I can safely say that the music of Steve Winwood (who I had the pleasure of hearing last night on the first stop of his brief U.S. tour) has had a huge impact on my development from his teenaged output (when he was still going by Stevie) to more recent live work. It’s difficult to…
Continue ReadingIf you’ve been a jazz fan over the last several decades, you have surely heard the brilliant drummer Jeff Hirshfield on something. I am looking very much forward to having my first opportunity to play with him as part of Jamie Baum’s visit to Resonant Motion’s Jazz Up Close series on September 11, and here…
Continue ReadingI’m thrilled that on September 11 (as part of Resonant Motion’s Jazz Up Close series) I will finally have the opportunity to play with flutist Jamie Baum, and better still to play some among her many lovely compositions. Over more than thirty years she has established a musical niche with her distinctive conception, and yet…
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