I recently performed at Jimmy Mak's in Portland with trombonist Steve Turre. In addition to having drummer Charlie Doggett on the b...

Some of you might remember back in 2011, I posted something about Nicholas Payton's album "Bitches." Part of the article refe...

I was sorry to hear of the sudden passing of trumpet great Lew Soloff. I was fortunate to share the bandstand with him a number of tim...

Couldn't find any photos of Richard, but this is his family business     where we worked for years Richard Dorsey, a wonderful ten...

We've lost a number of greats in jazz recently( Charlie Haden, Joe Sample, Horace Silver, Gerald Wilson), but I wanted to mention th...

Reykjavik, Iceland I've been traveling to the continent of Europe to perform jazz since 1993. Back then, the excitement of new cou...

I was sincerely shocked to hear of the recent death of pianist Kenny Drew Jr. I was aware that Drew had a number of health problems, but...

Joe Manis and Nicole Glover at the Cathedral Park Jazz Festival Hey everyone. Last week was incredible; we had our third successful ...

I remember my first trip to Japan with vocalist Vanessa Rubin. We stayed in Tokyo and drove outward to the suburbs for our concerts. Our...

One of the great things about hanging out with other musicians is that you get to see what music they are checking out; you might have mu...

One of the sights in Milan I won't see because I'm looking for a laundromat There's an old saying:"How do you get a m...

Most people who know me already know this story. I'll never forget that day in 2001; September 10th. You read that correctly. On Sept...

I teach a number of jazz combos at Portland State University. (Listen to me....COMBOS......wow, I always hated that word. I always associ...

My Spring Break is NEVER like this...... Spring Break is over. I had a blast:driving around Ocean City in a convertible with my shirt o...

I stumbled across this from a Huffington Post article from 2010: Musician and author Patti Smith had some sound advice for fledgling ar...

When you are out on the road, your internal clock can get pretty screwed up; between the jet lag, lack of sleep, strange food, and cons...