My quartet will perform as part of the Park Slope Art Fair on Saturday June 3rd on 5th Avenue in Brooklyn, between 1st and 2nd street. Joining me from 5-6pm will be Jeff Mclaughlin on guitar, Mathias Jensen on bass, and Eric Reeves on drums.

My trio will take part in the Brooklyn Conservatory’s music festival, Open Stages, on Saturday May 13th. Spanning the majority of Park Slope Brooklyn, this festival showcases a variety of musical acts around the neighborhood from 3-8pm. My trio, with Aleksi Glick on guitar and Mathias Jensen on bass, will perform from 3-4pm at 814 Union Street. Mathias and I will also perform from 5-6pm at 450 3rd Street as part of an interactive art/music exhibit. More information at https://bkcm.org/event/os23/

I will join Gideon Forbes and his sextet for a performance at Ibeam on January 21st, 2023 at 8pm. The lineup includes:

Gideon Forbes – woodwinds
Pablo Masis – trumpet
Zekkereya El-magharbel – trombone
Angelica Sanchez – piano
Mathias Højgaard Jensen – bass
Devin Gray – drums

More information here.

Dancer and Choreographer Jonathan Gonzalez will present a new work entitled “Practice” on Friday June 17th, 2022 at the Clemente Soto Arts Center in Manhattan. I will join percussionist William Catanzaro to provide the musical background for this event.

More information here: https://lmcc.net/river-to-river-festival/jonathan-gonzalez/

This past summer I was involved in two private performances with a new group of musicians. After our second show, we had the idea of continuing the group, and the PEAK Quartet was born.

• Pablo Masis – Trumpet
• Eric Reeves – Drums
• Adam Hutcheson – Saxophone
• Kenji Yoshitake – Bass

We recorded several videos recently, and I have put some of those up on my YouTube channel. Here is one of us playing my composition “Inference”.

My trio will be back at The Dead Poet, at 450 Amsterdam Avenue in Manhattan, for their Lamplight Session on Tuesday July 30th, from 7:30 to 9:30pm. Joining me for the evening will be David Juarez on guitar and Jeff Koch on bass.

My trio has released a new promotional video to introduce the group to a wider audience. Along with myself on trumpet, Dave Juarez on guitar and Jeff Koch on bass, it features three of my original compositions.

Filmed and Edited by Erika Kapin.

My trio will be back at The Dead Poet, at 450 Amsterdam Avenue in Manhattan, for their Lamplight Session on Tuesday April 16th, from 7:30 to 9:30pm. Joining me for the evening will be David Juarez on guitar and Jeff Koch on bass.

I will be joining the David White Jazz Orchestra for a holiday concert on Friday December 21st at the Full Gospel Assembly of Brooklyn (131 Sullivan Place) at 7:30pm. This concert is free and open to the public.

My newsletter for May 2018 is available here.

I will be joining Black Atlas on Friday April 22nd for their homecoming show in Greenpoint Brooklyn at Saint Vitus. They are finishing up a lengthy tour including a run of shows at SXSW. Show starts at 8pm with three opening bands, $10 cover.

The folks at livamp.com have archived my show at Cornelia St. Cafe on their website; if you didn’t get a chance to see us in person on the 14th you can watch the whole show here.