014, he spent time in Israel immersing himself in the vibrant culture and cuisine of his homeland. Many of the dishes on the diverse menu are meant to be shared.
We sat on the back patio and enjoyed one of the few pleasant and dry days during our visit. I had the falafel sandwich and Diana had a delicious lamb kebab (my favorite after the lamb ragu hummus.
On Wednesday we received the next Blue Apron delivery and continue to really enjoy the meals and the cooking experience. On Wednesday we had crispy cod tacos with chipotle cabbage slaw. I added all of the pepper sauce to the coleslaw and it was a bit too spicy for comfort.
Saturday was Pork Tteokbokki with asparagus and spicy black bean sauce. It also included Korean rice cakes which had a chewy but crisp consistency like the Korean Bao sliders from a few weeks ago. This was my favorite of the three meals this week. On Sunday we made Spring Chicken Fettuccine with sauteed asparagus, kale, and rosemary. Alicia commented that the kale tasted much better than she expected and for a while she didn’t even notice the asparagus that she was eating.
We had a surprise guest for the weekend. On Thursday night Diana heard from Paul Castle Dine (PCD) in Australia. He let her know he was coming to Dallas from Sydney for the weekend on his way to Raleigh, NC and was hoping to stay with us. PCD worked for Diana when she was in Australia and they became great friends.
We learned when Paul arrived that while he was in the air for 16 hours from Sydney to Dallas, his Raleigh plans had changed and he was to go directly to London. He is taking a new job with Cisco in London supporting a huge new deal with Barclay’s bank and is moving there from Sydney sometime soon.
On Saturday morning I took PCD for a haircut and then a beer at Delaney’s (our local Irish theme pub). We sampled the Franconia beer made locally in McKinney.
Then a late lunch at Rye in downtown McKinney. I tried the barrel aged Negroni cocktail which was much smoother and tastier than I was expecting.
On Sunday we had Tari and Bill over for a mother’s day brunch. Tari was PCD’s boss in Australia immediately before Diana – so he had his two “chiefs” together. Tari and Bill are in the midst of a downsizing move from their home in Allen to a private lake community in Gainsville.
What we anticipated to be a quite week after returning from New Orleans, picked up steam over the weekend. It was great to host PCD – he’s such an easy guest and hilarious company.
Hearing My Morning Jacket’s tribute to Prince at jazzfest in New Orleans this week reminded me of this Hall of Fame performance.
For George Harrison’s posthumous induction in 2004, Tom Petty, Jeff Lynne, Steve Winwood, Dhani Harrison and Prince performed “While My Guitar Gently Weeps”. Marc Mann from Lynne’s band plays Clapton’s solo from the original album version, and Prince, having stood in the background until around 3:30 in the song, explodes in the 2nd half of the song.
Monday brought very pleasant weather – 84 degrees and mostly sunny. The garden is in full bloom now but severe thunderstorms, softball size hail (if not grapefruit size – good grief) and potential tornadoes were forecast for Tuesday. We escaped to New Orleans before the storm arrived and it just brought raine. Penelope came home today – she looks not too much the worse for wear but is missing her two “bumperettes” that will be installed in a couple of weeks.
Monday night we cooked the last of our first Blue Apron meals – Za’atar chicken and pearl couscous with asparagus and pink lemon compote. The compote had the pink lemon, agave nectar and chives. The couscous included asparagus and lemon zest. Pearl couscous is semolina and wheat flours rolled into little balls, “pearls”, then toasted for nutty flavor and chewy texture. This was a really nice meal with lots of different flavors coming together. The Za’tar chicken rub had lots of flavor. It paired very well with a crisp Sauvignon Blanc.
We landed in New Orleans around noon on Tuesday to lovely weather. Stopped into “Cooter Browns” on the drive to Denny and Anne’s house so that Diana could enjoy her first dozen fresh oysters. The place is under new ownership and doesn’t have meat pies on the menu any more – a big disappointment for Keith. Denny came to the rescue with a typical great recommendation – down the street to “Boucherie”.
