What's New

Gigs and Events

I can now say I've played kazoo with the Victoria Symphony! This fall I'm doing 3 sets of pops concerts with the symphony: the first music from the Silver Screen, second Disney, and third featuring Emily Braden with Christmas jazz. In the Disney concert, the synthesizer part calls for a kazoo solo in Mary Poppins.
Aside from my regular gigs at Pagliacci's (every second Sunday from 8:00 - 10:00 pm with Joey Smith on bass, Josh Dixon on drums), the Empress, Ocean Pointe, and the Masthead Restaurant (some Fridays, 7 - 9 pm), I've done a couple of gigs with Valdy, (on Saltspring and Gibson's) and continue to play with singer Maureen Washington at O Bistro, the Roadhouse, and other venues fairly regularly. Check the Calendar Page for dates.
Here's a recent article written by Aaren Madden for Focus Magazine.
Check out an interview on influences, composing, and gigs with Rick Gibbs on his new blog Island Jazz.
Also check out John Threlfall's review of Nature Boy from Monday Magazine on the Press Page.
Throughout 2011, I'll be playing for art openings and special events at Winchester Gallery, 2260 Oak Bay Avenue, and at their downtown gallery at 796 Humboldt. Check my Calendar Page for details.

If you'd like to receive updates and details of where I'll be performing in the next little while, send me an email and I'll put you on my list.

Recordings

I'm working with Valdy on his next album. I'm producing and playing keyboard tracks. When we started the project in August, Valdy said "I'll be playing in Ontario and have a week free, so let's drive up and down the 401 and find studios and musicians." So that's what we did, and everyone Valdy phoned that week said "Yes, I'd love to play on your CD!" We've recorded in Vancouver (rhythm section #1), Crofton (rhythm section #2, background vocals, Valdy's guitar, mix), 3 different studios in Ontario (Valdy's vocals, bassoon and trumpet, electric guitar, and pedal steel guitar), and Victoria (trombone, organ, piano, accordion and additional tracks). We'll be finishing the mix mid-November, and hopefully it will be out by Christmas.
At home I've been recording with a number of new and exciting singers. In the summer of 2010 Maureen Washington and I completed Blues in the Night, just piano and voice.
Downloads of cuts from previously released CDs Cat Fud, my Christmas CD (retitled Ave Maria because Do You Hear What I Hear is not public domain), and public domain and original cuts taken from Blue/Green and Sweets are now available at CDBaby.