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The annual jazz fest is happening this week in Cork. Here s where I ll be playing. Free entry to all of these. Fri 24 19:00-21:00 Pier Head Inn (Blackrock) with John Murray quintet+vocals22:00-23:00 115 Cafe Wine bar (on Oliver Plunkett St) short set with house band before jam session starts Sat 25 13:00-15:00 Good day [ ]
Here s an excellent video by Steve Elkins of the premier of Digging the Well from the summer of 2016.
I am proud to announce that I have been commissioned by the New Mexico Jazz Workshop to compose and arrange a piece for jazz quintet to celebrate the Workshop s 40th anniversary this year. The piece, entitled Digging the Well, tells the story of the Jazz Workshop toiling in the (jazz) desert of New Mexico to bring [ ]
I didn t make it to the awards ceremony, but I heard from various friends who were there (and later confirmed on the NMMA website) that my song Always a Reason from my 2014 album Tales of Enchantment won the award for best jazz song! Get the award-winning track on iTunes right now. Or better yet, buy [ ]
A nice new review of my new album released earlier this year was just published on All About Jazz. Have a look and leave a comment there if you like. All About Jazz review of Tales of Enchantment
I will pay tribute to the great trumpeter Woody Shaw in a concert I m producing on August 1 in Santa Fe at the Center for Spiritual Living. I will be assisted by some excellent musicians in this effort, including John Rangel on piano, Ben Finberg on trombone, Andy Zadrozny on bass, and John Trentacosta on [ ]
The new CD has arrived! Thanks to the efforts and dedication of more than 100 different people, Tales of Enchantment came out on May 15. The successful kickstarter campaign made it all possible. Thank you to everyone who got involved with it! The new album is now available on iTunes, Amazon, CDbaby, Spotify, and probably [ ]
Kickstarter Campaign a success! Thank you everyone who got involved and donated to my kickstarter campaign! I am so grateful to you all. For those of you who didn t hear about it, I did the campaign to raise funds to record my 2nd album in New York in April. The album will be officially released [ ]
I have just launched a Kickstarter campaign to fund the creation of my new album. I must raise enough funds in the next 3 weeks (eep!) to make it happen or it won t happen for a long, long time. Get on board this exciting process! Here s the info:
I ve just confirmed with Tom G that I will be having a CD release party/concert at the Outpost on May 15 to celebrate the release of my new album. That means I have to finish the album by then! I m just listening to the rough mixes from last Tuesday s recording session now. There s still a [ ]