Diana tried the “Sophia Loren” cocktail and liked it.
We chose “small plate” lunches – Diana had the mussels and collard greens, I had the crispy skin duck confit and Denny had the oyster lettuce wraps – all were delicious. We sat outside and enjoyed the great weather.
After a quick nap we headed out for an evening of music. A stop at “Treo” on the way was another great Denny recommendation. Great cocktails, snacks and “Duct Tape Art”.
Our first night of music did not disappoint. Anders Osborne, John Fohl, and Johnny Sansone performed their annual jazzfest show at Chickie Wah Wah (the music club where Anne had her 50th birthday party).
A highlight was “Summertime in New Orleans”, an Anders Osborne song with the lyrics adjusted to tribute Allen Touissant who passed this year – Anders voice, Fohl’s nuanced guitar solo, and Sansone’s harmonica were outstanding.
My other favorite was “Do or Die” – a John Fohl song that I first heard him perform at “Dos Jefes” cigar bar and have listened to many times since. I’m hoping that he might be playing there again on Monday night.
The music wasn’t finished after Chickie Wah Wah. Denny suggested a stop at “DMAC’s” which was an excellent langiappe. Tuesday’s there are part of a touring singer songwriter night. We heard two great country singer songwriters – good songs and great voices. A chance to practice our new Texas two step dancing on the sidewalk.
“D Mac” himself stopped in for a late dinner and introduced himself. He runs a construction company out of the building next door and runs the bar/music club as a side hobby because he enjoys music so much.
Wednesday was lunch at Commander’s Palace day. A full 3 hour experience with a lovely table overlooking the courtyard. I had a coffee glazed quail – beautifully cooked as always. Diana had drum which came with her least favorite vegetable – peas!
Apparently the group was able to consume 8 of the 25c lunchtime martinis. Left to right – Gary, Alex, Laura, Diana, Anne, Denny, and me.
The rain poured down very heavily during most of our 3 hour lunch. The road in front of Commander’s had some pretty good flooding.
Here’s Gary wading through the flood to go and pick up his son.
After lunch we stopped by the Columns hotel and sat on the porch. I got an early birthday gift from the Ogans – a Frenchy jigsaw puzzle. The pieces are shaped like musical instruments and other interesting shapes. Signed by Frenchy no less.
After a quick change we stopped at The Irish House for shepherd’s pie and oysters – because we hadn’t eaten enough already.
Thursday was supposed to be the first jazzfest day – with Tedeschi Trucks band and guests Jimmy Vaughan and Billy Gibbons from ZZ Top. However, the rain continued heavily most of the morning including a few hours without power. The closest we got was this picture posted online right before they played. Here’s what the conditions looked like during the day.
We decided to switch to Friday for jazzfest and had lunch at Chiba sushi where Diana enjoyed the raw fish with truffle oil very much. Dinner was at Kenton’s in Uptown on Magazine Street (very close to Denny and Anne’s home). Food was very good – chicken liver pate, trout with mushrooms, and chicken under a brick.
Alicia had some big news on Thursday morning – she received an honorable mention in her “concerto solo” contest. This is an amazing accomplishments as she was the only non-Honors band soloist competing with mostly seniors. Only 11 out of the 70 participants got honorable.
Friday was the only jazzfest day of the weekend. Here I am with the schedule I plotted for the day – we ended up following this almost exactly.
First job was to set up camp at the Gentilly stage and enjoy a bit of the Mississippi Rail Company. Then over to Congo Square for some of the Tony Hall tribute to James Brown – excellent and featured the saxophone player from the New Orleans Suspects who played in the James Brown band for 12 years.
Then back to Gentilly for the end of Bonerama and rendezvous with friends. Next was the Creole String Beans (the band from Anne’s 50th birthday) with special guest Bill Kirchen, “the master of the telecaster”, and of “Hot Rod Lincoln fame”. I enjoyed this set very much although the Fais Do Do stage was the muddiest and stinkiest.
