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July 5 - I'm thrilled to announce that I've been nominated for Best Jazz Instrumentalist by the Nashville Industry Music Awards, along with pianist Bruce Dudley, bassist Jonathan Wires, and saxophonists Rahsaan Barber and Don Aliquo. It's pretty humbling to be included among such great company. Check out the ballot and submit your vote here:
http://www.nimadigital.com/vote/
http://www.nimadigital.com/vote/
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In May I visited Tempermill Studios in Ferndale MI with a crew of amazing improvisers. We recorded Jacob's Ladder, a composition that I wrote in 2012, in which small groupings of players emerge from the large ensemble, play together, and then are replaced by other groupings of players. It was challenging to record (getting proper headphone mixes was really important, since we couldn't all see each other), but the tracks sound great. Mixing will commence later this summer, and I hope to have a 2-disc release ready to go by the beginning of 2018.
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In August I'll be visiting Seattle for a week of recording and revelry with Kate Olson, Gary Prince, and Tim Cohen. When we all lived in Ann Arbor, we would play together at least once a week in some configuration. Looking forward to playing with them again!
Here's a shot of us from a 2012 performance at William Paterson University, ISIM Conference #6. Photo credit forthcoming... I think Roman Stolyar took this one?
Here's a shot of us from a 2012 performance at William Paterson University, ISIM Conference #6. Photo credit forthcoming... I think Roman Stolyar took this one?
May 2 - Dara Tucker has just released her 4th album, Oklahoma Rain. I'm on four tunes, and the rest of the album features pianists Joe Davidian, Mason Embry, and De Marco Johnson. Check it out and purchase it via her website:
https://www.daratucker.com/
https://www.daratucker.com/
Nov 22, 2016 - Routledge Press has published a book by Dr. Stephen Rush called Free Jazz, Harmolodics, and Ornette Coleman. This important new book features many pages of annotated interviews with Coleman, as well as 12 transcriptions. Four of those transcriptions (two of Coleman, one of Paul Bley and one of Keith Jarrett) were done by me last year.
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