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USA

Leaving New York for Washington, DC
Rob makes one last phone call
The Kennedy Center Millennium Stage
Bobby warms up
Action shots from the Kennedy Center Performance
Dinner after the show
Gene and Michael Schaner share a laugh

PARIS

Trio in Paris
Bobby at the L'Opera
Gene at the Notre Dame
Bobby at the Notre Dame

MOROCCO

Rabat

Dinner at Dinarjat with Jeffrey Hill
Pouring the tea
A day at the beach
Bobby & Gene with reception guests
Hilton garden

Meknes

The first Fine Wine Trio banner
Gene observes his bridge being shortened
Baby on a horse
Concert stage
Bobby & Gene after the show
Medallion presented to the Trio
Tribesmen on horses
Musicians burning in the sand (a must see)
Farewell to our driver Mohammed

Marrakech

Maison de la Culture performance building
Trio during sound check
Student musicians group photo
Feasting at the Djemaa el Fna Square

Casablanca

Bobby at the Sheraton Hotel
Villa Mirador, sight of Roosevelt-Churchill meeting in 1943
Churchill's Map Room described by Consul General, Nabeel Khoury
Bobby at the Hassan II Mosque
Bobby & Rob at the Mosque
Gene & Abdelkrim Raddadi visit a former residence building
Bobby & Gene at the residence
One of our transportation vehicles

Rabat

Master class workshop at "Espace Jazz" jazz club
Jack McCreary at the workshop
Sound check at the "Estivales Festival"
Rob at the sound check
Gene at the sound check
Mohammed & friend at sound check

EGYPT

Cairo

The Nile River from the Semiramis Intercontinental Hotel
Rob at Cairo Opera House sound check
Bobby with market merchants
Bobby with street coffee vendor
Bobby buys some new clothes
Trio performing at the Cairo Opera House
Bobby at the Opera House
Bobby at Public Affairs Counselor Marcelle Wahba's residence
Ali, our main soundman in Egypt
Trio on a Nile River bridge
Trio after the Cairo reception performance

Alexandria

The Metropole Hotel
Bobby with our driver Emad Said
Trio at PAO Juliet Wurr's residence reception
Bobby at reception
The beach at Juliet's cabana
The Cairo Yacht Club
Yacht Club sound check
Yacht Club performance
Trio with Juliet Wurr
The Trio pausing with van trouble

Cairo

Cairo at dusk
The Giza Pyramids
Bobby w/Pyramid
Rob w/Pyramid
Gene w/Pyramid
Bobby & Rob w/Pyramids
Fee schedule for rides
Bobby on a camel
Rob, Gene & camel
The Trio w/Sphinx & Pyramid
Good-bye to Egypt w/Michael Pelletier & Nimet Naguib

ZAMBIA, Lusaka

Boyz in the kitchen ~ Rob puts on the pots
Lusaka Playhouse poster
Banner #2
Playhouse sound check
Bobby with jazz historian
Bobby w/musicians
Trio w/Musicians Association members
Dancin' to the Fine Wine rhythm
Entertainment at cultural village eclipse celebration
Dancer takes off
Trio w/kids
Bobby & Rob w/kids
Rob & Gene sit in at The Brown Frog
Rob & Gene at the Frog
Gene on the cowbell at the Frog
Master class with Evelyn Hone college students
Student choral singers
Bobby & Gene at the master class
Dance party ~ Rob on bass, Gene dancing
Solo performer
Group singing & dancing
More singing & dancing
Vocal quartet
Gene viewing the total solar eclipse
Rob having an eclipse look
Bobby celebrating the eclipse
Bobby at the piano
Rob at the drums
Rob with Ambassador David Dunn
Gene with APAO Carol Jean Locke
Trio with Ambassador Dunn at the drums
Trio with PAO John Louton
Trio with the Louton Family
   (l-r) Amy, Gene, Betsy, Bobby, Rob, John, Sam
Entertainment at Sam's Sports Bar
DJ "Cool Breeze" at The Brown Frog
Rob gives a keyboard lesson
Trio with The Brown Frog musicians
Gene at the Lusaka Airport on the way to Mombasa, Kenya

