I will be giving a workshop with the students of Rocky Mountain College in Billings Montana on March 14th at 2pm.  This event is free and open to the public.

I’m proud to announce that I will be joining the Afghanistan National Institute of Music in Kabul as a guest artist during their Winter Academy this February. This will be my first trip to the region, and I am honored to be joining such a talented faculty and hard working students for this event.

I will be bringing some new music to Cornelia Street next month on January 20th. John Raymond will lead his “Roots” Trio for the first set, after which my new quartet is on for the second set. I will be joined by Andrew Gould on sax, Or Bareket on bass, and Austin Walker on drums. Starting at 8pm, with a $10 cover and $10 minimum.

Big thanks to Christopher Cooke at KIOS FM in Omaha Nebraska for his review of Rubicon.

I am very happy to announce that my trio will present a night of music at the Cornelia Street Cafe on September 30th to celebrate the release of Rubicon. Starting at 8:30pm, both Aidan Carroll and Jared Schonig will be joining me for a fantastic night of music from the new album. Cover is $20 for the evening and includes a drink ticket worth $10 at the bar. I hope you will be able to join us!

I will be joining the Bone Chimes for a show at the Music Hall of Williamsburg on August 25th. We will be opening for Andrew Neesley’s great band Jesus on the Mainline. Advance tickets are available from Ticketmaster here.

August 25th Music Hall of Williamsburg

I will be joining 90 other trumpet players on August 2nd to perform Craig Shepard’s “Trumpet City” for the NYC Summerstreets event. We will be performing Craig’s work from 11:30am to 12:30pm, rain or shine. More details about this piece can be found here.

For those of you that would like a hard copy of my new recording they are now in stock at CD Baby. The design of the cover was done by Kyle Walters, who also designed the cover of my previous album, “Intrinsic”.

Coming up in the month of July I’ll be joining the David White Jazz Orchestra, fresh off the release of our new recording “The Chase” for two shows:

Wednesday, July 9th, 1pm
St. Peter’s Church: Midtown Jazz at Midday Series
619 Lexington Ave. @ 54th Street
$10 suggested donation

Monday, July 28th, 8:30pm
Tea Lounge: Size Matters Series
837 Union Street, Brooklyn
$5 suggested donation

Mid-July I will be joining The Bone Chimes for a free show:
Wednesday, July 16th, 8pm
Pianos
158 Ludlow Street
No cover

Very happy to announce that my Kickstarter-funded trio recording is now available!  Head over to the Listen page to find the link to my site on Bandcamp where you can purchase the tracks or album.

Alternatively, you can also find this recording on iTunes here

The recording project that began last fall with the successful kickstarter funding is in the final stages of production, with an anticipated release this May.

Titled “Rubicon”, it showcases five of my original compositions written for a trio setting.

Special thanks to graphic designer Kyle Walters for the album artwork.

A huge thanks to all my new kickstarter backers that helped fund my project through kickstarter.  As of this afternoon the project has been successfully funded!  I look forward to getting my new recording project off the ground.

Today I launched a fundraising campaign via Kickstarter for my upcoming trio recording. If you’d like to help out with a contribution, click here.

I will be joining the Bone Chimes for a show at Arlene’s Grocery on August 7th, opening up for The Dirty Pearls. Tickets here.

I’ll be joining the Saunders Sermons band for the late night series at the Blue Note on Saturday June 29th at midnight. You can get tickets here.

I’m happy to announce a new project coming later this summer with two fantastic musicians; Bassist Aidan Carroll and Drummer Jared Schonig will join me to record new music I’ve been working on for a trio setting. Writing music specifically for this instrumentation is an idea which has been kicking around in my head since I went into the studio to record “Intrinsic”. When I firm up the details about how you can become a supporter of this new project, I will post them here.

I was fortunate to be involved in the latest recording with David White and his large ensemble at Bunker Studios in Brooklyn on the 21st. You can find him on the web here. He also had a great photographer at the studio during the session, you can see their photos here.