I thoroughly enjoyed the performances of the 5 groups that performed at Smalls Jazz club yesterday. The team work within […]

Today we had a chance to showcase the songs we’ve been playing in class and our hard work payed off. […]

All originals, with polyrhythms, mixed meter, modulations and….lets not forget the 4/4 tune. It takes serious concentration and dedication. I […]

It is great to hear how everybody in the group is stepping it up. I am very excited to hear […]

Yesterday in class we ran through everything we will perform for our Smalls gig next Sunday. There was great energy […]

Last night I started a bi weekly workshop for the New York Jazz Workshop(NYJW)! The NYJW has been working on […]

We sank our teeth in the challenging set of music that we are preparing for the gig. Its not there […]

Getting a set of music together and made a little playbook on who solo’s where. And a nice arrangement on […]

Today the Bebop to Hard Bop Workshop had Andrea Veneziani subbing for Mark Sherman. We worked on the tunes are going […]

Another great workshop. The two hours literally flew bye. We worked on Rain, a tune writen by Miles Okazaki, and […]

After a small holiday break we are back on track and getting ready for the performance at smalls on the […]

On Saturday the students came back after a two week hiatus for the holidays. We started playing over F blues […]