August 22. Headed down to 56th st on recommendations to hear a Cuban group play at “Guantanamera” club. Wow, were we in for a treat! Pedrito Martinez, check him out on YouTube. Metric modulations everywhere. This four piece ensemble sounded…
August 20. Spent 9 hours at the studio with the great Mike Perez. It took all day but the track for the New York album are ready for mastering. Great working with Mike, he’s a perfectionist who loves his work….
August 20. Spent 9 hours at the studio with the great Mike Perez. It took all day but the track for the New York album are ready for mastering. Great working with Mike, he’s a perfectionist who loves his work….
August 24. Today marked 2 special occasions….my last lesson with the great flute teacher Keith Underwood, and, my last day jamming in Central Park. Was particularly inspiring studying with Keith again, I had almost forgotten how open he was to…
August 1. One hour north of NYC. After checking out the amazing gallery at Dia Beacon I had the great honour of playing with one of the local Latin Jazz bands. Concert was scheduled to be outside, however due to…
31 July. Today I caught a train on the Hudson River line north of Manhattan to a small town called Cold Spring. It was 17 years ago that I had last seen the great saxophonist Rob Scheps who i had…
