Although tour has now ended, I am going to pick up where I left off and continue giving some day-to-day posts from the road. These will lead up to Polyrhythmics’ big shows in Portland and Bend this weekend, as well as the grand finale in Seattle on November 24. After Chicago we had an early […]
Tag: Seattle
Tour Blog, Fall 2018, Day 4
On Tuesday night we played in St. Paul, Minnesota, at a club called Vieux Carre. Vieux Carre is a sit-down dinner club that focuses on the food and culture of New Orleans, as evidenced by the name. The walls of the club are covered with beautiful black and white photos like the one below of […]
A Corner of the Internet
Thank you to everyone that’s watched the new video clips I have been putting up! In the last several months, I thought a lot about what I wanted my career to look like online, and what I wanted to share and have accessible to others around the world (even if it’s just family and friends […]
East Coast, California, and Oregon
Home again home again after a busy couple of weeks: – The Polyrhythmics East Coast Tour was overwhelmingly positive, both individually and as a group. Although our time in each area or city was usually pretty short, I really enjoyed being in areas where the moods, personalities, and cultures were a bit different than that […]
More on Musical Circles
Although I won’t be in town, I was excited to see that Kamasi Washington is coming to Seattle, playing at Neumo’s on July 30: I’ve read a fair amount about Washington in the last couple of months, but one aspect of his approach that particularly interested me was his participation in creating the West Coast […]
Earshot
So the Earshot Jazz Festival is about halfway over. The Seattle Times talked about it a bit , as did Lucas Gillan of Accujazz and Jason Parker from One Working Musician. As with every year, I am impressed with the diverse schedule of music and film, and several of the musicians in particular have been hype-worthy for […]
Sasquatch/IO Awards
I’m back with another double post that I’ve been wanting to do for a while, a recount of and some thoughts about Memorial Day Weekend. I was very excited for this weekend for several reasons. There would be great camping with some of my favorite people, a full day’s worth of music that was largely […]
Almost Done…
I told myself I would wait to put posts up until my site was fully operational, but this is close enough, and if any of you out there have suggestions on how to make it cooler, let me know! I also am not completely sure what I’m going to post about, or how often I’ll […]