The Case For Original Jazz Imagine a world without Thelonious Monk’s music. Imagine a world with none of Wayne Shorter’s music. Imagi...

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

DRUM GENIUS! As a full time music teacher and father of 2, I have time finding the time to practice. I used to play and tour constant...

I just returned to Portland from my third consecutive experience at the Reno Jazz Festival. It's a pretty amazing event; 8,000 studen...

Alto Madness: Bob Mover And Steve Wilson the great Bob Mover I consider myself very lucky that I still get calls to play with so...

The great Hal Galper Portland State was recently lucky to have the great pianist and educator Hal Galper for a masterclass. Galper pai...

When I was starting out as a pianist in Baltimore and Washington D.C., I worked with quit a few singers. I never considered myself a ...

It's a few weeks to go until Spring Break, and I can feel the home stretch. I am enjoying my teaching; many of my students are reall...

"Man those cats be playing some THEORY!" I'm finding that one of the huge challenges for teaching jazz at the higher lev...

Chris Rock in "Top Five" I recently wrote about my disappointment in regards to a movie I went to see with my wife; part of ...

I remember when I graduated from Peabody Conservatory in 1991; I was already earning a living as a jazz pianist in the Baltimore-Washingt...

The older I get, the less I care about what others think of me. I'm not saying I don't care at all; I'm saying that it conc...

GC: Son, let's work on the alphabet. Let's take a break from TV and work on our letters, OK? LC: Daddy, NO! I DON'T WANT T...

Mostly Other People Do The Killing.....I mean, wait..... Mostly Other People Do The Killing is quite a provocative name for a jazz gro...