People far and wide send me accordion jokes, memes, etc. People far and wide wonder why I don’t ROFL. Here is my attempt to answer while being as nice and grateful as the truth permits. Let me ask you: How much do you laugh at the 647th time someone tells you the same joke? I…

Just a couple of days ago, Hayden, the founder and head honcho at PianoGroove, posted three of my Jazz Hammond Organ lessons on YouTube. To get the full ten-lesson series you still have to subscribe to PianoGroove; these three will give you some idea of what the lessons are like. The three sample lessons are:…

[ Edit added in October, 2022 far later than I should have: Shortly after writing this post I bothered to read the instruction manual more carefully and learned how to make the tone wheel model selection stick across power cycles, so most of the post is invalid and mistaken. I’m leaving it up for history’s…

This page is a work-in-progress link farm with a record of all the chart appearances I can figure out how to link to. Closer to Home On JazzWeek Weekly Jazz Album Chart 22 January, 2018: on the most-added list 29 January, 2018: on the biggest gainers and most-added lists 5 February, 2018: appearing at #36…

Most on-line services that sell or stream music try to have a page for each artist where that artist’s discography is represented and you can easily find all the artist’s work from one easy jumping-off point. Unfortunately it doesn’t always work all that well because of situations like mine. First of all, I have the…

Last night I appeared with my quartet on the BAJABA Showcase, a monthly live music broadcast from KPFA Radio in Berkeley, California. Performing with me were Ben Torres on tenor saxophone, Mason Razavi on guitar, and Rick Rivera on drums. The show’s host, D Minor, and I talked repeatedly about how to get your very…

I’m happy to announce that you can now pre-order my new album, Closer to Home, at my Bandcamp store! Order now and you’ll get instant download of two tracks, and when the release date arrives on January 12, 2018, you’ll get the entire album. Just like with Big Shoes, if you order the physical CD you…

Closer to Home is the title of my new album that I’ll release in January, and I’m happy to report that since my post about it last month I’ve made some progress! Mastering is done, and I’m ecstatic with the results Michael Romanowski at Coast Mastering created. It was a joy to attend the mastering session…