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It’s been a busy start to the year don’t you think? The photo above is after I had lunch with the new president of Berklee College of Music, Jim Lucchese in Los Angeles. I think he will be an excellent president for Berklee & wish him well! Every year comes with a new energy and so far this year I’ve been spending some time talking about creativity, jazz and sharing how the songs on our new album Extended Daydream  came about. I really enjoyed my Zoom session with Matt Silver

Saturday night was a winning night! I am very grateful to say that last year’s album,  Lucky All Along,   won an award for  Best Jazz Album,  and that my tune  Hollywood Moment  won for  Best Jazz Solo Performance  at the  World Entertainment Awards  in Hollywood. Thank you to everyone at the World Entertainment Awards! We really appreciate the recognition.  Those two awards came in just a few days after our new album,  Extended Daydream,  popped up to #10 on the  Jazz Week  

Well it’s here - the New Year!   So yes, that means we have another new album - this one with all my favorite players: JD Allen, Igmar Thomas, Luques Curtis and Rudy Royston. What an amazing band I get to play with - there is some incredible playing on this album!  Fortunately,  Extended Daydream  has already been receiving great reviews from  The London Times  and  Drummers World  as well as 5 Stars from  All Music Guide  and even more reviews from  Jazz Weekly, All About Ja

Fall is here, and so is our new album! Every year at this time it seems a bit of a miracle that we have a new album to share with the world. It represents about 9 months of work + post production, and then it’s HERE!  How do I feel?  Relieved is the biggest emotion, certainly hopeful that it will lift others spirits and lives is in there too. On this recording, I feel really proud of how our band played and the incredible sound from our engineers. Thankful to have my incredib