KENYA

Mombasa

Mombasa Serena Beach Hotel looking toward the Indian Ocean
Serena Hotel
Serena pool
Serena beach
Serena buffet
Serena breads
Bobby & Gene discuss the sound system with (l-r) Peter Gichinga Njoroge & Tony
Fort Jesus poster
Fort Jesus
Fort Jesus setup w/Rob
Bobby admiring some of the Fort Jesus artifacts
Fort Jesus sound men (l-r) Tony, Peter, and assistant
Bobby shopping
View of river boat during lunch
CAO Constance Colding Jones introduces the Trio @ Fort Jesus
Trio at work
More burning
Bobby cooking
Rob hittin' it
Gene walkin'

Nairobi

Mt. Kilimanjaro on the way to Nairobi from Mombasa
Workshop performance @ the Nairobi National Museum
Another shot of the performance

RWANDA

Trio arrives in Rwanda
Jam session with Kigali musicians
Vocalist & inanga player Athanase Sento Re
Vocalist Marilyn Aurore
Workshop group
   (l-r) Rob, Nelson Ndungu, Nello Bizimana, Bobby, Marilyn, Athanase,
   PAO Ergibe Boyd, Jean Paul Samputu, Gene
Bobby & Rob with Jean Marie Kabarega, Director of World Bank's Health and Population Project
Rob buys a bag for his "stuff"
Bobby surveys his stash of jewelry while wearing his Masai blanket
More of the "goods"
The Trio with Ambassador George M. Staples and his family
   (l-r) Rob, Bobby, Mrs. Jo Ann Staples, Amb. Staples, Catherine, friend, Gene
Bobby, Gene and Ambassador Staples
Gene and Ambassador Staples
The lovely PAO Ergibe Boyd
Gene and Ergibe
The Trio with Ergibe and musicians
   Athanase, Jean Paul, Rob, Ergibi, Gene, Bobby, Marilyn
Trio with our driver Sebusandi Moses
Trio with Ergibe & Ted Boyd @ Kigali Airport saying good-bye
Gene doing his video thing on the way to Nairobi

KENYA

Kisumu

The Trio arrives at Kisumu Airport
Gene with the Mayor of Kisumu
   James Mc'tough, Gene, Mayor Ahmed
Talapia fish dinner with His Worship, The Mayor of Kisumu, Shakeel Shabbir Ahmed
   Rob, Gene, Mayor Ahmed, Bobby, Justus Mbae, Constance, Peter
Gene cradles his new elephant
Trio receives Key To The City from Mayor Ahmed
   Rob, Bobby, Gene, Mayor Ahmed, Vice Mayor
Trio receives Medallion from Mayor Ahmed
   Rob, Bobby, Gene, Mayor Ahmed, Vice Mayor, Council Member

Nairobi

Trio meets Ambassador Johnnie Carson
Bobby and Ambassador Carson
Trio in performance
Trio again
Bobby & Gene
Rob
Rob again
Gene
The audience
Gene w/Ambassador Carson
Precious Blood Girls High School
Its autograph time!
Bobby and Dan (r) inspect the "goods"
The African "bush" Nairobi National Park
A baboon
Giraffes
Ostriches
Trio at the Carnivore "Simba Saloon"
More "Saloon"
Bobby
Rob
Gene
More Gene
Eating @ the Carnivore
More eating
And more eating

JORDAN

Dead Sea

The Movenpick Resort and Spa
Bobby testing his rented drums in Amman
The National Music Conservatory in Amman
Gene tests his borrowed bass at the Conservatory
Gene @ the piano at the Movenpick
Bobby & Gene with His Royal Highness Prince Ra'ad
Dinner with HRH Prince Ra'ad Zaid & HRH Princess Majda Ra'ad
   Bobby, Political Counselor Doug Silliman, Prince, Princess, Gene

Petra

Rob on horseback
Bobby & Gene "on top" at the High Place of Sacrifice
Bobby negotiates again
Flute man on donkey going down the mountain
Bobby @ the Al Khazneh (The Treasury) - look close

Amman

Trio @ the National Music Conservatory workshop with guitarist Kamal Musallam
Young workshop drummer
The Trio in Amman
Our sweet CAA Zena Nasereddin & one of our drivers
Flowers for our last show at the Ambassador's residence
Trio with Charge d'Affaires Gregory Berry
Last shopping spree at the fabulous Izhiman shop
Spices
Oils
Bobby sniffs for the proper aroma
Gene with his oils
Rob checks out an aphrodisiac
Rob questions the aphrodisiac