Sep 17, 2021 | Musical Theater, Television
The pandemic caused Broadway to close down and all of us playing shows wondered when we could return. In September of 2021, some of the shows started reopening and The Tonight Show had Broadway Week, where they closed the show each night with a live performance from...
May 14, 2020 | Solo Performance, Song, Uncategorized
2020 started off with many plans. Only a few of those came to be. But as all my performances and recording sessions cancelled, I found ways to create my own plans. The December before 2020, my wife left the country, to spend the holidays with her family. I had a...
May 2, 2018 | Solo Performance, Video
Toro Mata is a traditional Afro-Peruvian piece. I was constantly coming up with new ideas, for the arrangement. This one might help, with some explaining. Intro Many live performances of Peruvian music begin with a guitar cadenza. I used that...
Apr 27, 2018 | Musical Theater, Video
I worked with the National Endowment for the Arts, on a very special project. Students competed with their musical theater compositions. Winners had the opportunity to travel to NYC and work with a team of Broadway professionals, to produce a live...
Apr 27, 2018 | Musical Theater, Video
This is one of two projects I did with the National Endowment for the Arts. Eliza and Braxton were high school students that competed and won the opportunity to travel to NYC and work with a team to produce one of their musical theater...
Mar 7, 2018 | Jazz, Solo Performance, Video
With my newest bass a months old, I decided to take time to focus on my slap technique. I wanted to challenge myself to play a jazz tune all slap. In my practice sessions, I also slapped the improvised solo. But this take, that was my favorite, had...