Chris
invited us to go to see Flea playing a free concert at CalTech's Beckman
Auditorium with their jazz bands, playing trumpet to such tunes as Blue
Train, Some Skunk Funk, Take the A Train, Basin Street Blues, El Macho
Muchacho, and Billie's Bounce, as well as new musical
arrangements by Les and Elliot Deutsch...
...while
not forgetting the instrument that he's most famous for with the Chili
Peppers.
Flea
appeared nervous at first, later telling the audience that he was "kinda
terrified", but sounded good. William Bing, Director, presents him
with a toy set of golf clubs at the end of the evening's performance as the
Thursday jazz band, literally filled with employees of CalTech, JPL, and
NASA, look on in amusement.