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New Single: Cabin Fever

My new single “Cabin Fever” is out now on Bandcamp!

Published October 2, 2020
Categorized as News Tagged Bandcamp, Bandcamp Friday, Cabin Fever, Drums, Jazz, Music, New Music, Saxophone

Listening Log: Week 5

Lou Donaldson, Louis Armstrong, Roy Hargrove, Earl Hines, Benny Goodman

Published September 25, 2020
Categorized as Listening Log Tagged Benny Goodman, Earl Hines, Listening Log, Lou Donaldson, Louis Armstrong, Music, Roy Hargrove

Listening Log: Week 1

Artemis, Ambrose Akinmusire, Jason Moran, Jenny Scheinman & Allison Miller, Johnny Hodges & Earl Hines

Published August 14, 2020
Categorized as Listening Log Tagged Jazz, Listening Log, Music, New Music

FRIDAY: The Ragtime Project EP and Book Launch

A new EP and Book coming your way next week!

Published July 31, 2020
Categorized as Ragtime Project Tagged Gunther Schuller, Music, Music History, New Music, Ragtime, Ragtime Project, Ragtime Revival, Scott Joplin

Praise for The New Groove

Sound of Boston publishes a glowing review for The New Groove

Published July 16, 2020
Categorized as News Tagged Album Review, Boston, Duke Ellington, Music, Sam Spear, Saxophone, The New Groove

Ragtime Project Update

I’m dropping a Ragtime single on Friday, July 3rd. All proceeds will go to The Sphinx Organization

Published June 22, 2020
Categorized as News, Ragtime Project Tagged Music, New Music, Ragtime, Ragtime Project, Sphinx Organization

OUT NOW: THE NEW GROOVE

The New Groove is now available on Bandcamp!

Published June 5, 2020
Categorized as News Tagged Bandcamp, Composer, Music, New Music, Saxophone, The New Groove

Summer Reading List 2019

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My great summer reads – Mary Lou Williams, Billie Holiday, Angela Davis, and more

Published August 30, 2019
Categorized as American Music History, Uncategorized Tagged Angela Davis, Art Taylor, Billie Holiday, Books, Charles Mingus, Gunther Schuller, Madame Jazz, Mary Lou Williams, Music, Music History

I Know That You Know

A deep dive into one of my favorite tunes from the Great American Songbook

Published August 19, 2019
Categorized as American Music History Tagged Art Tatum, Dizzy Gillespie, Great American Songbook, I Know That You Know, Jazz, Jimmie Noone, Music, Music History, Nat King Cole, Sonny Stitt

Freddy Martin: My New Hometown Hero

Discovering a legendary saxophonist from my hometown

Published August 15, 2019
Categorized as American Music History Tagged Duke Ellington, Freddy Martin, Jazz, Music, Music History, Saxophone, Tchaikovsky, Tenor Saxophone
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