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...

Chamber Music America is a wonderful organization which facilitates a boatload of grant money for independent jazz artists. The organiza...

Sinne Eeg I've had a busy May in terms of playing. I did a Northwest "tour" with my band Theoretical Planets; we did a c...

Bass Trumpet Upon arriving back at home in Portland, after a week in Europe, I found a huge box that my wife had put in my office; it...

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