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It’s weird, I have been thinking so much recently about the trips bassist Jay Mabin and I would take from Tacoma to Olympia for …

Here is the recording of my composition/arrangement One for Marc Anton performed by the Southland Jazz Ensemble in Park Forest 2012. One …

Gary Peacock introduced me to the “tendency of tones” and tritone resolutions based on the physics of the overtone series. …

When talking to my students about modes, I stress that although modal music is often about melodies created from the mode(s) at hand, …

I’ve known Tom and Garrett since my days at Cornish in Seattle. They were great guitar players then, and have continued to grow in …

In the works : a new recording project with my old friend Jay Mabin, a harmonica player’s harmonica player… Jay lives way out west in …

Bob Winett has the honor of being the first person added to the Cool Picks page. Bob performed my composition One For Marc Anton on his …

The track is straight ahead jazz—well written and well recorded…The bass motif introduced early carries the arrangement allowing for …