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For the 3rd year in a row, I enjoyed working with my friends in Manizales, Colombia, co-producing and performing on a telematic concert on June 14 within the Festival de la Imagen, which this year was also the site of the conference of the International Society for Electronic Arts (ISEA). It was the first time ever that ISEA was hosted … Read more
Last weekend I enjoyed playing with Nels Cline’s “Lovers” project at CAP UCLA and SFJazz. It was great to hear Nels’ incredible range on the guitar and hang with this 17-piece band full of amazing musicians.
I had a fantastic time doing a solo concert of trombone/computer at Palomar College including a conversation with the audience about exploratory forms of music and live electronics. Thanks to Ellen Weller and Madelyne Byrne for having me and to all the curious students and community members who came out!
We had a great conversation on the Refest 2.0 panel, “The State of Telematic Art in 2017” presented by NYU/ITP, CultureHub, and WITNESS and featuring Billy Clark, Jesse Ricke, Robert Rowe, Kate Sicchio, Sarah Weaver, myself and Daniel Pinhero (not pictured but like me, joining by Skype). I wish I could have been there in person since it sounded like a … Read more
I had a quick but wonderful trip up to the SF Bay area to record Lisa Mezzacappa’s Gloriour Ravage project and also enjoyed a gig at the Luggage Store Creative Music Series – which people have been sustaining there for over 20 years! – with my great friend Scott Walton as well as Phillip Greenlief and Donald Robinson. It was … Read more
The live radio broadcasts run by KSDS in San Diego always have a super enthusiastic crowd, and it was such a pleasure to play there recently with Mark Dresser’s Quintet along with Nicole Mitchell, Joshua White and Kjell Nordeson.
Had a fantastic time playing with the Stephanie Richards Quintet at The Loft – Stephanie is amazing, and it was also my first time playing with Chris Speed whose music has been an inspiration for many years. Thanks to Robert Bush for the review, with metaphors as colorful as always!
It’s always a joy to play with Mark Dresser, whose latest band is a septet with Nicole Mitchell, Marty Ehrlich, David Morales Boroff, Joshua White, Jim Black and myself. The septet’s album “Sedimental You” will be out on Clean Feed in November, and I was happy to see Nate Chinen plug this track in the NY Times. Mark titled “TrumpinPutinStoopin” months ago but it … Read more
I once asked Yusef Lateef what he practiced. He replied: “I try to discover things that I had not known before.” Somewhere In The Upstream is a piece for my trio, featuring incredible collaborators Chris Tordini and Dan Weiss. I dedicated this music to Yusef, a very important teacher of mine. (You can read about my perspective on Lateef in the … Read more
Despite being way behind on sleep, I was totally energized by a wonderful group of young trombone players during a workshop I taught in Manizales, as part of my activities during the week at the Festival de la Imagen hosted by the University of Caldas. Thanks to Hector Fabio Torres for setting this up and to all the trombonists there, … Read more
I just had a fantastic week in Manizales, Colombia participating in the “Festival de la Imagen.” I spent much of the week collaborating on a telematic concert between there and San Diego as part of the Tele-Espacios series, including a new piece I composed along with other works by Mario Humberto Valencia, Juan David Rubio and Hector Fabio Torres, performed … Read more
I’m always inspired by the deep musicianship of pianist Joshua White, and recently enjoyed two different performances with him in April. The first was an improvised concert at Dizzy’s in San Diego with his sextet, which also included Stephanie Richards, Ellen Weller, Mark Dresser, and Kjell Nordeson (thanks Robert Bush for the review!) . The next weekend, Joshua performed on … Read more