• April 15, 2014 : meeting up with Las Vegas based Brazilian singer Patty Ascher and her son Wagner in New York, at our favorite Greenwich Village hang, the Caffe Reggio.
  • September 1, 2014: circumstances forced me to spend a few days in Paris in the summer, so I made the best out of it to invite to dinner the fabulous young classical pianist Lydie Solomon and her husband Thierry!
  • November 20, 2014: Latin Grammy time in Las Vegas again! We were proud for Arturo OFarrill and the Chico OFarrill Afro Cuban Orchestra reaching a Best Instrumental Album nomination!
  • November 20, 2014: we WON!! Excuse the shaky pic of Jochen on stage, shot by Jochenís wife Iris.
  • November 20, 2014: what an inspiring, glorious, humbling moment: showing the trophy to the applauding audience and the cameras!
  • November 20, 2014: now that we won: we celebrated our wonderful success with a spectacular French dinner in Las Vegas!
  • November 20, 2014: no, wait! Let us attend the big telecast Latin Grammy awards show first, and let us bathe in the razzle dazzle, overall gorgeousness and noise!
  • December 14, 2014: nobody should accuse the Beckers that they are no longer active music makers! We are: meet our second oldest son Andrew Becker, playing trumpet in the Pleasantville (New York) Fire Department Band. He is the 3rd trumpet from the right with a beard in the last row.