Category: Observations

I like to keep track of the ideas and work in this journal as a reference to what has influenced and affected me over time.  Alongside the collaborations I am […]

[left to right: Erez Dessel, Nick Macri, Lily Finnegan] Back in February, work with the sextet Edition XL began.  As you can tell from these rehearsal photos taken in March […]

 No other musician aside from Miles Davis and Duke Ellington had such a long-term creative impact on me.  Since I was a child, I’ve listened to all their work.  Then […]

Thankful to be back in Chicago after the project with Svetlost and Paal Nilssen-Love (more on the second half of that tour shortly) and in time to see Damon Locks’ […]

Following a second rehearsal with Deni Omeragić, Nino Spirovski, and Kiko Novkovski on Monday afternoon, Paal Nilssen-Love joined the project on Tuesday after flying from Chicago […]

Rehearsals with Deni Omeragić, Kiko Novkovski (pictured above), and Nino Spirovski of Svetlost began in Skopje on April 13th.  We were able to work through four out of […]