Music - Performance & Teaching
I'm a Sax & Woodwind player, arranger, & teacher based in NYC. In my travels I've worked all over the globe - playing concerts and festivals in Europe, the US, Asia and Australia, but one career highlight has to be playing in the remote Star Mountain highlands of Papua New Guinea 900 miles from the nearest road, at an arts festival with 30 different local tribes including Marlboro smoking mud men and (alleged) cannibals who'd never seen a saxophone.
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Check out my Bandcamp page for my most recent work, and some older work, live and in the studio; it's all here...
* My last CD/EP is just 4 tracks - short and sweet; you can listen on Spotify Apple Music, etc.
Free Ride is sort of my catchall band these days, even though I don't play live that often anymore. I’ve been working with this trio version over the last couple of years with Simon Chardiet on bass, and John Bollinger on drums. Simon is one of the hardest working musicians I know, an awesome guitarist and bassist who crosses genres with ease. And John is a one of my favorite drummers; creative and nuanced; he lays down a sweet groove. Plus the CD features incredible artwork from artist Susan Graham.
Here's a couple of tracks from the studio - an ambient creation, featuring flute, some simple piano loops, bass, strings and some fx...Hanging Gardens; plus a track I recently covered of Bossa 31 by Rosalia De Souza: Saxes, flutes, Rhodes, etc..
I curated The Rockaway Beach Jazz Festival from 2014 to 2020. Thanks to all the amazing musicians who played the festival over those 6 years. For info and pics of past festivals go to the Festival page or look it up on Facebook.
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I just 're-released' on Spotify an album that was recorded quite a few years ago. It was a showcase for a set of tunes I wrote for my students - CITY STATE includes some of the finest players in NY, Check it out below, or go to Spotify...
