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2026

Jazz, Ukraine, and the Responsibility of Artistsoriginal ↗
8 Jun 2026

2025

What James Baldwin Taught Me About Letting Gooriginal ↗
1 Jan 2025

2023

My Decision to Leave the Hartford Jazz Orchestraoriginal ↗
3 May 2023

2022

The Season of Waitingoriginal ↗
11 Dec 2022
Covenant Award from GMA Canadaoriginal ↗
19 Nov 2022
Keeping Unityoriginal ↗
31 Jul 2022
Buffalo Hot Chicken Wings in Buffalo, NY — Ranked and Reviewedoriginal ↗
22 Jun 2022
Hartford Jazz Orchestra at Elicit Brewing Co.original ↗
6 Mar 2022
Pastors Talking Politicsoriginal ↗
20 Feb 2022
February Listening Highlightsoriginal ↗
2 Feb 2022
Sabbatical Readingoriginal ↗
8 Jan 2022

2020

Plug-in Jazz Lickoriginal ↗
19 Apr 2020
Writing Drum Partsoriginal ↗
9 Apr 2020
Portrait of Jennieoriginal ↗
5 Apr 2020

2019

Cirrusoriginal ↗
20 Nov 2019
Miles Davis Solooriginal ↗
28 Oct 2019
Interpreting Melodiesoriginal ↗
14 Oct 2019
Clark Terry autobiographyoriginal ↗
28 Sept 2019
Contextualizing Jazzoriginal ↗
22 Sept 2019
Love Your Neighbororiginal ↗
21 Sept 2019
Trumpet Practice Routineoriginal ↗
14 Sept 2019
The Power of Incentiveoriginal ↗
23 Aug 2019
Half-Marathon Paceroriginal ↗
20 Aug 2019
Recalling Jazz Standardsoriginal ↗
9 Aug 2019
We Demand Actionoriginal ↗
5 Aug 2019

2018

Essential Jazz Reading: Notes and Tones, by Arthur Taylororiginal ↗
11 Feb 2018

2017

Arranging “Dig In Buddy”original ↗
26 Dec 2017
Mirror of the Mindoriginal ↗
1 Jul 2017
Sordid Sort of Felloworiginal ↗
28 Jun 2017
Chord Tone Patternsoriginal ↗
1 Apr 2017
Terry Deane – the Enigmaoriginal ↗
20 Mar 2017
Big Band Arranging for Jerrold Dubykoriginal ↗
16 Feb 2017
Arpeggiating the Bluesoriginal ↗
20 Jan 2017

2016

Jazz Improv – Where To Begin?original ↗
31 Dec 2016
Fear of Improvisingoriginal ↗
21 Dec 2016
Set List from Toronto’s Old Mill (10/21/2016)original ↗
23 Oct 2016
Cow Tippin’ – a reading by the 2016 MA All-State Jazz Bandoriginal ↗
21 Sept 2016
12 Albumsoriginal ↗
28 Aug 2016
New Orleans Jazz: The Music of Freedomoriginal ↗
16 Aug 2016
Even Michael Brecker Questioned Himselforiginal ↗
3 Aug 2016
How Hockey Dreams Sparked A Career In Jazzoriginal ↗
12 Jul 2016
Lead Linesoriginal ↗
1 Feb 2016
Harmonized Sax Solioriginal ↗
29 Jan 2016
Saxophone Soli Lineoriginal ↗
28 Jan 2016
Wrestling With Art, Self Doubt, and the Creative Processoriginal ↗
9 Jan 2016

2015

4-part closed blockoriginal ↗
31 Dec 2015
Formal Planningoriginal ↗
28 Dec 2015
Starting A New Big Band Chartoriginal ↗
26 Dec 2015
We Wish You A Merry Christmasoriginal ↗
22 Dec 2015
It’s Trumpet Or Nothingoriginal ↗
29 Sept 2015

2012

Hit The Road Jackoriginal ↗
14 Apr 2012