Lunch was a seafood ravigote and an Italian chicken sausage po-boy. Then a meat pie later in the afternoon.
After the Creole String Beans it was back to Gentilly for The Revivalists – very popular and energetic show. We walked down to the other end of the fairgrounds for a refreshing iced cafe au lait after that show and paused to listen to Los Lobos performing “El Pistole et El Corazon” – a mariachi album of theirs. My Morning Jacket closed things out at Gentilly with a strong show that finished with Prince tributes.
A very good and full jazzfest day with surprisingly small crowds and not too much soggy ground from the previous day’s downpours.
Saturday brought more rain throughout the day. We met Diane, Denny’s Mum, at “Martin’s Wine Store” for lunch. Great black peppercorn pate, brie with champignons, and oyster Rockefeller soup
Saturday night was the much anticipated 40th anniversary reenactment of “The Last Waltz” – The Band’s farewell concert at Winterland in San Francisco in 1976. We had dinner at Josephine Estelle in the new Ace hotel and then walked over to the Saenger theater via the Cellar Door cocktail bar. Dinner included red snapper, agnolotti (small raviolis with sweetbread, chanterelles and black pepper), and potato gnocchi with chicken gizzards.
Here’s the makeup of the band:
The superband will be led by musical director Warren Haynes (Gov’t Mule, The Allman Brothers Band, The Dead) and GRAMMY® Award-winning producer/multi-instrumentalist Don Was, keyboard master John Medeski, country superstar Jamey Johnson, The Meters’ pioneering bass player George Porter, Jr., The Radiators’ Dave Malone, legendary funk drummer, Terence Higgins (Dirty Dozen Brass Band, John Scofield’s Piety Street Band), The Bonerama Horns’ Mark Mullins (Galactic, Harry Connick, Jr.), and more still to be announced as well as superstar surprise guests.
Warren Haynes: Guitar John Medeski: Keyboards
Michael McDonald: Piano Jamey Johnson: Guitar George Porter, Jr.: Bass Dave Malone: Guitar Don Was: Bass Terence Higgins: Drums Mark Mullins: Horns Featuring The Original Horn Arrangements of Allen Toussaint
The show was a musical highlight of a weekend filled with musical high notes. The entire band sounded great – particularly the horn section. I was nervous about the addition of Michael McDonald but he did a solid job on the songs he sang, including “Helpless” as performed by Neil Young in the original.
Sunday was – you guessed it – another very wet and rainy day. I decided to pass on Neil Young at jazzfest and instead we had an excellent brunch at the Red Dog diner on Magazine Street.
We relaxed at the Ogan’s home the rest of the day with various games. A group competition over the crossword puzzle was quite entertaining. Then a game of “Pandemic” with the boys where Keith was the “Contingency Planning” character – we were able to foil the game’s attempt to introduce an epidemic.
I always look forward to my monthly delivery from “Vinyl me, please”. This is a record of the month club – a completely different genre each month and collectors editions. The package includes artwork inspired by the record and a cocktail recipe to enjoy while listening.
The record this month is “The Score” by the Fugees. I’m not really a fan of hip hop music at all but do appreciate the creativity of Wyclef Jean and Lauryn Hill. The covers of “No Woman, No Cry” and “Killing Me Softly” are very good and I like the two tone colored vinyl.
I received two other records to expand the small jazz section of my collection. “Chet is Back” by Chet Baker was originally released in 1962 and the sound quality is fantastic. His trumpet tone is really full and yet delicate, particularly on the ballads, “Over the Rainbow” and “These Foolish Things”. I’ve been playing this one every day for the last week and like it more each time.
