Hello Friends, My new recording Fortune Telling (Adivinhação) is finally here. Read on for installment two of the long version in installments (the short version is in the liner notes below). Tim Armacost and I cooked up the idea of recording the tunes from our Seattle gigs in New York but after sleeping on the idea … Continue reading
Hello Friends, My new recording Fortune Telling (Adivinhação) is finally here. And some of you may be interested in the story so I’ll tell the long version in installments (the short version is in the liner notes below). Our old teacher and eminent trumpet player Bobby Bradford used to caution us in subtle ways not to … Continue reading
Hello Friends, My new recording Fortune Telling (Adivinhação) is finally here. There’s an interesting story about the journey but for now I’ll just post the short version…..actually the liner notes from the CD. I’ll be back soon with the full story including the trip out to Detroit to make the first attempt at recording the tunes … Continue reading
Hello faithful jazz nerd friends. Maiden voyage for another big band tune I arranged, this time an original called “dewired”. Yes, there is backstory. But only for people who know me super well. For the rest of you there are two secret musical references, one obvious and the other not so obvious. Get either of … Continue reading
Hey folks, Bored again. Covid bored. Fuck. Here is take 1 of GMH. Great tune. Problem for me is I heard the Joe Henderson version of this when I was 20 and I can’t get the Joe-isms out of my head when I play it ever since. It’s an amazing cut but I think it … Continue reading
Hey folks, Strange thing happened the other day. I got a royalty check. Yeah I know. Incredible. As it turns out, all the $.000000002’s that the streaming services give you eventually add up to a two figure dollar amount that they finally send you. In this case, I got a boost on Spotify because I … Continue reading
Hey folks, I stuck with clarinet last week and practiced some transcribed Chet Baker solos that sit really awkwardly across the break. Anyway, here’s what I came up with today. The video lapses and you can’t see it, but I was interrupted and had to stop to keep the kitten from attacking the mic (see … Continue reading
For you folks that are tuning in from Canada, Europe, and beyond, let me just say YES, I knew the United States was messed up, but not just how messed up until the unthinkable happened four years ago. Months after the nightmare has ended, I still give thanks every day that the democracy, imperfect as … Continue reading
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…I find the mood of this tune so melancholy that it’s a helpful release for the heartbreak humanity constantly washes over itself. Continue reading
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