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The Shapes tour of Holland the U.K. this past July, 2006 was a HUGE success for us and we had a blast!!! Special thanks to our friends Sietse Huisman of Leeuwarden, Holland, Janpier Brands of Leeuwarden, Holland, Oeds Bouwsma of Leeuwarden, Holland and last, but certainly NOT least, Jimmy Glasmacher of Ede, Holland as well as Jez Sands of The Pizza Express in London, England. These guys were amazing and we couldn't have made the tour a success without their help!!! We made a lot of new friends along the way and already we've got gigs booked for 2007, which you'll read about in a minute.

But first, we have some great news!!! Shapes is proud to announce that we have been invited to perform at the Java Jazz Festival in Jakarta Indonesia from 3/2-3/4/07.....Check out the news page for details.

We'll also be playing a couple of gigs locally, on 1/3/07 at the Baked Potato and 1/4/07 at the University of La Verne, so stop by the live page and get the info on those gigs, too.

Meanwhile, the next Shapes tour of Europe is officially happening! Already, we have solid bookings in the United Kingdom and Holland and are working on dates in Germany, Belgium, France and Italy. Stay tuned for more on the tour, which will take place during the months of September and October, 2007!

We're also planning the next CD and eventually, a full length concert DVD. Hopefully, we'll find the time to also release a live on tour CD from out summer 2005 and summer 2006 tours, so be on the look out for that....someday!!!

For those of you wondering about the long awaited Shapes music books, featuring the sheet music from both of our CD's, the wait will soon be over. A thousand apologies for the delays, but as you can imagine, it's a lot of work to edit the music as well as make sure that all of the publishing legalities are covered. Look for the release of this material sometime BEFORE April of 2007 if not sooner!!!

We also have NEW Shapes shirts, beautifully designed again by Miss Kotomi Hashinokuchi and this time, we have them in small, medium, large, extra large and double extra large, too. We also have them in four colors: black, white, aqua blue and sky blue.

Finally, some time early in 2007, look for some major changes to the Shapes website. This is a long overdue project that finally, has inched it's way to the top of our "to do" list. Meanwhile, you can also visit us at MySpace.com

Thanks for stopping by and Happy New Year to all of you on behalf of Shapes!

Meanwhile, check out this interesting analysis of our version of John Coltrane's classic, 'Naima' from The Big Picture, featuring Robben Ford by guitar legend, Steve Khan, who's credits include everyone from The Brecker Brothers to Billy Joel.

Also, be sure to check out Steve's great recordings with his various groups that feature such players such as bassits John Patitucci and Anthony Jackson and drummers Dave Weckl, Steve Jordan, Dennis Chambers, Al Foster, Jack DeJohnette and percussionist, Manolo Badrena