Article/interview/feature at All About Jazz Dot Com

"Even if I just listen to a good trumpet player for a little while, I play better. It just happens that way."

Gordon Marshall was kind enough to write about me for the publication All About Jazz. Thanks Gordon!

Read the article here. I'm going to go off and listen to some good trumpet players now.

Lunch

Fried bananas, blueberries, strawberries, soy sausage, johnny blaze cakes.

Games

My wife found this card game, Set, at the town dump. I remember playing it one time, but I'm not sure when or where. At any rate, the object of the game is to build sets that are in some ways similar or unique. It's a moderately challenging brain teaser of a game. I actually like to play it when I eat sometimes in lieu of reading a book.

You Can't Bring Me Down

Rocky George is one of the great and underrated heavy metal guitar players. Watch the video and go back to the old school.

Trumpet trio with Birgit Ulher & Greg Kelley - Feb 5

my duo cd with Tatsuya Nakatani is out!

Hop on over to www.blaqlghtn.com to pick up a copy.

In other news, I have a lot of gigs coming up in the next couple of months in the Boston area and in NYC. I don't want to leave anyone out, but some highlights include:

Weasel Walter/Marc Edwards Group at The Knitting Factory on January 31
Trumpet trio with Birgit Ulher and Greg Kelley at the Goethe Institut on February 5
Duo with Kevin Frenette at 119 Gallery on February 13

Word.

Jazz Composers Alliance @ Johnny D's - Dec 09