The second is “Basin Street Blues” by Louis Armstrong. It does a great job of setting the mood for our trip to New Orleans for jazzfest 2016. This was recorded live with an audience in 1956 and so doesn’t sound as crisp as the Chet Baker. The sound quality is still remarkably good. What a great band with Trummy Young on trombone and Ed Hall on clarinet. The clarinet on “Tiger Rag” is excellent. “Basin Street Blues” and “Do you know what it means to miss New Orleans?” are highlights.
Monday was a tough day for my colleagues in Houston who got 15″ of rain in just a few hours. Here are pictures of downtown Houston and the underwater roads next to the AIG office.
On Monday night we had tickets to see Lucinda Williams at the Kessler. I was too tired for it (particularly the long drive home late at night) so we missed out. Great reviews for the show:
The water levels continued to rise in Houston on Tuesday – here’s the view from a colleague’s house.
On Wednesday we had a leisurely lunch at Zin Zen in Adriatica (Croatian village styled area walking distance from our home) – greek salad, chicken florentine panini and some great potato soup. Finished the New York times crossword while enjoying a glass of wine.
I signed up for the Blue Apron cooking service this week and it arrived on Wednesday afternoon. Everything you need, including recipes, to make 3 dinners for 2 people.
The first meal I tried was seared salmon and green potato salad with pickled mustard seeds. It was good but the pickled mustard seeds cooked a bit long and the sugar hardened to more of a candy than a sauce. First lesson learned. The green potato salad was the highlight – it gets the green color from spinach, celery, and scallions and also includes sour cream and horseradish. Next up was Korean Bao sliders with Gochujang Mayo and sweet potato tempura. The sliders were delicious with ginger, gochuyang sauce, scallion, and black bean sauce added to the ground beef. The Chinese steamed buns cooked up easily and were very tasty. The combination of the soft steamed buns, crisp cucumber, patty, and spicy mayonnaise was excellent. I think we’ll try this again. The sweet potatoes needed to cook a few minutes longer – a bit too crispy – lesson #2.
On Saturday night we streamed the recent movie “Burnt”, starring Bradley Cooper. It was mediocre but did a good job of presenting the food and the precision and chaos in high end kitchens. The main character had moved to London from Paris and was trying to earn a third Michelin star for his restaurant – which he ultimately was able to accomplish when he treated his staff as a team and dialed back the egomania.
Sunday was a very leisurely day. We read for quite a while – I enjoyed various Scottish words in my Kate Atkinson book – fusty, jotters, catarrh. We took our Michelopolis painting of a New Orleans Victorian house in to be re-framed – hopefully it will match the living room better when we get it back. Some good sour cream chicken enchiladas for dinner.
Penelope is still in the body shop being repaired. Hoping to get her back today before the next round of hailstorms are expected to hit on Tuesday.
I finished the book, “Disrupted – My adventures in the start-up bubble”, by Dan Lyons this week in a couple of days. Very funny, accurate, and sad at the same time – almost like a black comedy but unfortunately true. A separate posting with more about this book is coming soon.
Lots of new vinyl was delivered this week including the “Vinyl, me please” monthly release – “The Score” by the Fugees, Chet Baker’s “Chet is Back”, and Louis Armstrong’s “Basin Street Blues” – more about these in another posting coming soon. Chet Baker is the one that’s getting the most turntable time by far.
Monday brought very pleasant weather – 84 degrees and mostly sunny. The garden is in full bloom now but severe thunderstorms, softball size hail (if not grapefruit size – good grief) and potential tornadoes were forecast for Tuesday. We escaped to New Orleans before the storm arrived and it just brought raine. Penelope came home today – she looks not too much the worse for wear but is missing her two “bumperettes” that will be installed in a couple of weeks.
The record this month is “The Score” by the Fugees. I’m not really a fan of hip hop music at all but do appreciate the creativity of Wyclef Jean and Lauryn Hill. The covers of “No Woman, No Cry” and “Killing Me Softly” are very good and I like the two tone colored vinyl.
ew hours. Here are pictures of downtown Houston and the underwater roads next to the AIG office.
