This month’s Altoism Spotlight is on the creator of bebop – Charlie “Bird” Parker who was born on August 29, 1920 (next year 2020 will mark his 100th birthday!).  He’s …

Hi everyone! Wanted to give a quick shout out for Morley & Friends new release “Borderless Lullabies,” available exclusively on BandCamp. Featured on the record are original music and readings by …

Greetings! The blog is officially reinstated after a semi-brief hiatus. I’m back! I recently set up a profile on Soundbetter.com,.  It’s a very cool work-for-hire site for session musicians, mixing …

A piano student of mine recently asked me: “Brahm’s Wednesday, is that really a thing?” My answer was: “You’re damn right it is!” Well, it is now anyway…ha! Here’s another …

Thanks to the fans and friends that came out to the SnapDragon CD Release Show at ShapeShifter Lab a couple of weeks ago! I’ve been editing the video and audio …

Yes it’s that time of the week again! I’ve added the second piece from Brahms Opus 116 to the playlist.  A beautiful piece in A minor entitled “Intermezzo” performed by …

Now for something completely different.  I’ve been learning Johannes Brahms’ solo piano work “Fantasiestucke” (Fantasy Pieces), Opus 116 for the better half of 2018, and I’m happy to say finally …

I’m excited to announce the release of SnapDragon’s first album “The Long and the Short of It: Duo Improvisations.”  This album features fourteen free improvisations with Bob Meyer on drums …

Greetings! I’ll be playing sax and piano this Thursday 8/23 at 9pm with Rana Farhan at DROM in good ‘ol NYC. Click here for tickets! This is Rana’s first performance …