Arizona & California

‘m getting on a jet plane tomorrow afternoon for a much-anticipated trip to play in the Chandler Jazz Festival and teach some extremely talented students at the East Valley Yamaha School. This will be the third year that I’ve represented EVYS in the...

New Recording, Lots of Blog Action

Hi Friends, I’m happy to announce that I’ve finished recording new material for my album “Finger-Songwriter” with vocalist Nancy Harms and woodwindist Lucas Pino. We’re very excited about the album, which will be available Mid-May from...

Hal Leonard Book Available

My first published book, Jazz Etude Inspirations, is available from the Hal Leonard Corporation. Jazz Etude Inspirations is a collection of eight original piano etudes inspired by some of the most important jazz pianists in history. Etudes in the style of legendary...

One of Downbeat’s “Top CDs” for 2011

“Simple Songs” was named among Downbeat magazine’s “Top CDs” of 2011 in the December 2011 issue. Yes, for those of you keeping track at home, the CD was actually released in 2010, but – as it was reviewed in 2011 – it gets...

Great New Review from DigitalJazzNews.Com

Better late than never! Brent Bart of digitaljazznews.com says that “Simple Songs” is “a wonderful if not timeless release of where the piano trio can and perhaps should be going” and that I play with “an incomparable lyrical sense of...

November at the Kitano

Back by popular demand, i’ll be playing solo piano every Tuesday in November at the Kitano! Special guests will be showing up most every night, so come on out!

Finger-Songwriter at the Kitano

I’m extremely excited to premiere a bunch of new music for my ensemble, Finger-Songwriter – a group with the soul of the singer-songwriter movement and the grace of a chamber trio. There will be two sets at 8 and 10 PM on Wednesday, September 21st, at the...

New Videos, New Gigs

Hi all! You can find a bunch of new videos on my Youtube channel. I recorded a solo piano version of the classic “My Funny Valentine” for Clavier Companion magazine and have also posted recent videos from my gig at Caffe Vivaldi. Also, if you check out the...

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