I’ve been a Robert Glasper fan since I first heard Canvas, his first Blue Note record, years ago, and since then I would say he’s gotten as close to “blowing up” as a jazz artist can get, releasing his third album, garnering a fair amount of press, touring with Maxwell, and continuing to play with his […]
I went to the Sunset Tavern in Ballard last night to watch Motorist, a rock band that includes musicians Jared Borkowski, Chris Icasiano, and Luke Bergman, who I met at the University of Washington, and Garrett Sand, who I met through the guys more recently, as well as frontman Robert Dale. I really enjoyed the […]
What an amazing Labor Day weekend… For about 10 years now, I’ve had an annual trip to a campsite on the Columbia River across from Vantage, WA on Labor Day weekend to see the Dave Mathews Band at the Gorge. Over time, this trip has morphed into as much a reunion with old friends as […]
This is a post I recently put up as a guest blogger on trumpeter Jason Parker’s website www.oneworkingmusician.com: This past month, I found myself picking up a string of gigs in which I considered myself a sideman. These were shows and performances in which I enjoyed the music, worked hard to play at a high […]
Last night I had to figure out which music I was going to check out between Clark Gibson at Barca in Cap Hill, Sun Tzu Sound at Grey Gallery, the Hang at Lucid, and Gravity at Lo Fi. Such a good problem to have…