NEWS
New VOD Fest video footage featuring: Tom Hall tenor Sax, Esther Viola oboe, Pamela Marshall french horn, Rob Bethel cello and John McLellan drums. See the new videos by clicking here.
Musaner at the Regattabar September 9! Get your tickets here and see more details about this exciting show.
New music:
I'd like to Introduce a new studio recording that I recently did with singer songwriter
Andy Pratt, called 'fools' which you can listen to right here on the media player below.
Many thanks to Warren Amerman at Rotary Records.
VOD FEST 2010!
Thank you so much to those who made the Vortex Other Dimension Festival one of the most inspirational experiences in recent memory! Your passion for improvised music both as participant and clinician made this an immensely successful, groundbreaking event.The enthusiasm, the joy and the opportunity to make it happen was all in balance....we covered so much material and the creativity of that day was incredible. We'll do it again soon! Perhaps this is the beginning of an improvised music academy! Hopefully I'll see some of you at the Outpost in August for another improvised music workshop.
VOD Festival gets into the Boston Phoenix 'Bos Picks'. Read the article here
VOD Festival July 22
An all day improvised music event from 10:00am-10:00pm
Master classes and workshops for woodwinds, brass, strings and percussion.
Student concerts, Summer fun activities at the YMCA!
Click here for more Information
Improvisation workshops and Clarinet and Saxophone lessons!
Registration starting Now.
New Location: The Somerville Armory
Flexible times and rates apply.
Musaner's first European tour was a tremendous success. We performed in Milano and in Zurich to incredibly enthusiastic audiences. They gave us standing ovations, clapped and danced to our music and showed us so much appreciation. We knew we'd touched many hearts. A big thanks to Ara Sarkissian, my good friend and the artistic director of Musaner.
With me In this photo are percussionist Fabio Pirazollo and bassist Blake Newman. Grazie Milano! Danke Zurich!
In June the Vortex Series will feature legendary blues pianist David Maxwell, saxophonist Andrew Hickman, bassist Blake Newman, drummer John McClellan, myself and cellist Rob Bethel. I will also be joining Garrison Fewell's Variable Density Ensemble at Johnny D's Uptown in Somerville for what is sure to be an unforgettable musical experience.
On July 2, pianist Paul Carlson and I will be performing a concert of British and American music. Later that night, the Vortex will present, "Composer's Other Side" featuring Pamela Marshall and Delvyn Case. Just in time for the fireworks! Later that month, we are going to have the first ever VOD Festival at the Cambridge YMCA that will feature master classes and performances by some of the areas best improvisational musicians, so stay tuned!
The Vortex Series For New and Improvised Music
2010 grant recipient from the Cambridge Arts Council
and the Massachusetts Cultural Council!
Clickhere to get to the Vortex blog.
New Swing jazz recording featuring, 'Shaker Jam' and other great swing era tunes!
To download Shaker Jam at
Amazon click: HERE
Itunes click: HERE
Now Playing:
Abime des Oisseaux with electronics.
See the Youtube video below that captures some of the recording process.
Great new music website from Kalvos and Damian In the House!
Click the link and scroll down to August 19, 2009, show #555: CLICK HERE
Click on theRecordings page for links to such sites as Innova Recordings,
CD Baby and Itunes or order cds directly through the mail, by filling out the order form.
