On Tour with Curtis Stigers
I’ll be on the road for a few weeks this fall with Curtis Stigers. We’ve got gigs coming up in Seattle, Boise, Holland, Luxembourg, Germany, Switzerland and France. Check out my online schedule for more information.
Heading to Denmark with TRI-FI
I’m off to Denmark next weekend with my trio, TRI-FI. We’ve been invited to perform at the European Double-Bass Convention. In addition to our performance at the festival we will be playing a few other fun shows while we’re there: Jazz Club Dexter in Odense (Thurs 16 Aug) A couple after-hours concerts at Jazz House […]
My Favorite Quote from a Review Ever
The Guardian in England just gave a nice review of a performance I did with Curtis Stigers. In it John Fordham offers one of the best pull-quotes I’ve ever been able to share. “Stigers’s backing musicians looked like a convention of accountants, but they delivered a blues and mainstream-swing accompaniment with engaging zest…” The full […]
Maybe Jailbreak is Excessive, but Now I Have a Handy Brightness Slider on My iPhone
I decided to “jailbreak” my iPhone 4 the other day. I did it for one reason and only one reason: I wanted a quick and easy shortcut to adjusting the brightness of my screen, and now I have it! I just double-click the status bar and a handy slider comes up no matter what else […]
MF Gig Calendar – Event Calendar Plugin for WordPress
I developed this event calendar plugin because I wanted a performance calendar to use right here on my own website. In the process I tried to create something that was flexible and easy to use and would work for more than just musicians. I’ve added a few features since it started… beginning and end dates […]
A Tour of Steinway & Sons Factory in Hamburg
I had the opportunity to visit the Steinway & Sons factory in Hamburg yesterday while I was on tour with Curtis Stigers. A friend put me in touch with the artist relations director there and it was a short taxi ride from the hotel to the factory. I was welcomed warmly by everyone I met […]
Frustration Solved: How to Loop a Playlist in JPlayer
OK. This is total geekiness, but that’s just who I am. I’ve spent the last few hours (at least!) looking for any documentation that explains how to have a playlist you create in JPlayer loop by default. I knew it had to be possible since there’s a nifty “repeat” command built right into the player. […]
TRI-FI Website
I just redesigned the website for my piano trio, TRI-FI. I tried for a more fun design style and I’ve got it set up to sell CD-quality downloads and 24bit HD audio downloads right from the website. Hopefully it will make us rich and famous – or at least “jazz famous…”
A Moscow Moment
One of the perks of being a working jazz musician is the travel. Many would complain this is one of the worst parts, which is technically also true because being away from family, dealing with airlines and dragging suitcases and equipment in and out of hotels can be tedious to say the least. But if […]
Dig and Be Dug – Just Like Bill Mays
“Dig and be dug” is a phrase I use often and it’s pretty simple concept that we as jazz artists often forget about. I see it as the Golden Rule for music – do unto others as you’d have them do to you. Apply that to checking out other musicians’ playing and the concept is […]
Keith Hall Music
Just launched! I created this WordPress site for my friend, Keith Hall. He’s a drummer & educator living in Kalamazoo, Michigan. He’s using this new site to showcase his performance credits (he plays with me in my trio, TRI-FI) as well as his educational programs. He’s doing a lot of great stuff – from summer […]
Nice Review by Chicago Jazz Music Examiner
Neil Tesser has said some nice things about me before in reviews of my work with Curtis Stigers, and even the occasional nice thing to me face to face (you know that’s a joke if you’ve ever met him). In his list of Yuletide Jazz CDs he includes A TRI-FI Christmas and has this to say: