News and notes for Spring '09

I am ready for spring. It has been a long winter. Here's what's happening...

How about a copy of my new CD, NEW VOICE : OLD VOICE? You can get it here.

On May 23rd, I will be doing a solo guitar gig on the Rockville Hometown Holidays Festival acoustic stage from 5-5:30 pm. I will be playing jazz standards and maybe a couple of surprise tunes! Should be a great day. Think sunny.

The first concert on the Guitar Duets Series at American University went great. The concerts are held in the BATELLE-TOMPKINS ATRIUM. Rick Whitehead sounded great and we had a good time. I will have a few clips available soon here. Info on future concerts can be found here.

On Sunday the 26th of April, I will be playing at the Birthday Bash for a super-hip coffe/ice cream/gelato cafe in Rockville called Carmen's. I'll be doing a solo gig from 6-ish to 8-ish pm. So come out and enjoy gelato, hot dogs, music and exotic birds!

You can still see the reviews for my third CD, NEW VOICE : OLD VOICE. JazzReview and All About Jazz had some nice things to say. There is also a new interview by Fred Gerantab on JazzReview.com here. Joining me on the recording are the same bunch from Lines and Grooves- Bob Sykes on piano and Rhodes, Marty Nau on alto sax, Luther Gray on drums. And please welcome Lyle Link on alto sax.The CD has 10 tracks - 5 original tunes as well as tunes by Scott Joplin, Jerry Bock, Vince Guaraldi, Charles Mingus, and Sam Rivers. To get a copy, you can email me or you can go to CD Baby here. The CD os also on a bunch of the download sites - ITunes, Emusic, Napster, Amazon, etc. You can preview the tracks here. For a full list of download sites, click here.

And of course, thanks to all the folks have picked up (and listened to) a copy of Lines and Grooves as well as New Voice ; Old Voice. The CD's are still in rotation on commercial and NPR stations all across the country as well as on syndicated shows like Fritz the Night Owl, Jazz Nightly, and Jazz after Hours. You can get it at Amazon, CDBaby, and other online outlets and in stores like Tower, Olssons, Borders, etc. Also, we are on Emusic and Itunes and a load of other modern-cool download sites.

Remember, any questions, request, and comments are always welcome. You guys are great. Have a great summer and hope to see you at a gig!